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MayaData Kubera Persistent Storage through MayaData Director for Platform9 Managed Kubernetes clusters

MayaData Director is a remote SaaS management plane to provision and maintain OpenEBS persistent storage for your microservices running on Kubernetes. Prerequisites: Kubernetes Cluster Each node should have at least one free unformatted disk attached to it. Prefer size larger than 10GB. Metallb loadbalancer configured on bare metal clusters to expose your services of type […]

MayaData Kubera Persistent Storage through MayaData Director for Platform9 Managed Kubernetes clusters · · 4 min read

MongoDB with Kubernetes operator: 200 Million Inserts Per Hour Performance

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

MongoDB with Kubernetes operator: 200 Million Inserts Per Hour Performance · · 5 min read

Multi-Cluster Kubernetes Deployments – When and Why?

There are a variety of ways to segment workloads from each other in Kubernetes. You can run them on different pods or set up different namespaces. But if you want the maximum level of granularity – and the high availability and performance benefits that it can bring – a multi-cluster Kubernetes deployment is the way

Multi-Cluster Kubernetes Deployments – When and Why? · · 8 min read

Kubernetes on Bare Metal: Why and How

Running Kubernetes on bare metal offers a variety of advantages: It can increase performance, lower costs and more. Although bare metal isn’t always the best deployment approach for Kubernetes, it’s certainly worth considering if you have the infrastructure to support it. Below, we walk through considerations for running Kubernetes on bare metal, then explain how

Kubernetes on Bare Metal: Why and How · · 8 min read

Software-Defined Stores with Kubernetes

The brick-and-mortar store is the new battleground for retailers. They need to deliver outstanding in-store shopping experiences that drive new revenues while maintaining operational efficiencies. With the latest development in technologies like Kubernetes and edge computing, it is possible to deploy Software-defined stores that deliver the agility and ease of use similar to a public

Software-Defined Stores with Kubernetes · · 5 min read
kubernetes for 5g environments

Five Technical Challenges to Optimize Kubernetes for 5G Deployments

Operators of 5G mobile broadband networks deal with large-scale, complex, dynamic, and highly distributed infrastructure requirements. They have to deploy and operate thousands of radio towers and networks while managing software applications across the access layer, aggregate layer, and core data centers. Furthermore, they have to satisfy stringent specifications for latency and network performance of

Five Technical Challenges to Optimize Kubernetes for 5G Deployments · · 8 min read
Edge Computing and 5G Telco Power

Edge Computing and 5G Power: Telco and Cloud Convergence

This article first appeared on Telecomms.com Edge computing is rapidly emerging as the new cloud. According to Gartner, by 2022, more than 50% of enterprise-generated data will be created and processed outside the data center or cloud (Gartner report on edge). This poses a significant challenge for cloud computing giants like Amazon Web Services and

Edge Computing and 5G Power: Telco and Cloud Convergence · · 7 min read
Platform9 Kubevirt Early Access is here

KubeVirt: Tearing Down Another Silo

The KubeVirt open-source project has opened up possibilities for organizations to run VMs and containers alongside each other in a Kubernetes cluster. While it is still early days for the project, we at Platform9 see a lot of potential in it, especially when we think about the problems it can solve for organizations looking to

KubeVirt: Tearing Down Another Silo · · 5 min read
Istio As A Kubernetes Service Mesh

Kubernetes Service Mesh: How To Set Up Istio

In this article, you will learn how to set up Istio as a Kubernetes service mesh. Overview This article will cover: Quick Introduction to Kubernetes Service Mesh and Istio Pre-requisites Installing Istio as a Kubernetes service mesh Deploying a BookInfo Application on top Managing Ingress Monitoring the application Quick Introduction to Kubernetes Service Mesh and

Kubernetes Service Mesh: How To Set Up Istio · · 9 min read

Why Managed Calico?

Why Calico? We want to ensure we provide the best Kubernetes software-defined networking experience that is possible with an emphasis on supporting encryption, security policies, BGP, a fast data plane and can also be deployed consistently across private, edge, and public clouds.  Last year we had a request from a customer to support Calico using

Why Managed Calico? · · 5 min read
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