OpenStack advances edge cloud platform with new version of StarlingX
A new open cloud platform update promises to simplify edge workload deployments that leverage distributed infrastructure. Version 3.0 of StarlingX pairs OpenStack and Kubernetes with Ceph for edge implementations of scalable applications based on container-based infrastructure, according to a company announcement.
Features of the new version include a new Armada manifest to enable infrastructure and Kubernetes cluster monitoring, integration with OpenStack Train, support for integration of distributed clouds with containerized OpenStack, support for Intel FPGA hardware acceleration and Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) for VMs. TSN is a set of standards for running time-sensitive traffic on Ethernet-based LANs with bounded, worst-case latency. The TSN standards, which are being developed by IEEE and still evolving, are a key technology for edge market segments like automotive and industrial where latency requirements are critical.
“As the 5G era approaches, StarlingX will be the key to meet the requirement of edge computing. 99Cloud has witnessed and participated in the StarlingX 3.0 release which brings the maturity of the edge cloud platform to a new stage,” comments 99Cloud Inc. Technical Director Shuquan Huang in the news release. “As one of the leading contributors of StarlingX, we’ll continuously contribute to the community and work with customers or partners to promote StarlingX 3.0 to commercial deployment.”
StarlingX is an OpenStack Foundation Pilot Project, jointly open sourced by Wind River and Intel. The platform is designed to deliver mature and robust cloud technologies to massively distributed environments, providing high availability, quality of service, performance and low latency running applications for a full range of use cases on bare metal, VMs and containers.
The initial release as a hardened OpenStack platform in 2018 was followed by the release of StarlingX Version 2.0 in September 2019, and now Version 3.0, based on 876 new commits from 70 developers. The project has a total of 5,928 commits from 187 authors since its launch. The rapid pace of releases is held up as an indication of strong community interest in the announcement.
Intel isn’t placing all its efforts in one software effort, however. Intel is also a launch partner of the Eclipse Foundation’s Edge Native Working Group, announced late last year at Edge Computing World.
StarlingX community members will meet up at OpenDev + PTG in Vancouver, June 8 to 11, to map out the project’s future in working sessions.
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