VMware Intergrated OpenStack (VIO), which is a VMware supported OpenStack distribution has been around for a few years. It built on the OpenStack Ocata release and it runs on top of the VMware SDDC and it offers the following capabilities/meet the following use cases:
- Implementing a Developer Cloud
- Running Containers
- Leveraging Network Virtualization (VMware NSX)
The 4.0 version includes support for:
- vRealize Automation
- Containers
- Multi vCenter support (up to six)
- Resize VM (CPU, memory and disk) without having to shut down the VM
- Firewall as a Service (FWaaS)
- Multiple NIC types
- Guest VLAN tagging
- CPU pinning
VIO Overview – picture borrowed from the VMware VIO Datasheet
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