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OpenStack Summit: Let’s talk DevOps, Fog, Upgrades, Crowbar & Dell
If you are coming to the OpenStack summit in San Diego next week then please find me at the show! I want to hear from you about the Foundation, community, OpenStack deployments, Crowbar and anything...
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Crowbar releases for OpenStack Essex and Folsom
On the eve of the OpenStack design summit, it’s worth noting that the Crowbar team at Dell cut our final Essex release (aka Betty) last week. We’ve also committed the initial Folsom deployment scripts...
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Impressions from OpenStack Foundation board meeting 10/15
I spent the first day of the OpenStack summit doing my service as a Foundation board member. While you need to wait for a summary by Jonathan Bryce, the Foundation Executive Director, and/or the...
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Seeking OpenStack Foundation Board Seat for 2013 (please nominate me)
I am seeking another term on the OpenStack Foundation Board. Please consider nominating me for this position. The following is the profile information I provided as part of the nomination process. If...
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Interview Transcript about OpenStack, Foundation, Dell & Crowbar
Rafael Knuth (@RafaelKnuth with Dell as EMEA Social Media Community Manager) has set an ambitious objective to interview all 24 of the OpenStack Foundation Board members. I have the privilege of...
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My Dilemma with Folsom – why I want to jump to G
These views are my own. Based on 1×1 discussions I’ve had in the OpenStack community, I am not alone. If you’ve read my blog then you know I am a vocal and active supporter of OpenStack who is seeking...
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double Block Head with OpenStack+Equallogic & Crowbar+Ceph
Whew….Yesterday, Dell announced TWO OpenStack block storage capabilities (Equallogic & Ceph) for our OpenStack Essex Solution (I’m on the Dell OpenStack/Crowbar team) and community edition. The...
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OpenStack Board Interview Series by Rafael Knuth
Rafael Knuth (@RafaelKnuth with Dell as EMEA Social Media Community Manager) has set an ambitious objective to interview all 24 of the OpenStack Foundation Board members. I had the privilege of being...
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OpenStack Board Voting Starts! Three thoughts about the board and election
1/18 Note: I was re-elected! Thanks everyone for your support. OpenStack Foundation members, I have three requests for you: vote (ballots went out by email already and expire on Friday) vote for me...
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Baking for the OpenStack board meeting on Tues
I have it on good authority from some people at my work that feet taste delicious. I figured I should share.
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5 things keeping DevOps from playing well with others (Chef, Crowbar and...
Since my earliest days on the OpenStack project, I’ve wanted to break the cycle on black box operations with open ops. With the rise of community driven DevOps platforms like Opscode Chef and...
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DevOps approaches to upgrade: Cube Visualization
I’m working on my OpenStack summit talk about DevOps upgrade patterns and got to a point where there are three major vectors to consider: Step Size (shown as X axis): do we make upgrades in small...
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OpenStack’s next hurdle: Interoperability. Why should you care?
SXSW life size Newton’s Cradle The OpenStack Board spent several hours (yes, hours) discussing interoperability related topics at the last board meeting. Fundamentally, the community benefits when...
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“Stack Shop” cover of Macklemore’s Thrift Shop
Sometimes a meme glitters too strongly for me to resist getting pulled in… that happened to great effect that just before the OpenStack Havana summit. When my code-addled mind kept swapping “poppin’...
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As OpenStack enters rapids with Grizzly, watch for strong currents, hidden...
Play Boating From Wikipedia I enjoy kayaking white water rapids – they are exhilarating and demanding. The water accelerates around obstacles and shows its power. You cannot simply ride the current;...
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Crowbar and our Pivot (or, how we slipped and shipped Grizzly)
My team at Dell uses Lean process because it forces us to be honest about making hard choices. Our recent decision to pivot back to Crowbar 1.x for the OpenStack Grizzly release is a great example how...
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OpenStack steps toward Interopability with Temptest, RAs & RefStack.org
I’m a cautious supporter of OpenStack leading with implementation (over API specification); however, it clearly has risks. OpenStack has the benefit of many live sites operating at significant scale....
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We need better Gold Member criteria to help building OpenStack culture
During last OpenStack board meeting, we started a dialog that will be continued over the rest of the year. It concerns how/if we should apply our criteria to measure the contributions of companies...
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Thanks! I’m enjoying my conversation with you
I write because I love to tell stories and to think about how actions we take today will impact tomorrow. Ultimately, everything here is about a dialog with you because you are my sounding board and...
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Crowbar cuts OpenStack Grizzly (“pebbles”) branch & seeks community testing
The Crowbar team (I work for Dell) continues to drive towards “zero day” deployment readiness. Our Hadoop deployments are tracking Dell | Cloudera Hadoop-powered releases within a month and our...
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