Gyani Pillala ( Free Software /Open Source )

“Happiness keeps us sweet,
Trails keep you strong,
Sorrow keeps you Human,
Failure keeps you humble and
Success keeps you glowing, but only
Faith & Attitude keeps you going  “


Technology Evangelist and  enthusiastic IT person, with a passion towards Datacenter technologies. I am working as a Cloud Technology Consultant. I have a very rich and diversified experience in Datacenter Product Development , Automation and Integration. Currently working on Carrier Grade Cloud Deployments - Helion Carrier Grade Cloud and Redhat Enterprise Linux Openstack Platfrom.

Great Exposure on Large Cloud Deployment - DataCenter Network Topology , Data/Management Plane Switches, High End Storage Subsystems, Storage Bench Marking , Data center Product Development.

Experiences in Challenging Enterprise Environment and complicated Network Architecture and Service Layer Intergration (Multiple Tier-4 Data Centers)
Experienced with all Gnu/Linux Based servers includes Debian, Redhat, Centos, Ubuntu, Sun Solaris, FreeBsd, Storage Boxes, Highly Redundant Servers, BareMetal Hypervisor (VMware ESXi/KVM), Storage components (iSCSI nfs filers), Compute Nodes and Redundant Management Cluster Servers. Involved in architecture virtualization environment engineering designs

Experience with Data Center automation Layers and service layer integration with scripting languages (python,perl,bash,nsh). Implementing strong automation between systems and applications, exposed to complete integration testing of Infrastructure Related Data Center Products

Loved to work with open-source technologies and free software that led me to Work on Clusters,Grids,Private/Public Clouds Infrastructure, Virtualization Hypervisors (Esxi/KVM/XEN)
Experienced with High End, Highly Redundant/Scalable/Available Storage Boxes SAN,IBM DAS,NAS, ZFS pools... Skilled on Cluster/Grid Computing on various Technologies; High available Cluster Databases... Tcp/IP Networking and Unix/Linux security...

Area of Interest: Data Center Automation with Scripting, Openstack Carrier Grade Cloud,  Scripting, Redundant Storage Pools, Passionate to work on Core Issues and figure out the Root Cause, Cluster FileSystems, Redundant Storage Pools, Cloud Engines(Open Nebula http://opennebula.org/, Eucalyptus,XCAT 2(Extreme Cloud Administration ToolKit) http://xcat.sourceforge.net/, MOAB ( http://www.adaptive.com/ ), Torque , EFS (Enterprise FileSystem http://openefs.org/ ) , BMC BladeLogic (http://bmc.com) Forensic/penetration tools, Rootkits Linux/Unix, Network Security

Passionate in Data Center Automation/Product Automation/Systems Automation (Python, Perl  Shell) and Compiling the Source codes to Custom Packages DEBs for Debian Family, RPM for Redhat and PKG for Solaris Family and Bench Marking the CPU Performance and Storage Performance.

Personal Aspect
Interested in making Friends, Attending Conferences on latest technologies, Debate on Different Emerging Technologies, Going to new places, Adventures Trips, Writing Blogs, Enjoy Watching Documentaries, knowledge sharing , giving helping hand to needy !! - NOT to miss " WORK OUT "

Professional Training (E-Learning )
Would be interested to share my technical Expertise in Various Technologies like Cloud Computing, Various Cluster Environments, Grid Computing, Automation, Bash Scripting, Python Scripting, Gnu-Linux/Unix Services soon...

Through Skype or TeamViewer etc
Just Drop me a mail will revert back

Part of Conferences:-
     - Invited as a Guest Speaker in National Level Foss Conference (http://foss.amrita.ac.in/)
     - Participated 2nd International Conference on Freedom in Computing, Development and Culture (http://fsfs.in/)
     - Participated in International Conference on Cloud Computing, Smart Grid and Green IT (http://amrita.edu/)
     - Cloud Computing Summit 2010 , Hyderabad India
     - Ubuntu Developer Day (http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntudeveloperday)



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Email to: gyani.pillala@gmail.com


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