In this session, Ayal Baron & Doug Williams will detail the range of performance considerations important when sizing and deploying OpenStack configurations. Specifically, he will discuss: Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor performance across a range of workloads Performance considerations for storing Nova instances , including both direct-attached disks and locally attached SSD Performance of OpenStack networking based on Linux bridge and Open vSwitch Capacity planning for OpenStack provisioning services, including Nova, Cinder, Keystone, and Glance