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Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware and subsequent licensing changes have incentivized organizations around the world to re-evaluate their virtualization strategy. OpenStack, the open source standard for cloud infrastructure, has emerged as a leading alternative. Over 80% of OpenInfra members have already talked to customers about migrating workloads from VMware to OpenStack.
In this series, Superuser is highlighting different distro-agnostic migration tools available to the growing audience of organizations building a new virtualization strategy. Today we’re highlighting Coriolis from Cloudbase Solutions.
What are you hearing from customers interested in VMware migration?
The trend of organizations moving away from VMware has gained momentum, initially sparked by Broadcom’s acquisition of the company. However, it has become increasingly clear that customers no longer feel tied to a single vendor and are seeking true vendor neutrality. This shift is driven by the desire for flexibility, freedom, and cost-effectiveness, as well as concerns over vendor lock-in and the potential for increased costs and reduced innovation. As a result, companies are now exploring alternative solutions that offer greater autonomy and choice, allowing them to avoid dependence on a single vendor and instead create a more agile and adaptable IT infrastructure.
Tell us about your migration strategy, including any custom tooling you have developed.
Cloudbase Solutions provide the product and service required to support organizations transitioning from VMware, offering a flexible and tailored approach to meet their unique needs. Our services include:
Fully managed private cloud: We take care of the entire migration process, moving customers’ VMs from VMware to our dedicated, fully managed private cloud built on OpenStack.
Coriolis-powered automated migration: For customers who prefer a self-service approach, we offer Coriolis, a powerful tool that enables migration of VMs from VMware to their new infrastructure ensuring minor disruption to business operations.
Coriolis Disaster Recovery (DR) capabilities: In addition to migration, Coriolis also provides robust DR capabilities, allowing customers to replicate their VMs to a secondary site, ensuring business continuity in the event of an outage or disaster. This feature enables customers to easily create and manage disaster recovery workflows, ensuring that their critical workloads are always available.
We make the migration process as seamless and efficient as possible, allowing customers to quickly and easily transition to a more flexible, scalable, and cost-effective cloud infrastructure.
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Tell us about some of your customer success stories.
Virtuozzo, a leading alternative to VMware for service providers and enterprises, sought a robust and scalable solution to enable migrations from other platforms to Virtuozzo Hybrid Infrastructure (VHI), driving business growth and customer satisfaction. Coriolis, a powerful migration tool, meets this need by providing a simple, efficient, and reliable way to migrate Windows and Linux virtual machines, along with their associated storage and networking configurations, across multiple cloud platforms.
With Coriolis, Virtuozzo customers can now enjoy:
- Minimal disruption to business-critical applications.
- Simplified migration processes, reducing the complexity and risk associated with manual migrations.
- Flexible migration options, supporting a range of source platforms.
- Automated migration of complex configurations, including storage and networking settings.
- Faster time-to-market, enabling Virtuozzo customers to quickly onboard new customers and deploy new services.
By utilizing Coriolis, Virtuozzo can now offer its customers a more streamlined and efficient migration experience, making it easier for them to transition to Virtuozzo Hybrid Infrastructure (VHI) and take advantage of its many benefits.
DT Cloud, a leading cloud provider in Turkey, has selected Coriolis to provide disaster recovery (DR) and migration services to their customers. Coriolis was chosen for its reliability, scalability, and ease of use, making it an ideal solution for DT Cloud’s customers. With Coriolis, DT Cloud customers can enjoy seamless migration, robust DR, and flexibility and scalability, ensuring business continuity and minimal disruption to their operations.
What sorts of challenges have you seen when working with customers to move from VMware to OpenStack?
Mitigating Downtime Concerns and Navigating Platform Differences.
When migrating from one vendor to another, customers often anticipate significant downtime and disruption to their business operations. However, with Coriolis, this critical concern is alleviated. By enabling automated migrations with minimal impact, Coriolis removes the fear of prolonged downtime, allowing customers to transition to a new platform with confidence.
Bridging the Gap between VMware and OpenStack
Another significant challenge customers face is navigating the vast differences between VMware and OpenStack. As two distinct platforms, they require different architectural approaches and expertise. Cloudbase Solutions addresses this challenge by offering:
- Expert Guidance: Our team provides expert guidance to educate customers on the differences between VMware and OpenStack, ensuring a smooth transition.
- Customized Architectural Solutions: We work closely with customers to architect a tailored solution that meets their specific needs, leveraging our deep understanding of both platforms.
- Seamless Integration: By combining Coriolis’ migration capabilities with our expertise in OpenStack and VMware, we enable customers to seamlessly integrate their new solution with their existing infrastructure.
With Cloudbase Solutions, customers can overcome the challenges of migrating from VMware to OpenStack, and enjoy a smooth transition to a more flexible, scalable, and cost-effective infrastructure.
How are you working with the OpenStack upstream community to ensure openstack remains a viable virtualization option?
At Cloudbase Solutions, we’ve been a proud and active member of the OpenStack community for over a decade, with a dedication to driving innovation and growth. Our team has made significant contributions to the OpenStack ecosystem. Our commitment to open-source and community-driven projects is evident in our ongoing involvement and contributions to both OpenStack and Kubernetes. We believe in the power of collaboration and the importance of giving back to the community. By working together with the OpenStack and Kubernetes communities, we’re confident that we can build a brighter future for cloud infrastructure.
- Migrating from VMware to OpenStack with Coriolis - November 13, 2024
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