Don’t let the speed of change keep you from deploying Openstack

Title: Don’t the the speed of change keep you from deploying Openstack: Red Hat’s FFWD Upgrade to the Rescue!

Abstract: Openstack is a project under constant change, however, sometimes, too much change could be a frightening thing, especially when considering production workloads. For many enterprises, when it comes to production, stability and scale outweigh cutting edge functionality which ultimately leaves them with an aging Openstack version supporting their production workloads. Historically, Openstack has been notoriously difficult to perform an N+1 upgrade which further compounded the issue in production with each new release. After conquering the N+1 issue, Red Hat engineers designed a solution for enterprises to enjoy the stability and scalability of Openstack in production and minimize the frequency of upgrades with their “Fast Forward” upgrade process for Long Term Supported Openstack Releases! Come join us as we break apart this process and get a better understanding of what is going on behind the curtain!

Speaker Bio - Darin Sorrentino:
Darin has over 25 years of IT experience, wearing various hats over the years ranging from application development to database administrator to system administrator to enterprise architect. It is his experience in such broad categories that allows him to help others in understanding and utilizing cloud platforms such as OpenStack to effectively deliver solutions that make sense. Darin is currently working as an OpenStack Senior Solutions Architect on the Red Hat Cloud Infrastructure Tiger Team assisting in Proof of Concept deployments, technical deep dives and assistance with problem resolution. Prior to working at Red Hat, Darin's previous OpenStack experience was helping a value added reseller (VAR) devise a cloud strategy to deliver for government agencies and prior to that, working for Mirantis.