Migrating to Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization with NetApp FlexPod

Migrating to Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization with NetApp FlexPod Current challenges A unified platform Why persistent storage is essential Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization and NetApp: The unified foundation FlexPod, a design from NetApp validated by Cisco NetApp: Comprehensive storage solutions for the enterprise Dynamic storage provisioning with NetApp Trident Versatile protocol support and storage drivers Seamless integration with Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) Facilitating VM migration Data protection and disaster recovery for business continuity Flexible snapshots and backups Key takeaways 15 reasons to adopt Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization About the authors George James Banu Sundhar More like this Blog post Blog post Keep exploring Browse by channel Automation Artificial intelligence Open hybrid cloud Security Edge computing Infrastructure Applications Virtualization Share The path to virtualization started decades ago. Early efforts with mainframes in the 1960s allowed multiple operating systems to run on the same hardware. In the late 1990s, the virtualization of x86 hardware was introduced, and reshaped the way organizations deployed, managed, and scaled IT infrastructure. Applications were no longer bound to a single server. They could be moved at will, and even scaled to meet demand. Entire businesses and careers have been built on what we now know as traditional virtualization. And even as public cloud computing has become more accessible, traditional virtualization continues to evolve and will be with us for some time. Gartner projects that “70% of x86 datacenter workloads will continue to use hypervisor-based virtualization through 2027” Even highly effective traditions must evolve to meet changing needs. Today, organizations face pressures that are forcing them to reassess long-standing virtualization strategies, including: Changes in market pricing: Recent changes to licensing and increased prices has many organizations exploring more cost-effective alternatives. The rise of cloud-native development: Modern application development is moving towards a microservices architecture, where applications are split into small, independent components. Containers are the widely accepted standard for this approach. Many businesses are looking for ways to adopt these modern development practices without abandoning existing infrastructure.