IBM Optimizes OpenStack Cloud Performance with Scheduler
January 7, 2014
Grazed from The Var Guy. Author: Christopher Tozzi.
In a nod to the need for more efficient resource management for public and private cloud computing, IBM (IBM) has unveiled a new product for its OpenStack platforms. Called the Platform Resource Scheduler, the resource provides a virtualized programmable interface for automating the allocation of cloud resources.
IBM announced the Platform Resource Scheduler Jan. 6, billing it as "a dynamic resource management tool for the private and public OpenStack cloud, which automatically allocates the right resources to the right job, balances workload demand with infrastructure supply and ensures adherence to service level agreements."…
The resource allows users to define policies that regulate how OpenStack allocates resources to different workloads. It takes advantage of virtualization live migration features to optimize resource scheduling in real time, and provides extensions to the Nova scheduler that is part of OpenStack itself…
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