Red Hat OpenShift: For easy Container Orchestration
September 28, 2021

Red Hat OpenShift: For easy Container Orchestration

Rishabh Khanna | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (self-managed)

Overall Satisfaction with Red Hat OpenShift

Red Hat OpenShift is being used by our teams for moving on-premise web applications to the cloud using containerization. We started using containers with the Red Hat OpenShift platform. It provides a feature-rich environment. It provides features like load balancing, auto restart, monitoring, and security. It was easily adopted by our new team members.
  • Out of the box package of tools and services for DevSecOps practices.
  • Possibility to start small and then scale up.
  • Very nice user interface.
  • There should be a proper way to manage and view logs which will reduce overhead.
  • Community support can be better.
  • Documentation can be improved with best practices.
  • Out of the box monitoring and logging solutions like Prometheus or Grafana.
  • Auto networking configuration.
  • Pods can be scale up or down based on usage.
  • With its easy deployment, we were able to focus more on code.
  • ROI was high, as we were able to save cost on hosting.
  • ROI was high, as It was easily adopted by our existing resources.
Red Hat OpenShift is a container as a service platform. Ever since we started using it, we have saved a lot of money and time. OpenShift is outstandingly easy to use, manage and install, and It presents little learning curve for developers familiar with Git and administrators familiar with configuration management tools such as puppet or chef.

Do you think Red Hat OpenShift delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Red Hat OpenShift's feature set?

Yes

Did Red Hat OpenShift live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Red Hat OpenShift go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Red Hat OpenShift again?

Yes

I suggest learning and implementing the OpenShift container platform If you are new to containers as it is easy, robust, and secure compared to other container orchestration platforms. It is a successful software stack for companies that require certified software and want to move to containerization. We are currently using it with our IIoT platform.

Red Hat OpenShift Feature Ratings

Ease of building user interfaces
9
Scalability
9
Platform management overhead
8
Workflow engine capability
9
Platform access control
9
Services-enabled integration
8
Development environment creation
9
Development environment replication
9
Issue monitoring and notification
9
Issue recovery
9
Upgrades and platform fixes
9