OpenMetal provides an automated bare metal and on-demand private cloud infrastructure powered by OpenStack, enabling rapid deployment in as little as 45 seconds. This solution addresses the high costs and inefficiencies of traditional public cloud services by offering fixed pricing and resource optimization, resulting in potential savings of 30% to 60% for users.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Problem
Traditional public cloud infrastructure can be expensive and inefficient due to resource waste and unpredictable billing. Colocation solutions require significant upfront investment and ongoing hardware management. These models often lack the agility and scalability needed for modern workloads.
Solution
OpenMetal provides on-demand private cloud and bare metal infrastructure solutions powered by OpenStack, offering a cost-effective alternative to public cloud and colocation. Their automated platform enables rapid deployment of private clouds, often within 45 seconds, with fixed pricing to eliminate surprise billing. By leasing all the resources of the hardware, OpenMetal allows users to dynamically allocate unused resources to other VMs, optimizing performance and reducing wasted capacity. This approach delivers the benefits of private infrastructure with the agility and scalability of the cloud.
Target Audience
OpenMetal targets SaaS providers, hosting and cloud providers, managed IT service providers, and enterprises seeking to reduce cloud costs, improve performance, and gain greater control over their infrastructure.
Features
- On-demand OpenStack private clouds deployable in as little as 45 seconds
- Fixed-cost pricing model for predictable cloud spending
- Full root access and control over the infrastructure
- Integration with OpenStack components such as Nova, Cinder, and Swift
- Support for KVM-based Virtual Machines
- High-Availability (HA) Ceph-based block storage by default, with support for non-HA LVM/direct disk storage
- Web-based GUI, APIs, and CLI for managing cloud resources
- Support for orchestration tools like Heat and Terraform
- Integration with Kubernetes via Magnum