When to choose OpenStack?
So the big question is: under what circumstances should we choose OpenStack over the commercial orchestrators or vice versa? Let's look at the following table that compares the features that are significantly different.
Please note that the ease of installation and management are not covered in the following table:
|
Feature |
OpenStack |
Commercial orchestrator |
|---|---|---|
|
Identity and access management* |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Connectivity to enterprise toolsets |
Not natively (Possible with ManageIQ) |
Yes |
|
Flexibility to the user |
Yes |
Somewhat |
|
Enterprise control |
Not natively (Possible with ManageIQ) |
Yes |
|
Standardized prebuilt services |
Yes |
No (Except virtual machines) |
|
EC2-compatible API |
Yes |
No |
So based on the previous table, OpenStack is ...
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