AMAX Releases CloudMax
AMAX is proud to announce the release of CloudMax, a total turnkey OpenStack Private Cloud solution, powered by Piston OpenStack.
AMAX's CloudMax is a fully converged and modular Private Cloud solution based on OpenStack, which takes the complexity and expertise requirement out of maintaining an enterprise-ready, secure private cloud, with the ability to launch a fully functional private cloud in less than 10 minutes. Powered by Piston OpenStack, CloudMax utilizes Piston's Null-Tier Architecture in which every server handles compute, storage, networking and management requirements for the ultimate in high-availability and ease of scaling just add more modules to grow your cloud.
Key features include CloudBoot, a system orchestration framework modeled after the pioneers of cloud computing at Amazon, Google and Microsoft that allows for a streamlined launch of your cloud in minutes, zero-downtime updates and unbelievably easy scaling (just rack and wire new nodes); Moxie HA which enables servers to collectively self-manage using a fault-tolerant, master-elected job runner with distributed watchdog service and fencing to ensure a 24/7 private cloud; and Virtual Memory Streaming which can clone thousands of VMs in-memory within seconds. The CloudMax appliance comes fully turnkey and optimized for cloud computing with five heterogeneous compute nodes and 24-port 10Gb switch as the perfect cloud pilot kit.
