The platform's most valuable features include cost reduction through VM application migration to containers, scalability for controlling memory and CPU usage, and the reliability offered by application containerization.
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Reliable platform with efficient features for VM application migration to containers
What is most valuable?
What needs improvement?
One area for product improvement is the support limitations within the subscription models, particularly the restricted support hours for lower-tier subscriptions.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have six years of experience working with the OpenShift Container Platform.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The product has proven to be very stable, crucial for supporting our applications effectively.
How was the initial setup?
Setting up the OpenShift Container Platform was straightforward. It's primarily deployed on-premises, although I've also utilized cloud solutions. It takes 15 days to complete the setup. Around three executives are involved in both the deployment and ongoing maintenance.
I rate the process an eight.
What was our ROI?
The migration from VMs to containers has resulted in significant cost savings for us.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The product pricing is competitive and structured around vCPU subscriptions, aligning with our application requirements.
What other advice do I have?
OpenShift integrates seamlessly with our CI/CD pipelines, offering robust automation and deployment capabilities. I would highly recommend it.
I rate it a ten.
Supports Kubernetes technology, but the stability needs improvement
What is our primary use case?
OpenShift Connect Platform is on a private cloud setup. There, we deploy all of our applications.
What is most valuable?
They have built on top of Kubernetes. Most of the Kubernetes latest technology is already supported by the solution. The only thing is, we need to change our view of the routes.
What needs improvement?
The stability needs improvement.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using OpenShift Container Platform for one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Stability wise, I think there were few issues, but I'm not sure whether it was on an organization level or it was from OpenShift. The stability is a seven out of ten.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is not very complex but it is not as easy as Kubernetes.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We have to pay for the license.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.
current base of all technology
What do you like best about the product?
ease to use,ease of implemention,custmor support
What do you dislike about the product?
one problem that is api restart and we lose control
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
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Helps to deploy applications but improvement is needed in integrations
What is our primary use case?
We use the OpenShift Container Platform to deploy applications. It helps to deploy them from a monolithic to a microservices approach.
What is most valuable?
The tool's most valuable features include high availability, scalability, and security. Other features like advanced cluster management, advanced cluster security, and Red Hat Quay make it powerful for businesses. It also comes with features like OpenShift Virtualization.
What needs improvement?
OpenShift Container Platform needs to work on integrations.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate the tool's stability an eight out of ten. We encountered certain bugs and issues, which were resolved once we raised them with Red Hat.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I rate OpenShift Container Platform's scalability a ten out of ten. The autoscale feature is particularly beneficial for managing varying traffic loads on the platform. It automatically deploys additional VMs in response to high traffic and scales down when the traffic returns to normal levels. This feature is more powerful when deploying the OpenShift Container Platform on cloud platforms like AWS or Azure, where it adapts to the fluctuating traffic demands. My company has 15 customers who are mostly enterprise businesses.
How are customer service and support?
Red Hat offers good technical support.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
I rate the product's deployment an eight out of ten. It was a little complex. There are two to three types of initial configuration, including UBI. UBI is complex. Deployment takes around two hours to complete.
The deployment process involves some complexity. We create configuration files and distribute these files to the platforms we work on, such as VMware or Nutanix. Subsequently, we initiate the initial deployment and configuration of OpenShift.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The solution is expensive, and I rate it an eight out of ten. There is a subscription called OpenShift Plus, which offers additional features and products the vendor provides to complement the OpenShift Container Platform. These include ACM, Red Hat Quay, and Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation.
What other advice do I have?
I recommend studying the documentation thoroughly and preparing the infrastructure according to the guidelines. Following the documentation is crucial, and most issues reported were related to network problems. Therefore, I suggest becoming proficient in troubleshooting network issues to identify and resolve problems. I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
OpenShift is easy to use and scale applications
What do you like best about the product?
Kubernetes is a nice solution for scaling up and down applications based on load. OpenShift is becoming more popular so other tools usually have a solution for using their tools with OpenShift. And OpenShift is built with security in mind to help make sure developers are doing the right thing.
What do you dislike about the product?
Getting a new cluster created and installing new operators or upgrading operators on the clusters.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Easy to implement good ci/cd process and standards for our company. Helps us cut down on resources because we can easily scale applications down and back up
Provides advanced features and enhanced security, but might pose a challenge in integration with Kubernetes
What is our primary use case?
We have been developing telco cloud-native applications that need to run on Kubernetes. In our deployments, we've used both, Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift.
How has it helped my organization?
The primary benefits we've observed primarily revolve around the security aspects.
In comparison to Kubernetes, OpenShift offers additional features, essentially making it an extended version with enhanced capabilities. It performs better, offering approximately thirty percent more than Kubernetes.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable are security features, particularly when operating in the cloud. It is considered a necessity, especially in our industry, given the critical nature of the infrastructure.
