Over the past few years, organizations looking to build private clouds have gained some interesting new options in the form of Azure Stack and AWS Outposts. At the same time, OpenStack remains an important contender in the private cloud ecosystem. Understanding the strengths and weaknesses of these three platforms is critical for deciding which solution […]
· July 13, 2020 · 7 min read
The Kubernetes market is on a roll. In just a few years, open-source Kubernetes has grown so much in importance that we are already seeing major market consolidation and new products from marquee technology vendors. Last week, SUSE acquired Rancher. VMware launched Tanzu Kubernetes Grid earlier this year. IBM acquired Red Hat and OpenShift. Google
· July 13, 2020 · 4 min read
Today’s private clouds must accommodate a range of new needs and use cases that the private clouds of the past rarely contended with. At the same time, new technologies (or old technologies that have matured) have created novel opportunities for building out hybrid clouds. For both of these reasons, redefining private cloud architectures is one
· July 10, 2020 · 5 min read
Enterprises are witnessing a radical transformation of the intelligent edge as a key strategic component of the future network. According to leading analysts, by 2025, 30 percent of workloads will run at the edge, up from only 1 percent today. Increasing amounts of enterprise generated data (more than 50 percent for many organizations) will be
· July 9, 2020 · 3 min read
Like many computing systems, your Kubernetes environment requires the use of sensitive information. Sensitive values (such as passwords, SSH keys, and security tokens) are referred to collectively as secrets. In this article, we will explain how to store and manage the secrets in your Kubernetes environment, and we will examine the capabilities of Kubernetes and
· June 7, 2020 · 5 min read
Kubernetes deployments can scale to support services and applications that run in a broad array of environments, from multi-cloud deployments to resource-constrained edge computing environments. But as businesses look to save money by optimizing infrastructural resources, the process of deploying thousands of microservices over geographically distributed servers can become increasingly complicated. If your company will
· June 4, 2020 · 4 min read
Kubernetes is widely recognized as a platform that enables highly efficient use of infrastructure, but organizations need to understand those benefits are maximized when the developer experience itself is optimized. Developers are increasingly assuming responsibilities for systems operations. In the past, it was common to have a separate team of systems administrators responsible for deploying
· June 4, 2020 · 4 min read
One of the things that makes Kubernetes so powerful is that it can run virtually anywhere: On bare metal servers and virtual machines, on-premises or in the public cloud. (These are overlapping categories to an extent, because an on-premises cluster could be hosted using bare-metal servers or virtual machines.) Yet the fact that Kubernetes can
· June 2, 2020 · 4 min read
Kubernetes is a complex platform that provides for highly scalable, efficient use of containers. Operating enterprise Kubernetes deployment is difficult. it can also be highly problematic for companies that just try to “wing it” and figure out what to do as they go along. Don’t let that be you. Here are some best practices to
· June 1, 2020 · 4 min read
High Availability (HA) and uptime may be similar concepts, but they’re not the same. Availability refers to how accessible your server is or how many people can connect to it; while uptime is about whether your server is even reachable. What this means is that if even a single connection to your server is possible,
· May 31, 2020 · 5 min read
When it comes to Kubernetes clusters, size matters. The number of nodes in your cluster plays an important role in determining the overall availability and performance of your workloads. So does the number of namespaces, in a way. This does not mean, however, that bigger is always better. A Kubernetes cluster sizing strategy that aims
· May 28, 2020 · 8 min read
Just as there are many parts that comprise Kubernetes, there are multiple ways to go about Kubernetes deployment. The best approach for your needs depends on your team’s technical expertise, your infrastructure availability (or lack thereof), your capital expenditure and ROI goals, and more. There are multiple ways to scale a Kubernetes environment to meet
· May 27, 2020 · 6 min read