RedHat integrates CoreOS; APM tools add Kubernetes features; and more

Modern Infrastructure Digest News and advice for creating tomorrow's data center | May 10, 2018 FEATURED STORY Red Hat moves to integrate CoreOS By Nick Martin, Executive Editor The latest Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform release benefits from the company's recent acquisition, with an automatic upgrade feature that was a primary selling point of CoreOS Tectonic. (SearchITOperations.com) Advertisement NEWS   APM tools add Kubernetes amenities to entice IT Time-series databases such as Prometheus are popular in container environments, but APM vendors New Relic and AppDynamics lure enterprises with UI and autoscaling features in their Kubernetes monitoring tools. (SearchITOperations.com)   Dell EMC: Market justifies midrange storage overlap Dell EMC midrange storage includes the all-flash and hybrid Unity arrays, brought to market by EMC in 2016, and Dell SC and PS Series systems by Dell. Dell EMC VNX storage and all-flash XtremIO arrays also fall into the midrange bucket. (SearchStorage.com) EXPERT ADVICE   Consider open source options for Linux log management Rsyslog and systemd-journald are two tools for log management in Linux; administrators will probably want to use them together to ensure everything is logged and stored where they want it. (SearchDataCenter.com)   Mimic storage requirements in a VMware vSAN lab Not everyone can afford the resources necessary for VMware vSAN. Instead of purchasing them outright, you can create a vSAN lab to explore the service. Simply mimic storage requirements during the configuration process to create a vSAN cluster for a test lab. (SearchVMware.com)   Benefits of private cloud services Consider the benefits of private cloud services before jumping on the public cloud bandwagon. There's more to private clouds than control over infrastructure and better security. (SearchServerVirtualization.com)   Support app deployment and orchestration with Jenkins Jenkins is a popular CI/CD tool because it reaches from developers to operations to support an app from one end to the other. Once devs finish the code build, the ops team takes over to use Jenkins for deployment and orchestration features. (SearchITOperations.com)   Use a parallel cloud deployment model for your setup The blue/green deployment model isn't the only one that works on the cloud, but it might be the easiest. Quickly switch between code versions, and maintain the highest availability level possible. (SearchITOperations.com)   Mitigate the negative effects of VM density Running large VMware hosts has advantages, but VM density can pose problems in the event of a system failure. VMware delivers numerous features to help you recover from a failure, such as high availability and fault tolerance, but their effectiveness relies on properly reigned in VMs. (SearchServerVirtualization.com)   Compare Pivotal Container Service to competitors VMware PKS is an easy way for organizations that run vSphere to get started with Kubernetes, but it isn't the only way to deploy the container technology. Organizations can also consider PaaS and managed Kubernetes. (SearchVMware.com)   Tailor a hardware support agreement for your company A comprehensive hardware service contract should protect an organization across multiple scenarios. Focus on three areas during the negotiation process. (SearchDataCenter.com) About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from Modern Infrastructure Digest, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget Data Center and Virtualization Media Group, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2018 TechTarget. All rights reserved.