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Mirantis OpenStack for Kubernetes

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What is Mirantis OpenStack for Kubernetes?

Mirantis OpenStack for Kubernetes enables users to deploy, scale, and update bare metal private clouds on Kubernetes substrates.

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A worthy and reliable private LaaS platform.

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Consultant in Research & Development (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

One of our client's organizations wanted to have a performant, scalable OpenStack solution. The main reason why we use this is Mirantis OpenStack for Kubernetes can be run on bare metal private clouds, which we also call on-premises private clouds, which can scale well and can provide high levels of reliability. Hence we chose Mirantis OpenStack for Kubernetes.

Pros

  • Can be deployed and run on bare metal on premises clouds
  • Is highly reliable and highly scalable
  • One of the good performance private cloud IAAS platforms available around

Cons

  • None as I have found and used.

Most Important Features

  • Reliability is one important feature
  • Resiliency and high scalability is good
  • Self healing and auto scaling feature is exceptionally good
  • Containerization of all OpenStack services

Return on Investment

  • Management of data has become simple
  • Certainly improved performance and security with Kubernetes integration
  • Updating of containers is seamless and it certainly is good

Alternatives Considered

Ubuntu OpenStack, Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring, LogicMonitor, New Relic and AppDynamics

Other Software Used

AppDynamics, New Relic, LogicMonitor, Hostwinds

OpenStack - Build your own cloud (Or have Mirantis do it!)

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Verified User
Professional in Engineering (11-50 employees employees)

Pros

  • Works out of the box. There is very little back-end configuration necessary for users.
  • The support is active and response times are very good.
  • Staff is extremely knowledgeable and can help with more complex concepts and design ideas.

Cons

  • Mirantis OpenStack managed services are expensive. Very expensive for a start-up.
  • I'd personally like to see a little more under the hood details in the status pages.
  • Mirantis could also benefit heavily from a free "light" version that start-ups could use to run their own cloud. Maybe coupled with advertising or some sort of surveys.

Return on Investment

  • Mirantis did help our business figure out if openstack was right for us.
  • Using Mirantis I felt a bit cheated on understanding the deep technical knowledge of how openstack works. But that being said that is probably a value add more than a detractor for most people.
  • Using Mirantis was considerably cheaper than AWS.

Alternatives Considered

Rackspace OpenStack and Ubuntu OpenStack

Other Software Used

Ubuntu OpenStack, Ubuntu Linux, Rackspace OpenStack