Item: Red Hat OpenShift
Rating: 9
Author: Asad Khan

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Red Hat OpenShift is a complete PaaS solution for developers as well as for deployment & configuration engineers who manage & create the underlying infrastructure for cloud-native applications. My use case is to host containerized RAN applications of mobile operators over EDGE servers in a relatively less resource-intensive infrastructure. Lifecycle management of the application, i.e., the CNFs in the case of Telcos, is relatively easy with Red Hat OpenShift.

Pros and Cons

LCM of CNFs
Security of the underlying environment
Modular Support of desired operators for Telco applications
Supporting all Storage & Networking solutions in the form of CSIs & CNIs

Initial deployment of the cluster
RBAC & User management
Lack of In-built observability solutions
Lack of In-built performance monitoring

Return on Investment

20% improvement in LAB PoCs completion times
Improved operational efficiency
Excellent integration with GitOps resulting in ease of node deployment

Application Development and Delivery

I can't comment on the development part as I am not the developer but I can tell about the deployment that it is greatly enhanced with the integration of GitOps with Red Hat OpenShift. The maintenance is also easy for the infrastructure because the Red Hat OpenShift console provides all the policy based alerts in the governance tab

Performance

Honestly, this is not the case. The performance of an application depends on its design & resource constraints that the application architect has included during the development. It doesn't depend on the platform

Alternatives Considered

Google Kubernetes Engine and Kubernetes

I work for a private cloud datacenter environment where Red Hat OpenShift remains the best choice because of its security & simple UI interface

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

Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes

Likelihood to Recommend

Well suited for - Telco core applications (CNFs) Telco RAN applications (CNFs) Any containerized application based on microservices. Less appropriate for - VM based applications Monolithic applications Applications require no or very less updates or upgrades Applications with complex requirement of observability & user access

A complete PaaS solution for private cloud environments

Software Version

Modules Used

Overall Satisfaction with Red Hat OpenShift