I too am a "self-declared" cloud architect...mainly Azure and Windows-based platforms for Fortune 500 companies that want MS-based cloud architectures for Exchange, SharePoint, MSSQL, and Dynamics. Sorry, but other than setting it up in a lab for my own interest and tinkering, I have not had a Client request OpenStack or any OSS if they are implementing a Microsoft technology-based cloud or hybrid-cloud architecture. Not to say F-500 companies don't use Open Source, but OSS is typically not utilized in every cloud or on-prem environment.
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"concept is fine, the implementation is pretty underwhelming", care to expand?
I find it odd that a self-declared cloud architect hasn't used what is easily the largest growing IAAS project, free or commercial.
I have access to other clouds which provide the openstack functionality, without me having to adopt openstack.
I don't think we have accurate visibiliy into EC2 to compare its rate of growth compared to OpenStack.
OpenStack isn't IaaS. It's a PaaS middleware that abstracts the underlying IaaS.
I too am a "self-declared" cloud architect...mainly Azure and Windows-based platforms for Fortune 500 companies that want MS-based cloud architectures for Exchange, SharePoint, MSSQL, and Dynamics. Sorry, but other than setting it up in a lab for my own interest and tinkering, I have not had a Client request OpenStack or any OSS if they are implementing a Microsoft technology-based cloud or hybrid-cloud architecture. Not to say F-500 companies don't use Open Source, but OSS is typically not utilized in every cloud or on-prem environment.
Edit: a bit more clarity