SUSE Rancher is a fundamental part of the complete software stack for teams adopting container software. Rancher gives DevOps teams integrated tools for running containerized workloads, while also addressing the operational and security challenges of managing multiple Kubernetes clusters across any targeted infrastructure, benefiting:
- Developers: SUSE Rancher makes it easy to securely deploy containerized applications no matter where the Kubernetes infrastructure runs—in the cloud, on-premises, or at the edge. Helm and the App Catalog are used to deploy and manage applications across any or all these environments, ensuring multicluster consistency with a single deployment process.
- IT operators: Not only does SUSE Rancher deploy and manage production-grade Kubernetes clusters from the data center to the cloud to the edge, it also unites them with centralized authentication, access control, and observability. Further, it streamlines cluster deployment on bare-metal or virtual machines (VMs) and maintains the clusters using defined security policies.
- Compute platform: With the increased consistency of managed Kubernetes infrastructure clusters, organizations benefit from a higher level of the CNC model, where each layer relies only on the application programming interface (API) and version of the adjacent layer. Using these software application and technology solutions with Dell Technologies’ server platforms provides options for scale, cost-effectiveness, and performance that can align with local IT staff platform preferences in the following ways:
- Density-optimized: High performance and efficiency for big data and the most demanding workloads
- Mission-critical: Systems of intelligence to fuel your digital transformation in a world where time and data are the new currency and business continuity is expected
- Fully adaptable: Ready for hybrid-IT to future-proof your data center for today’s workloads and tomorrow’s disruptors
The solution leverages the potential of IoT to provide compute at the network edge and of cloud to provide high-capacity, mass-compute open infrastructure with security and software to match.