Neocloud has come to refer to a new class of GPU-focused cloud providers. Sure, most of our customers use us for AI purposes, but it is really open to anything GPU related.
We buy, deploy and manage our own hardware. On top of that, we've built our own automation for provisioning. For example, K8S assumes that an OS is installed, we're operating at a layer below that which enables to machine to boot and be configured on-demand. This also includes DCIM and networking automation.
We colocate in a datacenter (Switch).
This is sometimes called bare metal as a service.
Ironic is an open source project in this space if people are curious what this looks like.
We built our own ironic. Instead of a ton of services and configuration, we just have a single golang binary. Our source of truth is built on top of NetBox. We integrate Stripe for billing. We're adding features as customers ask for them.
While it is a lot of moving parts coordination, I'm not sure I agree with the complexity...
https://docs.openstack.org/ironic/latest/_images/graphviz-21...
Rackspace called; they want their business model back. :P
imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. the rackspace folks did a great job.
I’m not sure these Neoclouds have Rackspace’s Fanatical Support, though.
We're developers ourselves, so we're treating everyone as we'd want to be treated.