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Description

Self-service, remote deployment of operating systems such as Windows, CentOS, ESXi, and Ubuntu on physical servers transforms your data center into a bare metal cloud environment. This Metal-As-A-Service (MAAS) solution enables provisioning for a variety of systems, offering on-demand server capabilities alongside remote edge cluster management. With comprehensive infrastructure monitoring and discovery features, it seamlessly integrates with tools like Ansible, Chef, Puppet, SALT, and Juju, ensuring rapid installations from scratch. Supporting VMware ESXi, Windows, CentOS, RHEL, and Ubuntu, it allows for the creation of customized images with pre-installed applications, as well as configurations for disk and network settings. The platform utilizes an API-driven approach for essential services such as DHCP, DNS, PXE, and IPAM, while a REST API facilitates streamlined provisioning processes. Furthermore, it incorporates LDAP user authentication and role-based access control (RBAC) to enhance security measures. Hardware testing and commissioning are integral parts of the solution, which is designed to deliver the quickest operating system installation times in the industry, thanks to its highly optimized image-based installer. MAAS is compatible with all certified servers from leading vendors and efficiently discovers servers located in racks, chassis, and broader data center networks, while also supporting major system BMCs and chassis controllers. The combination of these features allows organizations to manage their infrastructure more effectively and drive operational efficiency.

Description

xCAT, or Extreme Cloud Administration Toolkit, is a versatile open-source solution aimed at streamlining the deployment, scaling, and oversight of both bare metal servers and virtual machines. It delivers extensive management functionalities tailored for environments such as high-performance computing clusters, render farms, grids, web farms, online gaming infrastructures, cloud setups, and data centers. Built on a foundation of established system administration practices, xCAT offers a flexible framework that allows system administrators to identify hardware servers, perform remote management tasks, deploy operating systems on physical or virtual machines in both disk and diskless configurations, set up and manage user applications, and execute parallel system management operations. This toolkit is compatible with a range of operating systems, including Red Hat, Ubuntu, SUSE, and CentOS, as well as architectures such as ppc64le, x86_64, and ppc64. Moreover, it supports various management protocols, including IPMI, HMC, FSP, and OpenBMC, which enable seamless remote console access. In addition to its core functionalities, xCAT's extensible nature allows for ongoing enhancements and adaptations to meet the evolving needs of modern IT infrastructures.

API Access

Has API Yes 

API Access

Has API Yes 

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Integrations

Airstack Yes 
Ansible Yes 
CentOS No 
Chef Yes 
Cisco AnyConnect Yes 
Huawei FusionStorage Yes 
IBM PowerVM No 
Intelligent Management Center Yes 
KVM No 
LDAP Yes 
MariaDB No 
PostgreSQL Yes 
PowerAI No 
Puppet Enterprise Yes 
SQLite No 
Ubuntu No 
VMware Cloud No 
Verizon Cloud Yes 

Integrations

Airstack No 
Ansible No 
CentOS Yes 
Chef No 
Cisco AnyConnect No 
Huawei FusionStorage No 
IBM PowerVM Yes 
Intelligent Management Center No 
KVM Yes 
LDAP No 
MariaDB Yes 
PostgreSQL No 
PowerAI Yes 
Puppet Enterprise No 
SQLite Yes 
Ubuntu Yes 
VMware Cloud Yes 
Verizon Cloud No 

Pricing Details

$30
Free Trial No 
Free Version No 

Pricing Details

Free
Free Trial No 
Free Version Yes 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows Yes 
Mac No 
Linux Yes 
Chromebook No 

Deployment

Web-Based No 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux Yes 
Chromebook No 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours No 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person No 

Vendor Details

Company Name

Canonical

Founded

2010

Country

United Kingdom

Website

maas.io

Vendor Details

Company Name

xCAT

Founded

2024

Website

xcat.org

Product Features

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

Analytics / Reporting No 
Configuration Management No 
Data Migration No 
Data Security No 
Load Balancing No 
Log Access No 
Network Monitoring No 
Performance Monitoring No 
SLA Monitoring No 

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