Stacki

Stacki is a computer cluster software product from the company StackIQ, released as open-source software.

Description

StackIQ was originally named Clustercorp when it was founded in 2006. Its first product was a commercial version of a Linux distribution called the Rocks Cluster Distribution.[1] Originally based in San Jose, California, co-founders included Mason Katz and chief executive Tim McIntire.[2] In 2011, the company re-incorporated as StackIQ and moved to the La Jolla district in San Diego, California.[3] A round of venture capital funding in April and October 2014 raised about $6 million.[4] By then it was located in Solana Beach, California.[5] In August 2016, Pervez Choudhry replaced McIntire as chief executive.[6]

A product called StackIQ cluster manager was renamed StackIQ Boss in February 2015.[7][8]

Stacki works on several servers at the same time, so it takes about as long to provision any number of servers.[9]

The system allows installations via the Preboot Execution Environment (PXE), and supports both an “all servers that boot on this network” and an “all servers in this spreadsheet” method of installations. So if the servers to be installed are on an isolated network, a Stacki tool called insert-ethers can be run to grab each machine that boots on the network and add it to Stacki, commencing an installation if needed. If the servers to be installed are on a shared network, then loading a spreadsheet of machines to install tells Stacki which ones it should install.

Stacki uses a database to manage variables for use during installation. Variables can be defined by individual server, installation type, or globally, and can be manipulated via spreadsheets or command line. Networking, for example, can be managed with variables. A machine can be configured with multiple network cards on multiple networks with varying routes and open/closed ports. Stacki was released in June 2015.[10]

The StackIQ company was acquired by Teradata on June 30, 2017, for an undisclosed amount.[11]

References
  1. "Clustercorp Releases Rocks+ 5.3". Inside HPC. March 17, 2010. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  2. "About Us". Old Clustercorp web site. Archived from the original on August 9, 2010. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  3. Steve Campbell (August 31, 2011). "StackIQ Widens Net". HPC Wire. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  4. "Form D: Notice of Exempt Offering of Securities". United States Securities and Exchange Commission. October 10, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  5. Brad Graves (October 20, 2014). "StackIQ Receives $6 Million in Series B Funding". San Diego Business Journal. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  6. "StackIQ Announces Appointment of Pervez Choudhry as CEO". Press release. August 3, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  7. Kurt Yamamoto (February 9, 2015). "StackIQ Boss 5, Pallets and Wire Offer Warehouse-Grade Server Automation". Tom's IT Pro. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  8. Desire Athow (February 24, 2015). "The Boss is in: StackIQ brings forth a new era for complex server infrastructure". Tech Radar. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  9. Jonathan Frappier (November 27, 2015). "Getting to Know Stacki for Linux Installs Tool". VirtXpert. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  10. Stuart Parkerson (June 10, 2015). "StackIQ Has New Open Source Linux Server Provisioning Tool". App Developer Magazine. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  11. Mike Freeman (July 14, 2017). "San Diego data center tech start-up StackIQ acquired by Teradata". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
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