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NexentaStor alternatives

  • StorPool

  • StorPool enables so called “converged deployments”, i.e. using the same servers for both storage and compute, therefore making it possible to have a single standard “building block” for the datacenter and slashing costs. An extension to this concept is having a tight integration of the software layers running on this converged infrastructure – hypervisor, cloud management, etc – known as “hyper-convergence” or “hyper-converged” infrastructure.

    tags: storage-system raid storage-pool distributed-system openstack-integration
  • cdist

  • cdist is an alternative to other configuration management systems like cfengine, bcfg2, chef and puppet. But cdist ticks differently.

    tags: kiss posix shell ssh unix
  • Mina

  • Mina is a really fast deployer and server automation tool written in Ruby.

    tags: automation configuration configuration-management data-center-automation deployment
  • Pallet

  • Pallet is platform for agile and programmatic automation of infrastructure in the cloud, on server racks or directly on virtual machines. Pallet provides cloud provider and operating system independence, and allows for an unprecedented level of customization.

    tags: automation server-management system-administration deployment configuration-management
  • Propellor

  • Propellor is configured via a git repository, which typically lives in ~/.propellor/ on your development machine. Propellor clones the repository to each host it manages, in a secure way.

    tags: task-management system-administration configuration-management
  • SmartMove

  • Automatically moves data between high-cost and low-cost storage media.SmartMove is a cross platform tiered storage management application.

    tags: data-management data-center-automation
  • Sprinkle

  • Sprinkle is a software provisioning tool you can use to build remote servers with. eg. to install a Rails, or Sinatra stack on a brand new slice directly after its been created.

    tags: automation build-tool deployment
  • Bcfg2

  • Bcfg2 helps system administrators produce a consistent, reproducible, and verifiable description of their environment, and offers visualization and reporting tools to aid in day-to-day administrative tasks. It is the fifth generation of configuration management tools developed in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division of Argonne National Laboratory.

    tags: configuration-management server-management system-administration
  • Commando.io

  • A simpler way to manage servers online. Commando.io empowers users to be more efficient, improve their workflow, and eliminate anxiety over server provisioning, maintenance, and deployment. DropBox simplified online storage, GitHub simplified revision control, Commando.io simplifies server management.

    tags: server-management deployment amazon configuration-management server-administration