OpenShift as the preferred platform for running containerized workloads
June 06, 2023
OpenShift as the preferred platform for running containerized workloads
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (self-managed)
Modules Used
- OpenShift Data Foundation
- ACM,ACS
Overall Satisfaction with Red Hat OpenShift
We have been building a platform to be consumed by multiple teams via self-service onboarding process. The stress is on providing
multi-tenancy, separation of duties, and security, as well as support of regional DR scenario for various applications using persistent data. The goal is making OpenShift the standard platform to run containerized workloads and potentially standardize upon it and eliminate other k8s based solutions that unfortunately still exist in the enterprise
multi-tenancy, separation of duties, and security, as well as support of regional DR scenario for various applications using persistent data. The goal is making OpenShift the standard platform to run containerized workloads and potentially standardize upon it and eliminate other k8s based solutions that unfortunately still exist in the enterprise
- K8s related tooling
- Security
- Multi-cluster management
- Persistent data replication
- The embedded ODF cluster solution is limited to a single storage class which does not allow to have different tiers of storage dedicated to specific workloads
- Fixed size of the underlying disk size that also forces the user to use the same disk size for the further storage scale out process
- Hardware consolidation and improved resource utilization
- Streamlining application deployment
- Simplifying application DR process
- Standardization of application development processes
- Standardization of the platform to manage and run containerized applications
- The increased complexity requires hiring new capable staff that becomes expensive for the company to retain.
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Red Hat Satellite, Red Hat Directory Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
OpenShift works well in conjunction with Ansible Automation Platform that in our case is used for the cluster bootstrap process, before the ArgoCD takes over further cluster side configuration. Essentially AAP enables easy cluster build and rebuild processes.
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