How to build your own cloud server storage :Part 2

Installing Open stack environment

Hardware Requirements

First I would like we start by reviewing hardware requirements needed for installing  an open stack environment. These are  the minimal requirements that you should consider when you are starting or planning to  building a cloud server for personal or business purposes. The main three compulsory hardware requirements for building  Open-Stack include the  controller node,  the network node, and computer node one.

However, there are also other optional nodes such as block storage node, object storage node one and object storage node one which can be included when building a cloud server.These optional nodes are  conditionally used for horizontal scalability purposes.The processor, RAM and storage capacity  required by each node to function optimally  are analyzed here below in this picture.

For those users might be planning to deploy the recommended configurations for optimal performance during production time and  are lacking hardware resources, then the below minimal hardware would be sufficient for entry level clutter users.

These  hardware configurations should be able to support the open-stack environment while offering core services and host a few cirrOs of Virtual machine if needs arises.

For users who would like to minimize the clutter and allocate most of the their resources to Open-stack,  it is highly recommended they install a  binary of 64  bit Linux distribution which will work well . When  users are setting up test clutters for the Open-stack, it is preferred they build the test environments on virtual machines instead of physical servers because of security purposes.Here are some advantages of using virtual machines for testing purposes.

Benefits of Virtual Machines

The benefits of using virtual machines for test in cloud computing include;

• One virtual server can support multiple nodes, each with attached to several  number of network interfaces.
•  There is an option to take periodic snapshots throughout the installation procedure, and therefore you can roll back to your working configuration   in the event of any problem.
• While using virtual machines, you cannot evade drawbacks which include reduced performances particularly if the hyper-visor or a processor lacks support for hardware acceleration of nested VMs. 

For the testing the server prototype, you will be required to have Open-stack installed through a service utility called Pack-stack.Pack-stack is a service which employs the integration of modules such as puppets to deploy various parts of Open-stack on several servers while using the SSH in automatic mode.The installation process may take up to 2 hours to complete, and  the only operating system which is currently supported is Red-hat. Here is the script you will need to use to install open stack via pack stack.