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Red Hat OpenStack Platform
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Features & benefits
Co-engineered performance
It matters which OpenStack distribution and which Linux offering you choose. This is why we—recognizing the critical interdependencies between the two—co-engineer OpenStack and Linux® together with closely aligned product teams.
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Built-in security
Red Hat has earned some of the highest security credentials, including those from the U.S. Department of Defense and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. SELinux military-grade security technologies prevent intrusions and protect data when running in public or private OpenStack clouds.
Open source is synonymous with securityManaged cloud
Keep an eye on all the moving parts of your OpenStack environment with Red Hat CloudForms. Integrated as part of Red Hat OpenStack Platform, Red Hat CloudForms is a unified management system that is designed for hybrid environments.
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No more vendor dependency
Proprietary solutions are largely restricted to the providers’ own ecosystems. Don’t make it that difficult. Use the open technologies of Red Hat OpenStack Platform with your existing infrastructure.
Learn howKeep the updates rolling or standardize for the long term
Keep up with rapid innovation and the latest OpenStack features using our integrated director for live updates and upgrades. Standardize on a single, long-life version with the comfort that comes with up to 5 years of support, and add an extra 2 years with a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support Add-On subscription
Learn the difference
Find out more about Red Hat OpenStack Platform in the Red Hat Customer Portal
Need a hand with Red Hat OpenStack Platform?
Want to improve efficiency, spur innovation, and save money with OpenStack but aren’t sure where to start? Red Hat Consulting can help.
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Technology overview
The architecture of Red Hat OpenStack Platform
Our OpenStack platform features more than the normal IaaS compute, storage, networking, and provisioning capabilities. Start using dynamic monitoring, data processing, and orchestration tools with a bunch of customizable dashboards—so you can see it all in motion.
Analyst paper
Containers and OpenStack
OpenStack can be a platform for distributed applications. Running containers on Red Hat OpenStack Platform can help organizations improve IT infrastructure flexibility, scalability, and costs to quickly meet user application needs.
Technology brief
Red Hat Ceph Storage
Every Red Hat OpenStack Platform customer receives a single subscription1 to 64TB of Red Hat Ceph Storage to try at no extra cost.
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Trusted cloud solutions
Customers are seeing real results with Red Hat OpenStack Platform. See for yourself why businesses across the globe are relying on our OpenStack technology.
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OpenStack's popularity increases across the globe
OpenStack's ninth survey of users reveals a 44% increase in OpenStack deployments compared to last year—74% of which are located outside the U.S.
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Combine products to build your ideal solution
Thanks to open standards, Red Hat products work well together and with products from many other vendors, so you can configure your IT environment the way you need it.
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More to learn
OpenStack standardizes cloud computing
OpenStack is growing fast. With support from a community of individuals and enterprises around the world, it’s a standard platform we can all use to build huge clouds.
Use containers to improve application delivery
Containers give your team the underlying technology needed for a modern approach to software development, such as DevOps and CI/CD (continuous iteration and continuous deployment). Containers can benefit everyone in IT. When your business needs portability across multiple environments, using containers might be the easiest decision, ever.
Build a complete network functions virtualization environment
The network functions virtualization (NFV) software-based solution helps communications service providers leave proprietary hardware behind—and the traditional headaches too.
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1Each customer receives a single subscription for 64TB of Red Hat Ceph Storage with Standard support— regardless of the number of Red Hat OpenStack Platform subscriptions purchased.