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Although any developer or organization can start with a single, Kubernetes-based deployment, it is common for the number of cluster instances to grow rapidly. While each of these instances may have specific areas of focus, the use, management, maintenance, and replication of these instances becomes more necessary over time.
Industry leader SUSE Rancher can manage the access, usage, infrastructure, and applications across clusters that conform to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) standards. SUSE Rancher optimizes the creation and management of K3s Lightweight certified Kubernetes with Rancher, Rancher Kubernetes Engine (RKE), and other clusters that are deployed through CNCF certified Kubernetes distributors and installers.
Note: For information about the various supported infrastructure elements, see the Rancher Support and Maintenance Terms of Service.
This guide focuses on the compute platform, which optimizes availability, performance, scalability, and integrity through your current system platforms, and how to incorporate new physical, bare metal, hypervisor, and virtual machine variations from independent hardware vendors such as Dell Technologies.