KVM and Docker LXC Benchmarking with OpenStack

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Linux containers (LXCs) are rapidly becoming the new "unit of deployment" changing how we develop, package, deploy and manage applications at all scales (from test / dev to production service ready environments). This application life cycle transformation also enables fluidity to once frictional use cases in a traditional hypervisor Virtual Machine (VM) environment. For example, developing applications in virtual environments and seamlessly "migrating" to bare metal for production. Not only do containers simplify the workflow and life cycle of application development / deployment, but they also provide performance and density benefits which cannot be overlooked.

Docker (LXC) Enabled Images In SoftLayer

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Anyone that's worked with me in the past 6-9 months knows that docker and Linux Containers (LXC) are near and dear to my heart. I firmly believe these technologies are poised to change our modern Cloud era and in fact I'd assert we're already beginning to see that change solidify now. There are numerous public resources which discuss the benefits of LXC as a "virtualization technology", but let's quickly recap some of those before going further. In particular let's focus on LXC from a docker perspective.

Managing OpenStack & SoftLayer Resources From A Single Pane of Glass With Jumpgate

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Imagine a world of interconnected Clouds capable discovering, coordinating and collaborating in harmony to seamlessly carry out complex workloads in a transparent manner -- the intercloud. While this may be the dream of tomorrow, today's reality is a form of the intercloud called hybrid Cloud. In a hybrid Cloud model organizations manage a number of on-premise resources, but also use off-premise provider services or resources for specific capabilities, in time of excess demand which cannot be fulfilled via on-premise resources, or for cost effectiveness reasons. Both of these Cloud computing models have a common conduit to their realization -- open standardized APIs, formats and protocols which enable interoperability between disparate Cloud deployments.