Jason B (He/Him/His)

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Jason was an Opensource.com staff member and Red Hatter from 2013 to 2022. This profile contains his work-related articles from that time. Other contributions can be found on his personal account.

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Jason B

1 May 2014

Five new, excellent OpenStack tutorials

And here's one more that came through my inbox recently that's worth a read: <a href="http://www.ravellosystems.com/blog/multi-node-openstack-rdo-icehouse-aws-ec2-google/">Multi-node OpenStack RDO IceHouse on AWS/EC2 and Google</a>.

Get your OpenStack cluster up and running on multiple nodes on virtualized hardware - a good option for folks wanting to try multinode without extra boxes sitting around, or to test configurations before live deployment.

Jason B

24 Apr 2014

TryStack makes OpenStack experimentation easy

Thanks for the feedback. My best response to the "why OpenStack" question would probably depend on whether you're looking for a technical, philosophical, or business-case answer. Perhaps this article from a few weeks ago ("<a href="https://opensource.com/life/14/4/why-open-infrastructure-matters">Why open infrastructure matters in the cloud</a>") speaks a little bit to why OpenStack stands out over a closed-source cloud management alternative, and why we're excited about it here at Opensource.com.