The Importance of Integration

with Linux
A typical OpenStack cloud is made up of at least 10 core services (Nova,
Cinder, Keystone, Neutron, Glance, etc). It includes plug-ins to interact
with third-party systems, such as storage arrays and network switches.
OpenStack services run on top of a Linux distribution with a complex set
of userspace dependencies that require tight integration. A supported,
stable platform requires integration and testing of each component.
Many of the most complex features are provided by Linux, with
OpenStack providing management and orchestration. Here are two
examples:
Virtualization provided by the KVM hypervisor, with libvirt
management interface.
Interacting with the Open vSwitch userspace switch, transitioning to
the kernels networking stack to handle network namespaces, with
each potentially managed by different OpenStack services.
These components need to be engineered and productized together.
OpenStack cannot be productized as a layered product.

Why Red Hat?

As you have seen, the pairing of the Linux operating
system and OpenStack is very tight.
Red Hat OpenStack is the combination that most
effectively supports functionality, performance,
security, systemwide stability, and ecosystem.
Here are a few examples of Red Hat Enterprise Linuxoptimized enablers for OpenStack:
Virtualization: Guest performance, reliability, and Windows.
Security: SELinux enforcing guest isolation.
Network: SDN/OVS optimized performance.
Storage: Vendor plug-ins, performance, thin provisioning.
Ecosystem: Certification of hardware, storage, and networks.

Using Red Hat Enterprise OpenStack Platform

lets you take advantage of numerous benefits:
Enterprise hardened code
Co-engineered and integrated with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux
Enterprise software lifecycle
World-class global support
Worlds largest OpenStack partner ecosystem
OpenStack training and certification
Integration with the trusted Red Hat stack:
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Red Hats Upstream

Focus
Red Hat has been heavily engaged in the
OpenStack community since 2011.
Red Hat has established a leadership position both
in terms of governance and in technology.
Involvement includes project team leads on Nova,
Keystone, Heat, Ceilometer, and others; helping to
create and lead the development of a stable tree.
Red Hat was the largest contributor to Essex, the
second-largest to Folsom, and the largest
contributer to Grizzly, Havana, and the following
releases.

Why These Statistics

Matter
It is proof that Red Hat has the skills and
resources, and it highlights Red Hats
leadership in the whole stack, including
Linux, KVM, libvirt, SELinux security,
cgroup resource containment, active
directory integration, and more.
To sum up, Red Hats wide-ranging
participation contrasts clearly with most
other contributors who have a narrow
focus!

OpenStack Platform Hypervisor

Support

Red Hat OpenStack supports KVM, the Red Hat

Enterprise Linux hypervisor, and also VMware
vSphere.
This allows you to coexist with existing infrastructure

Guest Support

Red Hat OpenStack Platform supports guests on all

version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux as well as Suse
Linux Enterprise Server and many Windows platforms.

Worlds Largest OpenStack

Partner Ecosystem

Red Hats partner ecosystem has grown to more than 235

members since its launch in April 2013. There are over
900 certified solutions in the partner marketplace.
There are over 4,000 Red Hat Enterprise Linux certified
compute servers and over 13,000 available applications.
There is also a large catalog of Windows-certified
applications.