With organizations in a push to embrace the cloud, hyper converged infrastructure (HCI) computing has burst into the mainstream. The market is expected to grow at more than 26% year on year from its 2020 position of $7.34bn to $48.17bn by 2028. However, many organizations are struggling to make it work. For many of these companies, the partnership between OpenShift running on Nutanix could be a game changer. Here are three reasons to migrate applications to Red Hat OpenShift running on Nutanix.
1. Simplify deployment and management
Building infrastructure can be complicated and time consuming. Most standard approaches often require separate storage systems or networking components which adds complexity and cost to OpenShift deployments. Nutanix's HCI architecture simplifies the deployment and management of OpenShift clusters.
Unlike traditional infrastructure setups, Nutanix eliminates the need for complex storage setups, separate network equipment, and separate management tools. With Nutanix, OpenShift can be easily deployed and extended with just a few clicks, reducing deployment time and simplifying ongoing operations. This simplified approach ensures that organizations can focus on their core business goals instead of getting bogged down in the complexity of infrastructure.
By comparison, other platforms may require separate storage systems or networking components, adding complexity and cost to OpenShift deployments. For example, VMware's vSphere requires additional configuration and management effort for storage and network integration, which can increase deployment time and overall system complexity.
2. Scalability and Performance
Nutanix's HCI architecture provides outstanding scalability and performance for OpenShift deployments. Nutanix clusters can scale seamlessly by adding new nodes, allowing organizations to meet growing demand without disrupting operations. The distributed nature of the Nutanix architecture ensures that OpenShift workloads can be efficiently balanced across the cluster, optimizing resource usage and ensuring consistent performance.
However, some platforms may face scalability and performance limitations. For example, traditional storage systems sometimes struggle to handle the growing demands of packaged workloads, resulting in performance bottlenecks.
In addition, legacy infrastructure solutions may require manual tuning and reconfiguration to scale, causing disruption and potential downtime.
3. Improved data protection and recovery
With data becoming increasingly important, organizations have an obligation to keep it secure and ensure it can be recovered quickly to meet data protection regulations. However many conventional systems lack comprehensive data protection and recovery capabilities. Some may require separate backup and troubleshooting solutions, leading to increased complexity and potential integration issues.
In addition, other HCI players may not necessarily offer robust disaster recovery and replication mechanisms which limits their ability to ensure business continuity.
On the other hand, Nutanix provides built-in data protection mechanisms such as high availability, data replication, and snapshot-based backup. These features ensure that OpenShift applications and data are highly available, even in the event of a hardware failure or disaster.
Nutanix also provides efficient disaster recovery solutions, allowing organizations to replicate their OpenShift clusters across geographically dispersed locations, improving business continuity.
Conclusion
Overall, OpenShift running on Nutanix offers a powerful combination of simplicity, scalability, performance, and data protection for organizations looking to leverage the benefits of containerization. Its streamlined deployment and management processes, coupled with its ability to seamlessly scale and provide enhanced data protection, make it an attractive choice. Nutanix's integration with OpenShift provides a more integrated and efficient solution that reduces complexity, improves performance, and ensures enterprise resilience.
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About the Author
David Bronson
David Bronson is a Senior Red Hat Architect with Stone Door Group and is responsible for designing and blueprinting OpenShift and Ansible architectures for Fortune 500 customers spanning a broad array of Red Hat technologies. With a 30+ year career in enterprise IT, David has deep experience in cloud architecture, automation, performance tuning and information security.