{"id":154,"date":"2015-07-23T11:54:18","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T09:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/cp\/?p=154"},"modified":"2015-07-23T13:20:43","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T11:20:43","slug":"openstack-in-the-icts-datacenter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/cp\/2015\/07\/openstack-in-the-icts-datacenter\/","title":{"rendered":"Openstack in the ICTS Datacenter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We are just about ready to start the first part of our Openstack research cloud implementation, in collaboration with Canonical. Thanks to our colleagues in NI and TCS for all your help in getting stuff this far!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">See some of the pics of the DC and kit&#8230;.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_158\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-158\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/cp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150723_114036.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-158\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/cp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150723_114036-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Power &amp; Networking\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/cp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150723_114036-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/cp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150723_114036-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Power &amp; Networking<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_157\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/cp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150723_113959.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-157\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/cp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150723_113959-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Storage... 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