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Cloud-based operating system which enables small to large size enterprises manage and compute large pools of data storage, datacenter and networking resources via a dashboard.
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A huge pro with this software is that it is better than AWS. And it is open-source as well as easy to use.
OpenStack is difficult to start with and has a steep learning curve.
OpenStack is a great open source platform for cloud solutions. With its open source way, it gives more options for a customized service.
The web interface for management is a bit more complex and difficult to understand. In compare with another commercial solutions it lacks some extended features.
The biggest pro of OpenStack is that it's an open-source cloud management platform. Great performance and scalability.
The scalability of the cloud environment is a great feature. OpenStack and RackSpace work to get you a cloud environment that can store all your data and handle many users working in the environment.
It has amazing community support from which I can refer and practice best strategies for my deployments.
Many times the CloudFormation deployment fails after trying for a long time, which is frustrating. Also, the error messages are not easy to understand.
I like to suggest to all if you want better service then you can got with aws CloudFromation thanks.
Navigating and understanding how to use it was confusing.
I like that AWS CloudFormation provides documentation to explain everything a good interface. Also, i like that AWS CloudFormation always reminds me if I exceed the budget is determined.
There is no counterpart. It is as simple as it sounds, you can design a template that can start multiple Amazon services, no catch.
Also, it supports various IAAS like terraform, etc., and other serverless frameworks too. It is very easy to use and you can easily find good documentation about this.
2 factor authentication sometime would rest multiple times durning server run time which causes disrubtions. Wehn scaling up servers you may get over charged.
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