How to build your own cloud server storage :Part 2

<div class="MsoNormal"> <span class="phrase-checked"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Installing Open stack environment </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span class="phrase-checked"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span class="phrase-checked"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Hardware Requirements </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span class="phrase-checked"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="phrase-checked"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">First I would like we start by reviewing hardware requirements needed for installing  an open stack environment.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="phrase-checked"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span id="a28210e9cdf656083ed482be0" style="box-sizing: border-box;">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.</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="phrase-checked"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span id="a4af3721e57cbaa873398aaa5" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The main three compulsory hardware requirements for building  Open-Stack include the  controller node,  the network node, and computer node one.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="phrase-checked"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span class="phrase-checked"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">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.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <span class="phrase-checked"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></span></div> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-byIJFUzm060/WLmLg7zEnBI/AAAAAAAAAN4/4u0bwSINSQM6t97UVeYA4E_gexesvdUzgCLcB/s1600/gb2.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="How to build your own cloud server storage :Part 2" border="0" height="204" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-byIJFUzm060/WLmLg7zEnBI/AAAAAAAAAN4/4u0bwSINSQM6t97UVeYA4E_gexesvdUzgCLcB/s400/gb2.PNG" title="How to build your own cloud server storage :Part 2" width="400" /></span></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span class="phrase-checked"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="phrase-checked"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">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.</span></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="phrase-checked"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="phrase-checked"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></span></div> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UBQWMfaWdKc/WLmMTP7j89I/AAAAAAAAAOA/-mAkUYXgQ9cNsZLqGT25J3Pbng_mLmxgACLcB/s1600/gb3.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="How to build your own cloud server storage :Part 2" border="0" height="205" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UBQWMfaWdKc/WLmMTP7j89I/AAAAAAAAAOA/-mAkUYXgQ9cNsZLqGT25J3Pbng_mLmxgACLcB/s400/gb3.PNG" title="How to build your own cloud server storage :Part 2" width="400" /></span></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="phrase-checked"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span id="a6ad24fe7448100f9bf0d0868" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit;">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.</span></span></span></span></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="phrase-checked"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span id="a3ef90094a0c6de228298b03e" style="box-sizing: border-box;">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 .</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="phrase-checked"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span id="a40cf130e0d5bc8e64feb0003" style="box-sizing: border-box;">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.</span></span></span></span></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="phrase-checked"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Benefits of Virtual Machines</b></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span class="phrase-checked"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The benefits of using virtual machines for test in cloud computing include; <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div> <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"> </div> <ul> <li><span class="phrase-checked" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">One virtual server can support multiple nodes, each with attached to several  number of network interfaces.</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="phrase-checked" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span class="phrase-checked" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">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.</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="phrase-checked" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">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.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span></li> </ul> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span id="a9743e9c5a3191fec77684f6c" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span data-id="ac79b3f0685dcc4f666b023a1" id="a3941c49b3058e15725bc17f5" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer;"> </span></span></span><br /> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="phrase-checked"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">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.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; orphans: auto; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span class="phrase-checked"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span id="a58464905ab08515320c135db" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: auto; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">Here is the script you will need to use to install open stack via pack stack.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="phrase-checked"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: auto; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="phrase-checked"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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How to build your own cloud server storage :Part 2

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