Open Challenges for a Production-ready Cloud Environment on top of RISC-V hardware

TL;DR

This paper discusses the hardware and software challenges faced in building a RISC-V-based cloud environment managed by OpenStack, highlighting performance gaps and the path toward European technological sovereignty.

Contribution

It presents a prototype RISC-V cluster with OpenStack, identifying key challenges and performance issues in creating a production-ready RISC-V cloud ecosystem.

Findings

Hardware and software challenges in porting OpenStack to RISC-V

Performance gaps hindering cloud readiness on RISC-V

Insights into achieving European technological sovereignty

Abstract

As part of the Vitamin-V European project, we have built a prototype of a RISC-V cluster managed by OpenStack, with the goal of realizing a functional RISC-V cloud ecosystem. In this poster we explain the hardware and software challenges encountered while porting some elements of OpenStack. We also discuss the current performance gaps that challenge a performance-ready cloud environment over such new ISA, an essential element to fulfill in order to achieve european technological sovereignty.