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SUSE CaaS Platform

Kubernetes, Ready for the Enterprise

SUSE CaaS Platform is an enterprise class container management solution that enables IT and DevOps professionals to more easily deploy, manage, and scale container-based applications and services. It includes Kubernetes to automate lifecycle management of modern applications, and surrounding technologies that enrich Kubernetes and make the platform itself easy to operate. As a result, enterprises that use SUSE CaaS Platform can reduce application delivery cycle times and improve business agility.

SUSE is focused on delivering an exceptional operator experience with SUSE CaaS Platform. With deep competencies in infrastructure, systems, process integration, platform security, lifecycle management and enterprise-grade support, SUSE aims to ensure IT operations teams can deliver the power of Kubernetes to their users quickly, securely and efficiently. With SUSE CaaS Platform you can:

Achieve faster time to value with an enterprise-ready container management platform, built from industry leading technologies, and delivered as a complete package, with everything you need to quickly offer container services.

Simplify management and control of your container platform with efficient installation, easy scaling, and update automation.

Maximize return on your investment, with a flexible container services solution for today and tomorrow.

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Key Features

Workload scheduling places containers according to their needs while improving resource utilization

Service discovery and load balancing provides an IP address for your service, and distributes load behind the scenes

Application scaling up and down, accommodates changing load

Non-disruptive Rollout/Rollback of new applications and updates enables frequent change without downtime

Health monitoring and management supports application self-healing and ensures application availability

In addition, SUSE CaaS Platform simplifies the platform operator’s experience, with everything you need to get up and running quickly, and to manage the environment effectively in production. It provides:

Application ecosystem support with SUSE Linux container base images, and access to tools and services offered by SUSE Ready for CaaS Platform partners and the Kubernetes community
Enhanced datacenter integration features that enable you to plug Kubernetes into new or existing infrastructure, systems, and processes
A complete container execution environment, including a purpose-built container host operating system, container runtime, and container image registries
End-to-End security, implemented holistically across the full stack
Advanced platform management that simplifies platform installation, configuration, re-configuration, monitoring, maintenance, updates, and recovery
Enterprise hardening including comprehensive interoperability testing, support for thousands of platforms, and world-class platform maintenance and technical support

Tech Specs

Minimal system requirements

SUSE CaaS Platform is deployed as a cluster of server nodes, each of which is intended to host some number of containers as workloads. Each node must therefore meet minimal requirements for running the CaaS Platform software, and must also meet additional memory and disk requirements of the containers that will run simultaneously on the node.

Minimally, each physical server that will be included in the CaaS Platform cluster must meet the following system requirements:

Processor: Any AMD64/Intel EM64T processor
Quad-core processors are recommended. 32-bit processors are not supported
Memory: 8 GB physical RAM per node
Additional memory requirements are determined by the containers to be run on the node
Disk: 40 GB disk space per node
Additional disk space requirements are determined by the count and size of container images to be run on the node

Supported environments

SUSE CaaS Platform can run on bare metal servers, in privately operated virtual machines, and on private and public cloud infrastructure resources. It supports the use of a wide range of popular storage options as well.

Bare Metal: See the current list of support hardware platforms here
SUSE CaaS Platform runs on SUSE MicroOS, a purpose-built container OS derived from SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES). This means that CaaS Platform and SLES will always be supported on the same set of SUSE certified hardware platforms.
Virtualization: KVM, Xen, VMware vSphere/ESXi, Microsoft HyperV
Private and public clouds: SUSE OpenStack Cloud, public cloud infrastructure
Running SUSE CaaS Platform on public cloud infrastructure is supported under the “Bring Your Own Subscription” model. SUSE supports only the CaaS Platform software; SUSE does not currently support any integration into the underlying cloud infrastructure.
Storage: SUSE Enterprise Storage, NFS, hostpath

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Partners

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Blogs

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News

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Customer Success

Tymlez Success Story

75 percent faster deployment of production-ready Kubernetes clusters, cutting time to market and time to value compared to a typical deployment of upstream Kubernetes
Enables seamless and cost-efficient scaling with low resource requirements to improve resiliency and meet spikes in demand while keeping operating costs low
Facilitates adoption of cutting-edge blockchain technology by enterprises in days instead of months, allowing them to streamline business processes and boosting agility
Helps to reach new customers by enabling enterprises to benefit from blockchain solutions in a private cloud deployment that protects sensitive customer data and eases compliance with strict government regulations

Smartodds Success Story

Cuts operating costs while increasing flexibility and resource utilization
Increases reliability of mission-critical services with fully automated, declarative container management
Accelerates time-to-market for new insights and features, helping Smartodds stay ahead of competitors
Offers enterprise-class support to minimize risk during migration and ongoing operations