A New Foundation for Open Cloud Computing
Solution Grounded in Experience Equals Success
Cloud success is in reach with the Dell OpenStack-Powered Cloud Solution. With knowledge and experience from Dell, you can build a cloud foundation that is designed to handle massive data loads and still remain flexible and scalable. As one of the pioneering members of the OpenStack community, Dell has partnered with a network comprising more than 100 corporations that tally over 1,100 expert developers worldwide.
Dell OpenStack-Powered Cloud IaaS Solution Components
The Dell OpenStack-Powered Cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solution includes the Dell OpenStack-Powered Cloud Solution software, services from Dell and Rackspace® Cloud Builders, plus the Dell-developed Crowbar software.
Crowbar provides the perfect companion toolset, which gives you:
Get a Dell OpenStack-Powered Cloud Solution reference architecture that was built and tested on Dell PowerEdge C servers with an operational approach (DevOps) for automated system configuration and management, which provides capabilities like the following:
Cloud success is in reach with the Dell OpenStack-Powered Cloud Solution. With knowledge and experience from Dell, you can build a cloud foundation that is designed to handle massive data loads and still remain flexible and scalable. As one of the pioneering members of the OpenStack community, Dell has partnered with a network comprising more than 100 corporations that tally over 1,100 expert developers worldwide.
Dell OpenStack-Powered Cloud IaaS Solution Components
The Dell OpenStack-Powered Cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solution includes the Dell OpenStack-Powered Cloud Solution software, services from Dell and Rackspace® Cloud Builders, plus the Dell-developed Crowbar software.
Crowbar provides the perfect companion toolset, which gives you:
- An out-of-the-box cloud builder tool that supports multinode Dell OpenStack-Powered Cloud Solution deployment on bare-metal servers in a few minutes to hours, not days or weeks.
- The perfect tool to design, maintain and expand the complete solution, including BIOS configuration, network discovery, status monitoring, performance data gathering and alerting.
- An all-round open source solution when paired with the Dell OpenStack-Powered Cloud Solution.
Get a Dell OpenStack-Powered Cloud Solution reference architecture that was built and tested on Dell PowerEdge C servers with an operational approach (DevOps) for automated system configuration and management, which provides capabilities like the following:
- Scriptable deployments that can go from bare metal to updating specific component locations without operator intervention.
- Rapid iteration to design and build models in your environment as many times as needed.
- A design you can see run in your environment, with your requirements. You determine when you have exactly the right cloud model. No guessing is involved.
Recommended Systems
Dell OpenStack clouds are based on Dell PowerEdge C servers, designed for the unique challenges of hyperscale environments.
Dell OpenStack clouds are based on Dell PowerEdge C servers, designed for the unique challenges of hyperscale environments.
![]() | PowerEdge C6220 Rack Server |
| PowerEdge C6105 Rack Server | |
![]() | PowerEdge R720 and PowerEdge R720xd Rack Servers |
![]() | Dell Force10 S Series managed switches |



