Semy, Google app engine and google compute engine are two different things. App engine has been around for quite some time. The compute engine that they offer as an IaaS solution is based off internal google software that has also been in use internally for a lengthy amount of time.
Honestly, most people expected google to enter into the IaaS market much earlier than this. Noone tested or noone is interested in Google Compute Engine and Openstack? > I believe most of us are simply interested in ensuring an API compatibility layer will exist. But as per planning that is not currently within the confines of the OpenStack project, but is rather left to the openstack distribution vendors. I think that eventually a standard method for abstracting the various IaaS API layers will arise. Usability functions are also interesting. Certainly compute engine provides a different approach to the user experience in IaaS from what has been the de facto standard in amazon. That's interesting as well. > I've heard about Google's cloud recently. What do you think about it? Will >> it be compatible with openstack? Or will openstack be compatible with them? >> Anyone knows something about their solution? it's purely their technology? >> Or maybe they were inspired by openstack or something else. >> > It is purely their technology. It likely pre-dates openstack. Eventually an API compatibility layer will exist. I am certain that several organizations are likely working on this as we speak. As stated earlier that is not something the OpenStack project has a hand in at the moment. > What about scalability? Their test app is really impressive - 600.000 >> cores. Is it even achievable in openstack? How can I create environment >> with so many cores, in openstack? >> > I don't believe anyone has ever approached that number of course in a single deployment. I have no doubt that openstack could scale to those numbers. However a 600,000 core environment is akin to a 50,000 physical node deployment of 2 cpu 6 core units. That is a colossal sum of hardware. Very few organizations have that many physical nodes, much less dedicated to a single IaaS environment. > I'm waiting for my invitation to google compute, but maybe someone has >> already tested it. >> > There are several reviews online already as well as reference documentation on the offering. -Matt -- > *Semy* > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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