OpenStack has always been viewed as an open-source innovation in the cloud computing world, offering a comprehensive suite of features for scalable cloud infrastructure and proven capabilities to replace VMware in the data center. However, OpenStack’s extensive functionality comes at the expense of complexity, with complex components such as Nova, Cinder, Neutron, and others making
· March 15, 2024 · 3 min read
Traditionally, Kubernetes deployments required a minimum of three nodes, but this approach is often impractical in many environments. Space constraints and, more importantly, cost considerations pose challenges. This is especially true in edge computing scenarios, where adding a third server is neither practical nor necessary. The justification for additional computing power becomes elusive, resulting in
· November 21, 2023 · 4 min read
Enterprises are quickly adopting Kubernetes. In my role as field CTO here at Platform9 Systems, I speak to many of our prospects and current customers, and in every case, they are adopting Kubernetes at some level. And they’re looking at tools that can help them with their Kubernetes efforts. Note that I said “tools.” I
· August 3, 2021 · 4 min read
by Peter Fray (Platform9) and Alessandro Catale (Comfone) There are plenty of articles describing how to setup MongoDB with a Kubernetes operator. However, is Kubernetes a viable solution for running high-performance MongoDB use cases? In this blog, we will describe a real-world application performance test that 200 million MongoDB document inserts and reads per hour
· April 1, 2021 · 5 min read
In this article, you will learn how to set up Kubevirt for Kubernetes based VM management. Kubevirt For VM Management Kubevirt is an open-source project that makes it possible for virtual machines to be manageand isd by Kubernetes. This means that Kubevirt VMs will be able to run on Pods, alongside containers – allowing you
· December 22, 2020 · 5 min read
I travel across the US and everywhere I go there is a buzz around Kubernetes. From Silicon Valley companies jumping in with both feet and running Kubernetes workloads in production, to East Coast finserv and retail organizations, to middle America — everyone is digging in to understand the details and how best to take advantage
· May 16, 2019 · 11 min read
Today Enterprise IT does not question the value of containerized applications anymore. Given the move to adopting DevOps and cloud-native architectures, it is critical to leverage container capabilities in order to enable digital transformation. Google’s Kubernetes (K8s), an open source container orchestration system, has become the de facto standard — and the key enabler —
· March 6, 2019 · 9 min read
Enterprise Infatuation with Kubernetes It seems that everyone is infatuated with Kubernetes. Every organization has an active project with Kubernetes or planning one. When adopting Kubernetes organizations are quickly realizing that many decisions need to be made and that Kubernetes is no simple thing. Some common questions are: How will I deploy Kubernetes? Where will
· December 3, 2018 · 6 min read
