Multi-cloud DRaaS using OpenStack Keystone Federation

Abstract

Disaster recovery (DR) for the distributed workload and data in multi-cloud environments is very complex and challenging. There exist point tools for failover from one cloud to another cloud with active/passive data replications or with simple backup of private cloud data to public cloud(s). However, these point solutions are not integrated with the cloud environment. In this paper, we demonstrate how cost-effective DR process/solution can be accomplished with our Federated Cloud Services Framework (middleware), which is built upon OpenStack [16], by leveraging existing OpenStack functionalities. As our solution leverages the functionality of the federated cloud environment, it generalizes easily to multi-cloud scenarios, and is better integrated with the cloud infrastructure. We also compare our solution to current DR process/solutions available in the market.