openQRM Project – open source data center management project

Found openQRM project in a PCWorld article.

Also in the management realm is the openQRM project, a revival of an open source data center management project begun by the now-defunct company Qlusters. OpenQRM is a single-management console for infrastructure both physical and virtual. It provides an API for integrating third-party tools, including Puppet, and incorporating plug-ins.

The newest iteration, version 4.4 includes Simple Object Access Protocol -based Web services for remote control and other infrastructure management tools for cloud deployments

NetworkWorld has more details.

Instant Cloud Computing at UKUUG 2009

By MattR on Fri, 01/16/2009 - 10:53am.

Additional to next weeks presentation about "Cloud Computing with openQRM" at LCA2009 (Virtulization Miniconf) there is another possibility to keep up with openQRM's Cloud Computing features at the UKUUG Spring 2009 Conference in London (24-26 March 2009). This upcoming presentation deals with why open-source is serious for Cloud Computing and provides details about openQRM's implementation of a fully automated and rapid deploying Cloud environment which can be used for private and public Cloud services. It also explains openQRM's business model for Cloud Computing via its integrated billing system and ends up with a live-demonstration.

Please find the abstract about "Instant Cloud Computing with openQRM" as a teaser at :
http://www.ukuug.org/events/spring2009/programme/instant-cloud-computing.shtml

openQRM site is here.

About openQRM

Submitted by matt on Tue, 11/18/2008 - 00:47

openQRM is the next generation, open-source Data-center management platform. Its fully pluggable architecture focuses on automatic, rapid- and appliance-based deployment, monitoring, high-availability, cloud computing and especially on supporting and conforming multiple virtualization technologies. openQRM is a single-management console for the complete IT-infra structure and provides a well defined API which can be used to integrate third-party tools as additional plugins.