Thanks Lucian This has given me an overview, much appreciated.
regards Ian Regards Ian On 29 June 2014 14:40, Nux! <n...@li.nux.ro> wrote: > Hi, > > We have both standalone XS and ACS. Off the top of my head, the best few > reasons to use ACS: > - user management and resource limit enforcement as well as tracking (eg > we always seem to "lose"/misplace IPs with standalone HVs) and statistics > - HV agnostic (almost), we use XS and KVM > - network management > - virtual router more advanced features (VPN, load balancer etc) > - powerful API that can be used to automate stuff dramatically > > With just XS the biggest PITA is tracking and setting network related > info. With ACS I just give it a few IP and VLAN ranges and tell it to just > use them. > Additionally, ACS has the concept of (resource limited) "projects" which > multiple users can participate in. Not to mention additional goodies like > cloud-init which can help with automation quite a bit (ie running user > scripts at boot, setting SSH keys, root passwords etc). > > It will change the way you work and once you get it off the ground and > running, it will save you significant time and stress. > > BUT, before you start using ACS in production: TEST, TEST, TEST! I can't > stress this enough. > IMHO cloud is hard, the software is big and complex and there are rough > edges here and there, so take your time, get to know it; to know its > weaknesses and strengths and use them appropriately. > > HTH > Lucian > > -- > Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! > > Nux! > www.nux.ro > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ian Marshall" <i...@itlhosting.co.uk> > > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > > Sent: Sunday, 29 June, 2014 12:33:28 PM > > Subject: experience's and issues with setting up cloudstack 4.3 and > xenserver 6.2 > > > > Hi All > > > > Openstack is now dumped as the preferred route to a private cloud > solution. > > Due to the issues with getting that installed, I need to get buy-in to > > consider redeployment using Cloudstack. > > > > We have got xenserver 6.2 running with EQLX as shared storage, so no > issues > > with these. > > > > What I am struggling with is being able to list the benefits of CS over > > just XS deployment. So if anyone has migrated from XS to CS due to > > restrictions, plase advise what these were. > > > > We need to be able to deploy across multiple sites and isolate 'projects' > > and future expectations is SaaS/PaaS requirements as we diversify our > > product ranges. > > > > Regards > > Ian > > >
