What are the main differences between vmware esxi and openstack?

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asked 2013-07-08 12:17:48 -0600

gil@openstack
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updated 2014-05-14 04:55:52 -0600

darragh-oreilly
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Hi team,

i'm new to openstack, i've been working on vmware esxi for last 3 years now, as part of new project i should have knowledge of openstack, so i joined you. Previously i heard of it but not paid much concentrations, i just want to know main diffe between vmware esxi and openstack, is openstack vmware sort of software or any thing different.

please let me know,

thanks in advance.

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Let's reserve this site for actual problems and hold conversations on the mailing list http://lists.openstack.org

smaffulli ( 2014-09-09 13:47:39 -0600 )edit

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answered 2013-07-12 20:11:22 -0600

ken-hui

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updated 2013-07-13 02:14:21 -0600

darragh-oreilly
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OpenStack is a Cloud platform or toolkit that orchestrates various technologies such as storage, networking and compute, including hypervisors. ESXi is a hypervisor but not a Cloud platform or toolkit. The VMware products that most directly map to OpenStack is not vSphere or ESXi, but vCloud Automation Center and vCloud Director.

In fact, OpenStack does not have it's own hypervisor but manages different hypervisors, such as KVM, Xen, Hyper-V, AND ESXi. If you want more details, you can read the blog post series I am working on starting with http://cloudarchitectmusings.com/2013/06/24/openstack-for-vmware-admins-nova-compute-with-vsphere-part-1/.

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answered 2014-05-14 04:15:38 -0600

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updated 2014-05-14 04:48:58 -0600

darragh-oreilly
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Comparing Vmware vs. OpenStack: I ran into a great slide deck Mirantis comparing VMware and OpenStack (Essex) and wanted to share it. I am not affiliated with Mirantis. I started to research a side by side comparison between OpenStack and VMware. The slide deck is really good and deserves more than a Tweet. VMware is a good tool for many enterprises, but with that comes at a financial premium. I tend to get worried if systems folks need too many tools in order to keep the lights on.