Source: thenewstack.io
Mirantis Flow Builds a Data Center-as-a-Service on KubernetesCategory: Microsoft, Kubernetes, Docker, artificial-intelligence
Mirantis, the “open cloud company” behind the Kubernetes Lens IDE that bought Docker Enterprise in 2019, has returned, in a way, to its roots with its launch of Mirantis Flow. Flow is Mirantis’ new “data center-as-a-service” built on open source projects such as Kubernetes, Argo, and a number of other components, that is meant to deliver a datacenter primed for cloud native workloads within days, all offered as a managed service while allowing the end user to operate in a hybrid multicloud environment.
If you’re looking at how the digital native companies have been doing their own data centers or their cloud infrastructure, they all used open source and open source stacks in order to build an infrastructure that is extremely scalable, that is interoperable with public clouds and that is very, very developer-centric,” said Ionel. One of the key differences here, explained Ionel, is that by building Mirantis Flow using an open source stack, it means that the end user can operate a datacenter on-prem that interoperates with public clouds from Google, Microsoft, and Amazon without fear of lock-in. At the same time, the end user no longer needs to hire and maintain the staff that would otherwise be necessary to operate such an infrastructure.
Another key part of Mirantis Flow is its use of Kubernetes, which Ioenel referred to as the common substrate that enables its users to run any workflow, containerized or otherwise, thereby mingling cloud native and legacy applications with ease.
If you’re looking at how the digital native companies have been doing their own data centers or their cloud infrastructure, they all used open source and open source stacks in order to build an infrastructure that is extremely scalable, that is interoperable with public clouds and that is very, very developer-centric,” said Ionel. One of the key differences here, explained Ionel, is that by building Mirantis Flow using an open source stack, it means that the end user can operate a datacenter on-prem that interoperates with public clouds from Google, Microsoft, and Amazon without fear of lock-in. At the same time, the end user no longer needs to hire and maintain the staff that would otherwise be necessary to operate such an infrastructure.
Another key part of Mirantis Flow is its use of Kubernetes, which Ioenel referred to as the common substrate that enables its users to run any workflow, containerized or otherwise, thereby mingling cloud native and legacy applications with ease.
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