At OpenStack Day CEE 2015, we discuss the latest user survey results, some real-world OpenStack case studies and how new users and cloud operators can get involved with the community.

1. Real-World Use Cases
Who are the OpenStack users, and what
resources do you need to get started?
Lauren Sell @laurensell
Jonathan Bryce @jbryce
OpenStack Foundation

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Broad & Diverse Community
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ECOSYSTEMCOMPANIES
(Members+Sponsors+Supporters)
PRODUCTS IN
MARKETPLACE
CUMULATIVE
CONTRIBUTORS
76 750 3,654
507Members: 24
Sponsors: 113
Supporters: 365
27,398
COMMUNITYMEMBERS
AVERAGE MONTHLY
CONTRIBUTORS
602
TRACKED
DEPLOYMENTS

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User Survey Insights

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“From April 2014 to April 2015, the
percentage of production deployments
counted by the community user survey
jumped from 1/3 to 1/2”
superuser.openstack.org

5. Industry

6. Geography

7. Business Drivers

8. Projects Deployed

9. Production Deployment Technology Choices

10. Configuration Management Tools

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Interest in Container Technologies

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Production Deployment Examples

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Glenn Ferguson
Wells Fargo

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Chris Launey
The Walt Disney Company

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“By the holidays last year,
____________’s entire U.S.
production traffic was on
OpenStack compute.”

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“By the holidays last year,
Walmart.com’s entire U.S.
production traffic was on
OpenStack compute.”

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Source: Walmart

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openstack.org/enterprise
Top Automaker Uses OpenStack for Big Data

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500MM Unique Users/Month worldwide, 1 Trillion annual requests,
millions in public cloud spend
5x-10x capacity/performance in private cloud for same price on data
science applications
TapJoy Saves Money with OpenStack

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Hear straight from the users
videos available at openstack.org

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I want to build or operate an
OpenStack cloud…

22. Explore Products & Services at the
OpenStack.org/Marketplace
• Find a provider based on your business needs & geography
• Interop test results now available for distributions & public clouds
• New community app catalog to share images, templates & apps

23. Documentation & Operations Guide
docs.openstack.org

24. Find dozens of case studies, whitepapers &
reference architectures at OpenStack.org

25. Superuser Magazine – superuser.openstack.org

26. Ask OpenStack - ask.openstack.org

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Join the Operators Community
• OpenStack Operator’s mailing list
• http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-
bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-operators
• User Committee with new monthly meetings (June 18)
& work groups, for example:
• Enterprise, Telco Working, Large Deployments…
• Ops Summit & Mid-Cycle meetups
• Take the User Survey!
• openstack.org/user-survey

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Documentation & Internationalization
• OpenStack treats documentation like code. Can make
contributions in the same way
• Translation team provides internationalization support
for projects and interfaces
• https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/I18nTeam

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I want to use an OpenStack cloud…

30. Find Public Clouds in the Marketplace

31. Resources for Application Development
developer.openstack.org

32. More Resources
• TryStack: free OpenStack instances for 24 hours
• Documentation: API guide & new first app guide
• Community Working Groups: Consider joining Application
Ecosystem working group to help contribute back

33. Community App Catalog (apps.openstack.org)

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There are many ways to get involved in the
OpenStack community, whether you want to
contribute code, help with translation efforts,
or share your operations experience.

35. Questions?
Thank you!