Hyper-C is OpenStack on Windows Server 2016, based on Nano Server, Hyper-V, Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) and Open vSwitch for Windows. Bare metal deployment features Cloudbase Solutions Juju charms and MAAS.

1. Hyper-C
Alessandro Pilotti | Gabriel Samfira

2. Agenda
Intro
Demo

3. What is a Hyper-Converged
deployment?
Traditional deployments: separate compute, storage, network hosts
Hyper-converged: all hosts are equal
Uses commodity servers and local storage -> Much cheaper

4. Main components
• OpenStack
• Nano Server
• Hyper-V
• Storage Spaces Direct
• MAAS
• Juju

5. Languages
• OpenStack: Python, C++ (Python native extensions)
• Juju Charms: PowerShell, C#, Python
• Juju: Go
• MAAS: Python
• Open vSwitch: C

6. OpenStack
• Open source cloud management software
• Largest open source foundation after Linux
• The cloud software used by most of the big names in the industry

7. Nano Server
• Leightweight
• Windows without windows 
• Very small footprint
• Fast deployment and boot
• Included with Windows Server 2016

8. Hyper-V
• Microsoft’s hypervisor
• OpenStack drivers / plugins by Cloudbase

9. Storage spaces direct
• Shared nothing storage
• Data mirroring
• Scale-out File Server
• SMB Direct / RDMA

11. MAAS
• Metal as a Service
• DHCP / PXE based provisioning
• Included in Ubuntu
• Uses a Linux image to perform enlisting / provisioning / deployment
• Easy autodiscovery
• Supports IPMI, AMT and other BMC options (including Lego )

12. Juju
• Automated deployment made easy
• Alternative to Puppet, Chef, etc
• Charms provide the deployment scripts
• Easy way to create relationships between charms for complex
deployments

13. Juju Charms

16. Demo rig
• Intel NUC (i3 / i5, 16GB RAM, 2 * 512 GB SSD, USB3 Gb ethernet)
• Lego EV3 + LeJOS firmware (IPMI-like power management for all! )
• 1 MAAS controller
• 4 deployment nodes

17. Links
• https://cloudbase.it/hyper-c-part-2/
• Demo EV3: https://github.com/cloudbase/reBot

18. Q&A
openstack@microsoft.com

19. dream. code. commit.
cloudbase.it