This IDC Spotlight paper, sponsored by SUSE in partnership with Portworx by Pure Storage, explores how organizations can effectively address the challenges of complexity, security, and unexpected costs associated with expanding their containerized environments . IDC highlights that true Kubernetes management must extend beyond just the application layer, requiring application, storage, and data management to work in unison.
Key hallmarks of such a solution include:
Key hallmarks of such a solution include:
- Wide support for various Kubernetes distributions across on-premises, cloud, hybrid, and multicloud environments.
- Built-in application availability with health monitoring, alerting, and automatic failover.
- Multicluster visibility and monitoring.
- Seamless integration between container orchestration and storage/data management tools.
- Extensive automation for policies like storage provisioning, backup, DR, and security.