Item: Red Hat OpenShift
Rating: 8
Author: Bradley Peters

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Openshift as a platform for all our Java and angular microservices. Openshift allows us to scale quickly; for example, recently, we needed to scale up and add four new clusters. Installation with ROSA is very straightforward, and using Gitops, this was a very smooth process to get the new clusters configured.

Pros and Cons

Developer experience.
Support cases and troubleshooting.

Middleware
Upgrading Middleware.

Return on Investment

Switching to ROSA was a massive decrease in cost - positive.

Key Insights

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?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Red Hat OpenShift go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Red Hat OpenShift again?

Yes

Other Software Used

AWS CloudFormation, AWS Secrets Manager, Apache Airflow

Likelihood to Recommend

It is well suited for being a platform for hundreds of microservices(in our case) and has the ability to scale them up quickly and portability between environments. Openshift Gitops is also an incredible addition to make things a lot easier configuring the cluster.

Good platform, easy to install and configure.

Software Version

Modules Used

Overall Satisfaction with Red Hat OpenShift