What needs improvement?
We've encountered challenges when transitioning applications between these environments. For example, an application that runs smoothly on standard Kubernetes might face compatibility issues when ported to OpenShift. This variation has posed some challenges for us, and it's something we're actively addressing. I think it's important to create a plan to ensure seamless compatibility between applications running on vanilla Kubernetes and those on OpenShift. This involves delineating features unique to each platform, such as those specific to vanilla Kubernetes and the additional capabilities offered by OpenShift. The goal is to make it feasible for an application designed for a more basic Kubernetes environment to run smoothly, providing valuable flexibility.
The introduction of OpenShift slowed down our development life cycle due to compatibility issues.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with it for four years.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We transitioned from Kubernetes to OpenShift because our customers specifically requested it.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, I would rate it seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Very good platform to implement on-prem Kubernetes
What do you like best about the product?
It is easy to learn and manage after you learn basic Kubernetes concepts. It provides guard rails and tools to make managing Kubenetes easier . Especially OCP4 addressed several challenges in OCP3 so becoming more user friendly .
What do you dislike about the product?
We want to dynamically adjust spinning up and down of our batch applications that only run at night , but we end up consuming capacity anyway to gurantee availability of system resources.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Deploying on-prem containerized applications in consistent manner and allowing scalability .
Provides good scalability and has an easy initial setup process
What is our primary use case?
We use OpenShift Container Platform for load balancing, scaling, self-healing, and distributed key database features. It helps us monitor cluster configuration.
What is most valuable?
The product has a CentOS operating system providing a stable and compatible foundation for hosting Red Hat OpenShift clusters. It helps in creating an architecture framework automatically. It makes it possible to control the CentOS API server and Kubernetes console.
What needs improvement?
We encounter difficulties while accessing the environment and managing the cluster. This particular area needs improvement.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using OpenShift Container Platform as a partner for seven to eight months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The product's stability is manageable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The product is scalable. It is suitable for medium and enterprise businesses.
How are customer service and support?
The technical technical support services need updating with changing times.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We have used SAP before. We switched to OpenShift Container Platform for better support facilities. We are their gold partner. However, the support services have needed improvement in the last six to seven months.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup process is easy. We have a dedicated team for data installation. It takes around three months to complete. The product is easy to maintain as well. We have a team of 35 to 40 executives to work on it.
What other advice do I have?
I advise others to learn about the tool, including certification, warning alerts, security, and monitoring features. It isn't easy to manage the cluster using it.
I rate OpenShift Container PlatformOpen an eight out of ten.
Very complex to integrate, but provides fast container deployment
What is our primary use case?
It is used for containers.
What is most valuable?
It is very lightweight and can be deployed very fast, especially when it comes to containers. It can spin the web and the DB very fast, so we don't need to deploy the server and the VM. Everything is in the container.
What needs improvement?
There is room for improvement with integration.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution has good scalability. I rate the scalability of the solution a nine out of ten. There is also room for improvement in the scalability of the solution.
One or two users are using OpenShift in our company, and we hope to increase the usage.
How are customer service and support?
The support is very good. Their response and technical skills are good.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have used Docker before. We shifted to OpenShift because we were using Docker for self-learning.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is complex. The solution is deployed on-premises. However, it can also be deployed on the cloud.
To deploy OpenShift, first, you must get the installer and then prepare a minimum requirement. You will need a key physical server as a load balancer. OpenShift has a lot of roles in its nodes, with worker nodes and master nodes. Since different nodes have their role, the setup is complex. You will need to set up ten or 12 nodes like this. After you have set up all the nodes, you need to do the integration and set up OpenShift.
It takes a month or a year to deploy it.
What about the implementation team?
The deployment can be done in-house. There are two people required for maintenance.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing is expensive for licensing. The customer has to pay for the license.
What other advice do I have?
Before choosing OpenShift, I advise you to know your application landscape very well. Only then will you know if you require OpenShift. If you are unclear about your application environment, layout, and structure, it is potentially not a good idea because you don't understand it.
Overall, I would rate the solution a five out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Empowers cloud transition and integration, offering strong usability and centralized consultation
What is our primary use case?
The principal use case of the platform is the transition and migration to the cloud. The second one is the modernization of our integration platforms.
What is most valuable?
The usability and the developer experience. The platform has a centralized consultant that is easy to use for our development, operations and security teams.
What needs improvement?
The price needs to be improved in OpenShift Container Platform.
When I choose this, the product is the first factor that we have to make a long analysis to compare the real cost for the other services. However, price is high.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using OpenShift Container Platform for five years. We started with OpenShift Container Platform and now we have OpenShift Container Platform tools.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I would rate the product’s stability a nine out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I would rate the tool’s scalability a nine out of ten.
How was the initial setup?
The solution is difficult to set up because of the limitations of the premises.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, I would rate the product a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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