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OpenStack Distributions
editDetermining an appropriate OpenStack distribution to target and address a specific use-case can be a difficult task, as there are several distributions currently available in a market that expects to grow considerably. The following expandable/collapsible chart provides a comparative OpenStack distribution matrix:
| PROVIDER | DISTRO | Host OS | Services | Hypervisor | DCA | Controller HA | Block Storage (Cinder) | Image Storage (Glance) | Object Storage | Add-Ons | Non-Core Projects | Infrastructure Management | Patch Upgrade Support | Reference Config | Hardware Certification | Training | Free | Downloadable | Notes | Ref |
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SUSE | SLES | Glance, Horizon, Keystone, Melange, Nova, Quantum, Swift | 
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SLES11 SP2 | [ref] |
| openSUSE | openSUSE | Glance, Horizon, Keystone, Melange, Nova, Quantum, Swift |
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openSUSE 12.1 | [ref] | |
| Ubuntu Cloud Infrastructure | Ubuntu |
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KVM, Xen, VMware, LXC | Metal-as-a-Service (MaaS) + Juju |
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LVM, Ceph, Gluster, No explicit mention of 3rd party storage drivers.]] | File, Swift, Ceph | Swift, Ceph (RADOS) | Openvswitch Cisco, Brocade Nicira BigSwitch Floodlight | N/A | MaaS + Landscape |
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) | [ref] | |
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Glance, Keystone, Nova, Swift |
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CloudBlocks, Hardware Blueprints |
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Open Cloud System 2.5 | [ref] | |
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OpenStack Debian GNU/Linux | Debian | Glance, Horizon, Keystone, Melange, Nova, Quantum, Swift |
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Dell OpenStack-Powered Cloud Solution |
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Glance, Horizon, Keystone, Nova, Swift |
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Crowbar |
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| DevStack | Ubuntu, Fedora | Ceilometer, Cinder, Glance, Heat, Horizon, Keystone, Nova, Quantum, Swift |
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Only for Development purposes | [ref] | |
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FedoraProject | Fedora | Glance, Horizon, Keystone, Nova, Quantum, Swift |
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Clients, Tempo |
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| Mirantis
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Mirantis OpenStack | Ubuntu, Red Hat and CentOS |
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KVM, Xen, VMware | Fuel + Puppet |
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LVM, Ceph, NetApp, EMC, Compellant (Dell) | File, Swift, Ceph | Swift, Ceph (RADOS) | Openvswitch, Nicira Juniper Contrail | Savana (Hadoop) + Murano (distributed Windows env) | Fuel |
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Mirantis OpenStack 4.0 | [ref] |
| Morphlabs
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mCloud OpenStack+ |
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| OpenSUSE OpenStack |
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| PistonCloud
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Piston OpenStack | Ubuntu | Glance, Horizon, Keystone, Melange, Nova, Quantum, Swift |
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CloudKey, CloudAudit |
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| Rackspace Private Cloud | Ubuntu, CentOS, RHEL | Glance, Horizon, Keystone, Nova, Cinder, Swift | KVM | Chef |
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LVM, NetApp, EMC, SolidFire | File, Rackspace Cloud Files | Rackspace Private Cloud Object Storage | Openvswitch, Chef, OpenCenter, High Availability | 
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Rackspace Private Cloud v. 4.2 | [ref] | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform | RHEL, Fedora, CentOS and other Red Hat derivatives |
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KVM | Foreman + Puppet |
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LVM, Gluster, NetApp, EMC + other vendors | File, Swift, Red Hat Storage Server (Gluster) | Swift, Red Hat Storage Server (Gluster) | Openvswitch Cisco, Brocade Mellanox Juniper Contrail | N/A | Foreman + Red Hat Satellite |
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Redhat Enterprise Linux Openstack Platform 4.0 | [ref] | |
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StackOps Community Edition |
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| StackOps 360 | Ubuntu | Nova |
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Deployment Wizard, Reference Architecture, Head Manager Dashboard, NAS Conector, High Availability |
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| OpenSUSE |
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| SUSE Cloud | SLES | Glance, Horizon, Keystone, Nova, Quantum, Swift | KVM, Xen, VMware, HyperV | Crowbar + Chef |
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LVM, Ceph (RBD), NetApp, EMC | File, Swift, Ceph | Swift, Ceph (RADOS) | Openvswitch, Cisco, SUSE Studio | N/A | Crowbar + SuSe Manager, Cisco UCS |
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SUSE Cloud 3.0 | [ref] | |
| SwiftStack
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OpenStack Swift |
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Swift |
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Ubuntu |
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