With Bright 8.0, we’ve made it easier than ever for you to create and manage your Linux-based clusters and OpenStack private clouds more efficiently and effectively.
Bright View – The most visible change in 8.0 is the all-new, designed from the ground up, web-based administrator's interface. It features a slick new workflow, and now you can keep tabs on your cluster from any web-based device, including a tablet.
Azure – Now you can take advantage of Bright's Cluster on Demand feature to create virtual clusters in Azure, and extend your on-premises cluster into Azure using Bright's Cluster Extension capability. 8.0 can scale nodes up and down in Azure based on workload.
Ubuntu – In addition to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CENTOS, Scientific Linux, Bright now manages clusters running Ubuntu Server Long Term support (16.04 LTS).
OpenStack Newton – Bright OpenStack 8.0 features improved logging of OpenStack events, performance improvements, and Ironic support for deployment of instances on bare metal.
Mesos & Marathon – This release integrates with Mesos and Marathon, providing a streamlined setup process, health checks, service management, and more.
Other enhancements –Other enhancements you will see in version 8 include:
Improved Kubernetes integration
New and updated machine learning packages
Enhanced cluster scaling capabilities
NVIDIA DCGM integration
Support for Power8 servers
BeeGFS integration
CephFS support
WATCH BRIGHT'S CTO DESCRIBE WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 8.0 IN THIS WEBCAST