NPods OpenStack is a cloud operating system that controls large pools of compute, storage, and networking resources throughout a datacenter, all managed and provisioned through APIs with common authentication mechanisms. Npods dashboard is also available, giving administrators control while empowering their users to provision resources through a web interface. Beyond standard infrastructure-as-a-service functionality, additional components provide orchestration, fault management and service management amongst other services to ensure high availability of user applications. OpenStack lets users deploy virtual machines and other instances that handle different tasks for managing a cloud environment on the fly. It makes horizontal scaling easy, which means that tasks that benefit from running concurrently can easily serve more or fewer users on the fly by just spinning up more instances. Businesses and service providers can deploy OpenStack on premises (in the data center to build a private cloud), in the cloud to enable or drive public cloud platforms, and at the network edge for distributed computing systems.
Hosted within a dedicated virtual space within traditional, physical servers, public clouds give users remote access to enterprise-level processing and storage. Compared to typical on-site IT infrastructure, the benefits of public cloud include being easier, faster, and less expensive to set up and manage, offering companies nearly endless ways to scale and flex their required IT resources as needed.
Private cloud functions exactly like public cloud, except that it is owned, operated, and secured by independent enterprises or organizations at their own facilities. Compared to public cloud, this model requires more upfront costs for the initial infrastructure. While private cloud may be less expensive in the long term, it does not offer the same level of flexibility as public cloud.
This model combines aspects of public and private cloud, where certain resources remain public and others are maintained on site. Hybrid cloud is an attractive option for companies with diverse workloads that may or may not require certain levels of security and bandwidth. Npod smart cloud management platform offers automation to provision and manage resouces both in public cloud and private cloud environemnts.