KUBERNETES-NATIVE VMs

Go Cloud-native Without Refactoring Applications

Lift and shift VMs into a modern, cloud-native application

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The Challenge

When it comes to hosting applications, containers are the future. Containers are more efficient, require fewer IT resources and are easier to manage than older, legacy infrastructures like VMs. But VMs aren’t going to just disappear. If your applications are old, missing code or simply not appropriate for containerization, refactoring them may not be desirable. Maintaining two separate environments will be expensive and operationally complex.

Many Apps

Each data service has its own operational practices, but hiring specialists or buying support agreements for each is prohibitively expensive.

Many Environments

Containers solve the infrastructure differences between clouds and on-prem data centers for compute, but don't address the challenges of running stateful apps in different environments.

Uncontrolled Self-service

Developers want self-service, but you can't risk giving up control of corporate policies like security, data retention, backups, and more.

The Solution

Because most organizations will have both VMs and containers for the foreseeable future, Diamanti’s KubeVirt integration makes it possible to lift-and-shift these VMs to a Kubernetes-native platform. You get the advantages of a cloud-native platform without the cost and complexity of application refactoring.

Lower Costs, Better Performance

You get all the benefits of hosting applications in a lightweight Kubernetes container environment - lower infrastructure costs, less latency, etc. — without having to undertake a heavy-duty refactoring. Having VMs and containers coexisting on the same cluster is a more efficient use of infrastructure resources.

Refactor Your Kubernetes Timetable

The ability to run both VMs and containers inside Kubernetes means you can manage the modernization of your IT infrastructure on your terms without disrupting existing applications. Refactor application when and if it works for you.

Simple, Unified Administration

No need to use separate tools. You can now administer both VMs and containers via a unified set of Kubernetes tools and APIs, side-by-side via a single platform. Workloads inside VMs are accessible using standard Kubernetes methods.

Security and Compliance

Integrating VMs into Kubernetes gives you options for running workloads that require specific operating systems, specialized hardware, or strict compliance requirements, which might not be feasible with containers alone. This is an ideal option for multi-tenant environments and highly regulated industries.

Seamless Transition to Containers

When you make the move to hosting VMs inside containers, you don’t want to give up familiar capabilities that you relied on in your legacy infrastructure. With Diamanti, you don’t have to. Our Kubernetes platforms are fully equipped with the features that make it a seamless and secure transition including:

  • The ability to attach IP addresses to VMs that move with the VM
  • Mirroring of VM volumes for high availability
  • Async replication for supporting your hybrid/multi-cloud DR strategy
  • Also, at Diamanti, we are constantly evolving our platforms to meet user needs. Users will have access to capabilities such as live migration of VMs (VMotion) without losing state

Unbeatable Savings

Moving VMs from legacy, hypervisor-based solutions to Kubernetes-native delivers unbeatable savings on-prem and in the cloud. For example, by eliminating the ever-rising licensing costs of VMware and reducing footprint with a high performant platform, Diamanti regularly delivers 40% savings on-premises. In the cloud, the ability to pack multiple VMs on a single instance leads to savings of over 50%.

You Do the Math

See How Much You Can Save with Diamanti

Managing your existing VMs and containers all on one platform delivers substantial savings. In this example, Diamanti delivered a 42% return over five years, delivering more than $33 million in savings – nearly $7 million per year. How much can you save by making the transition from VMs to containers?

Hyperconverged Performance

Diamanti’s Ultima Accelerator HCI appliance provides a complete, hyper-converged platform for VMs and containers. It is a single, unified platform with complete enterprise-grade storage and network services. I/0 acceleration technologies turbocharge stateful and stateless workloads. Deploy and manage workloads across different data centers/availability zones. Achieve High Availability with zero downtime.

Portability/Ending Cloud Lock In

In addition to the very substantial resource savings, applications hosted in containers are also far more portable: containerized applications can be easily moved across environments, e.g., from a data center to a cloud platform and back. This portability is a key way containers create greater levels of flexibility and agility. It also spells the end of “cloud lock in” – organizations no longer need to keep applications hosted in a cloud environment where the costs are no longer optimal.

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