bwCloud SCOPE infrastructure

The bwCloud SCOPE infrastructure represents the next generation of the bwCloud: Based on the experience and knowledge gained with the first bwCloud environment, the new infrastructure has been completely redesigned and built. The new environment is primarily oriented towards the requirements and demands of the users:

• Scalable and flexible: Whether computing power or storage capacity, both can be upgraded individually and independently of each other
• Easy to operate: The proven principle of "self-service functionality" is even better supported with the current OpenStack version
• Significantly greater resources: In order to cope with the high demand for resources, we have massively expanded the bwCloud. There are now over 100 compute nodes and more than 2,700 TByte (gross) Storage space available!

With bwCloud SCOPE, the state project is "coming of age" and is taking a decisive step towards state service bwCloud.

Current OpenStack Release[current_os_release]

Currently the OpenStack Release Victoria running on Rocky 8.5 is used at all four bwCloud operating sites.

bwCloud operating sites & regions[operating_sites]

The current bwCloud infrastructure comprises four operating sites:

Mannheim

OpenStack Region: Mannheim
Betreiber: Computer Center of the University Mannheim (RUM)

Freiburg

OpenStack Region: Freiburg
Betreiber: Computer Center of the University Freiburg

Karlsruhe

OpenStack Region: Karlsruhe
Betreiber: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Ulm

OpenStack Region: Ulm
Betreiber: Kommunikations- und Informationszentrum (kiz)

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Current hardware equipment[hardware_inventory]

Stand: Juli 2018

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