{"id":54126,"date":"2012-07-31T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T06:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/?p=54126"},"modified":"2020-04-23T15:24:23","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T12:24:23","slug":"cloud-platform-comparison-cloudstack-eucalyptus-vcloud-director-and-openstack-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/cloud-platform-comparison-cloudstack-eucalyptus-vcloud-director-and-openstack-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Platform Comparison: CloudStack, Eucalyptus, vCloud Director, and OpenStack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_79_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/cloud-platform-comparison-cloudstack-eucalyptus-vcloud-director-and-openstack-2\/#A_cloud_platform_of_choice\" >A cloud platform of choice<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/cloud-platform-comparison-cloudstack-eucalyptus-vcloud-director-and-openstack-2\/#About_the_author\" >About the author<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/cloud-platform-comparison-cloudstack-eucalyptus-vcloud-director-and-openstack-2\/#Further_reading\" >Further reading<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_cloud_platform_of_choice\"><\/span>A cloud platform of choice<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Cloud computing remains one of the discussed topics in the IT field today. Cloud technologies allow for improved operational efficiency, significant cost savings, scalable infrastructure, as well as high performance and secured data storage.<\/p>\n<p>However, choosing an appropriate cloud platform can be difficult, as each platform has some pros and cons. A customer turned to Altoros to find the best cloud platform to fit his project. Therefore, our team decided to take a deep look at the most notable systems available, compare their capabilities, and summarize the findings in a product-by-product table. In our research, we compared <b>CloudStack<\/b>, <b>Eucalyptus<\/b>, <b>vCloud Director<\/b>, and <b>OpenStack<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>This independent comparison intends to help you align your business requirements with the capabilities of a particular cloud system and select the best-fit product. For more information, read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/research-papers\/cloud-platform-comparison-cloudstack-eucalyptus-vcloud-director-and-openstack\/\">full research<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"About_the_author\"><\/span>About the author<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Vadim-Truksha.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Vadim-Truksha.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54136\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 600px;\"><small><strong>Vadim Truksha<\/strong> is System Administrator at Altoros with 3+ years of experience in site reliability engineering. 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