THE EDGE
USING A
MANAGED
KUBERNETES
SERVICE ALLOWS
COMPANIES
TO TAKE THEIR
OPERATIONAL
EFFICIENCY TO
THE NEXT LEVEL
FROM CLOUD
AND CONTAINER
TECHNOLOGY.
hen I think about trends that
are top of mind in the data
centre industry, it’s hard
to look past Kubernetes. A
recent survey showed that the use of
cloud native technologies in production
has grown over 200% in the past 18
months, with 40% of respondents from
enterprise companies running Kubernetes
in production.
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This is due to the fact that organisations
are seeking more flexibility in their
infrastructure to support faster
deployments of IT services and
Kubernetes enables better management
and execution of complex operations.
shouldn’t make the move because it’s a
trend, rather to benefit from the added
value by following a certain design
pattern. Kubernetes does not replace
the infrastructure itself but, for example,
can limit the possible consequences of a
problem in a localised fixed structure.
As the rapid uptake of Kubernetes
continues, it’s important to consider the
benefits and understand the full potential
before, most importantly, creating a
strategy for implementation.
www.intelligentdatacentres.com
Which workloads to deploy first?
Using a managed Kubernetes system
means companies can take operational
efficiency to the next level, provided it’s
deployed correctly. To truly benefit from
the added value of Kubernetes, businesses
must consider order of implementation
and which architecture to start with.
The best place to start is with internal
tooling for development teams. Evaluate
which tools developer teams use on
a daily basis as it will be much more
beneficial to start with smaller workloads
and then move to large.
Using a managed Kubernetes service
allows companies to take their operational
efficiency to the next level from cloud
and container technology. It saves time
and resources by managing clusters
of containers and enabling developers
to manage their full software stack
in a declarative way and as a single
configuration file.
It can then be easily reproduced, shared
among teams, versioned and improved
in a trackable way. However, companies
In order to do this successfully, developers
and IT professionals need to consider two
key questions:
Maxime Hurtrel, Product Manager, OVH
It’s not a black and white approach and
developers should choose their battles
when administrating the move to
Kubernetes. It’s not imperative to move
all applications over, just things that make
sense. Start small and ultimately focus on
making all new projects Kubernetes based,
but not necessarily all legacy apps. Those
that need to be moved can be re-written
and moved to the public cloud.
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