Daichi Nakamura,Cloud Administrator, Nishiki University IT
Nishiki University
- TBD Director of IT (IT Director, Nishiki University IT)
- Daichi Nakamura (Cloud / System Administrator, Nishiki University IT)
- TBD User (Researcher using Central OpenStack)
- TBD User (Researcher managing their own OpenStack?)
"OpenStack is free, but we pay for it in sweat"
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Daily Horizon Usage30 minutes LocationIbaraki, Japan |
Nishiki UniversityNishiki University is a mid-size university focused on research. They have a mid-sized IT infrastructure that runs many mission-critical applications. They are frequently on the cutting edge of new technologies as they are used as part of the course curriculum and for graduate research studies. They value solid, industry standard technology backed up by vendor support that provides stability, reliability, and security. |
How do you use Horizon Today?
Hmmmm, I don’t use Horizon all that much, there are a few things that are easy to do in the GUI - like getting an overview of things. For most things, I use the CLI. The end users do use Horizon quite a bit, for things like spinning up instances and uploading files.
What are your main responsibilities?
I am responsible for operating our OpenStack based private cloud that provides compute and storage resources to researchers at the university.
What do you think about working with the OpenStack Community?
Frankly, I sort of understand how some people may find the whole “community” thing appealing, but it’s not a big draw for me, at least in terms of participating myself. I just don’t have the time at work, and I’d rather spend my free time with my family. I’m not some kid that spends his or her evenings coding.
What are the key obstacles that you see with OpenStack Today?
The general consensus in my team is that OpenStack isn’t a mature technology. We’re interested in tracking its progress, but using it within our own IT infrastructure, at least right now, in my mind exposes us to too much risk. This is a conservative industry that’s traditionally slow to change, especially when there is any chance of a negative impact on security or disaster recovery. That’s just not something we can afford. And open source is a different ball game for us. We have a lot of clout with our vendors given our size, but when you get to something like OpenStack, the only way to influence direction is through contributing code, and that’s certainly not how I want to spend my days.
Status: Draft
Data source: OpenStack and non-OpenStack Customer interviews
