Building a Resilient, Performant On-Premises Cloud - Hardware Considerations

This presentation examines the infrastructure and cost tradeoffs involved in building an on-premises private cloud with existing or new hardware. It covers deployment considerations, hardware requirements, and how to compare total cost of ownership against performance and availability needs.

Syllabus

- Intro
- Learn Kubernetes - free eBook!
- What this presentation will cover
- Tech imperatives & outcomes of an on prem cloud
- Public vs private cloud aka on prem
- Where to deploy - hybrid vs. multi clouds
- Mirantis approach - ideal enterprise cloud
- Key infrastructure components required
- Mirantis OpenStack for Kubernetes for a minimum hardware footprint
- Consider first if you NEED new hardware
- New hardware vs. old hardware
- So throw ALL your old hardware away?
- Bonus use case - archival via Edge
- Reach out to Christian & Satnam
- Outro