Red Hat hybrid cloud - IaaS and PaaS from on-prem to public ...

IaaS or Infrastructure-as-a-service software that comes down to a hypervisor for operating system virtualization. · PaaS or enterprise ... Otherlanguages:  Hrvatska    Itisclearthatthemoderndatacenterissoftwaredriven,andwecangroupitinto3high-levelunits: IaaSorInfrastructure-as-a-servicesoftwarethatcomesdowntoahypervisorforoperatingsystemvirtualization.Asarule,enterprisevirtualization(IaaS)bringswithitanumberoftoolsforeasiermanagement,disasterrecovery,highavailability,softwaredefinedstorage,etc. PaaSorenterprisecontainerizationplatform(Platform-as-a-service)whichcanbelocatedon-premisesinaprivatecloudorononeofthepublicclouds(Azure,AWS,GCS). Toolsandmiddlewaresoftwaretosupportdevelopersandfastapplicationdelivery:thisincludesCI/CDserverandIDEtools,awideselectionofwebandapplicationserversanddeveloperplatforms(fromJava,vianode.jstoPHPand.NetCore)toadvancedmiddlewareservicesfordataintegration(messaging,BPM,APImanagement,datacaching,etc.). Whendiscussingvirtualization,containerizationorsupportingapplications,it’sclearallthreehaveto“run”inacomplexhybridenvironment,regardlessofwhetherit’sanorganization’sowninfrastructure(on-premise)oranexternalIaaS/PaaSserviceprovider(publiccloud).Duetotheheterogeneityoftheenvironment,opensourcesoftwarehasemergedasasolutiontothiscomplexity,whichotherwiseexceedsthecapabilitiesofindividualcompaniesormanufacturers,nomatterhowlarge. However,organizationsalsoneedsupportwithopensourcesoftware,reassurancethatthemanufacturerwillfixthingswhensomethingstopsworking,andalsosupportthelatesthardware,offersecuritypatches,simpledocumentation,supportforupgrades–inshort,everythingthatisbydefaultwithenterprisecommercialsoftware. TheleaderinenterpriseopensourcesoftwareisRedHat(nowpartofIBM)andhaskeptthatpositionfordecades. Let’sseehowRedHat’sportfoliomapsintothe3groupslistedabove. Enterprisevirtualization(IaaS) ThevirtualizationproductisRedHatVirtualization(RHV).ThebasisofvirtualizationistheLinuxOSwithKVMhypervisor,whichistheindustrystandardandprobablythemostusedhypervisor.ButwhatisimportantisthatRHVofferscompletefeatureparitywithwhatVmwareVsphereadministratorsarefamiliarwith,andwedonotonlymeanthemanagementconsoleobjectsandconcepts,butalsohighavailability(HA),snapshotmanagement,livemigrationofguestmachines,SSOintegrationwithorganizationaldirectoryandRBAC,self-serviceportal,automationandorchestration,disasterrecovery(DR)andbackup,SDNwithVLANtaggingandvNICprofiles,integratedsoftware-defined-storage.RHVoffersallthiswithcommercialsupport,anofficiallistofsupported/certifiedhardwareandasignificantlylowerTCOthanthecompetition. Inaddition,RedHatisaleaderinthefieldofenterprisecontainerization(Kubernetes),andRHVofferseasyintegrationofvirtualizationandcontainers,whichbringsustothenexttopic–Openshiftcontainerplatform(PaaS). Enterprisecontainerization(PaaS) RedHatOpenshiftisaleadingenterprisecontainerplatformforscalablylaunchingcloud-nativeapplicationsregardlessoflocationorcloud.InadditiontoofferingalwayscommerciallysupportedKuberneteswiththelatestfunctionalities,RedHatensuresthatinstallationanddeploymentisaseasyaspossible.Thisincludesfull-stackautomateddeploymentindependentlyrunningOpenshiftonyourlaptoporpubliccloud.Ofcourse,youcanalsouseyourfavoriteprivateIaaSsuchasVsphere. Openshiftofferstheabilitytobuildyourownenterpriserepositorybutwithallsecuritycontrols(vulnerabilityscans,etc.)toavoidinfiltratingsecurityvulnerabilitiesintobaseimagesandtherebycompromisethesecurityandmanageabilityofthedatacenter. Also,OpenshiftispackagedtoofferuserscompleteflexibilityinchoosingApplicationRuntimesandframeworks,whileprovidingcommercialsupport: JavaSpring,Quarkus,EAP,JakartaEE,MicroProfile,Thorntail Jbosswebserver(Tomcat) OpenLiberty Vert.x Node.js AMQmessagebroker(uzJMS1.1i2.0) DataGridin-memorycaching andawiderangeof3rdpartysoftwarecuratedandcertifiedthroughtheRedHatQA:RedHatMarketplace. Allthiswithverytransparentpricingandbundling,lowermemoryfootprintandhigherdeploymentdensitythroughwhichitiseasytocalculatesignificantlylowerTCOthanthecompetition(VmwareTanzu). Supportingsoftwareandtools Thesystemadministratorofavirtualizationorcontainerplatformundoubtedlygetsfullsupporttorunamoderndatacenter.Butwhataboutanothergroupofplatformusers–thedevelopers? InadditiontothepreviouslymentionedApplicationRuntimes,RedHatoffersdevelopersarangeofmiddlewaredataintegrationsoftwarethroughitsRedHatIntegrationbundle:3ScaleAPIManagement,Fusedataintegration(ApacheCamel,etc.),AMQBroker,AMQStreams(Kafka),AMQInterConnect,SSOidentitybroker,etc. ThemiddlewareportfolioisthebroadestonthemarketandfullyintegratedwithOpenshiftcontainerplatform,fullybasedonopensourcestandards. Ofcourse,you’llalsofindacompletedeveloperIDEsupportingcloudnativedevelopmentandintegratedwithOpenShift: CodeReadyWorkspaces. Additionalinfo: EnterprisevirtualizationwithRedHat GetstartedwithOpenShift completelyfree RedHatdataintegrationwithmiddleware LinkedinFacebookTwitter Openshift4.6–WindowsserverasKubernetesworkernode GetstartedwithKubernetesin<15minutes UniversalPaaS? RedHatEdgeComputingpartnerenablementday10thofMarch2021 GettingStartedwithAnsible:HowtoCreateYourFirstPlaybook? HPENimblestoragereadyforintegrationwithOpenShift RedHatCertifiedTrainings REDHATWEBINAR:HowtoBuild&ManageHybridCloud Needaquoteorhelpindesigningthesolutionthatbestfitsyourneeds?Wonderingwhatpartnertochooseforimplementation? Contactus! Thiswebpageusescookiestoofferthebestuserexperience.Youcanturnoffcookiesfromyourwebbrowsersettings.OkMoredetailsPrivacy&CookiesPolicy Close PrivacyOverview Thiswebsiteusescookiestoimproveyourexperiencewhileyounavigatethroughthewebsite.Outofthese,thecookiesthatarecategorizedasnecessaryarestoredonyourbrowserastheyareessentialfortheworkingofbasicfunctionalitiesofthewebsite.Wealsousethird-partycookiesthathelpusanalyzeandunderstandhowyouusethiswebsite.Thesecookieswillbestoredinyourbrowseronlywithyourconsent.Youalsohavetheoptiontoopt-outofthesecookies.Butoptingoutofsomeofthesecookiesmayaffectyourbrowsingexperience. 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