Moving to a KVM Cloud: Conquer Your Fears and Cut Your Costs

Moving to a KVM Cloud: Conquer Your Fears and Cut Your Costs

Many organizations are looking for lower-cost and more easily manageable alternatives for virtual machines and clouds. The option chosen most frequently today is Linux KVM in combination with an open-source cloud management platform (CMP).
Many organizations are looking for lower-cost and more easily manageable alternatives for virtual machines and clouds. The option chosen most frequently today is Linux KVM in combination with an open-source cloud management platform (CMP). These excellent low-cost solutions provide a comprehensive set of capabilities for creating commercially-viable clouds. In this webinar, we’ll discuss:
  • Why IT Teams are migrating to KVM
  • Best practices for a mass migration of VMs
  • Why to use software-defined storage for your cloud infrastructure
  • How to choose the right cloud management platform (CMP) for your business
  • What support options are available for the major CMPs

Our Expert Speakers

  • Alex Ivanov
    Alex Ivanov - Alex Ivanov, Product Lead at StorPool
    Alex Ivanov is the Product Lead at StorPool Storage and is responsible for the product strategy and tactics at the company. He has experience in the storage market and a deep understanding of the needs and priorities of businesses managing large-scale clouds to run diverse, mission-critical workloads. At StorPool, he works closely with the team to evolve the StorPool primary storage platform and expand its capabilities and usefulness for various use cases. His goal - ensure StorPool cost-effectively delivers above and beyond what is possible with other primary storage products to help customers achieve their commercial and technical goals.
  • Dave
    Dave Henry - Product Marketing Manager, StorPool Storage
    Dave started his career in IT at MIT’s Project Athena back in late 1986, first as a systems administrator and then as a “System Programer III”. He spent the next several years honing his skills in a variety of different data centers, always working in multi-platform environments. Dave has worked as a consultant, in startups, non-profits, medium-sized businesses, and global enterprises. During the second half of his career, he focused on storage, virtualization, and cloud. Over the years, Dave has acquired many technical certifications and was named a VMware vExpert 11 years in a row. When he’s not writing or talking about tech, Dave enjoys listening to music, being involved in leadership training programs, and inflicting his friends to really horrible movies.