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Mirantis Kubernetes Engine

Score9.4 out of 10

209 Reviews and Ratings

What is Mirantis Kubernetes Engine?

The Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise, acquired by Mirantis in November 2019)aims to let users ship code faster. Mirantis Kubernetes Engine gives users one set of APIs and tools to deploy, manage, and observe secure-by-default, certified, batteries-included Kubernetes clusters on any infrastructure: public cloud, private cloud, or bare metal.

Superb tool for simplifying your IT problems and overcoming technical issues

Pros

  • It is advanced tool for balancing loads and managing routes.
  • It is easy to edit container contents.
  • Alerts are very useful which helps us handling the entire network.

Cons

  • I am mostly satisfied with all of its features but I have faced issues in the continuous data storage no doubt they offer features like Dockers Data Volumes but still there is much room for improvement.
  • Moreover, I am a happy user of this platform.

Most Important Features

  • Container networking.
  • Datacenter.
  • Toolkit.

Return on Investment

  • Excellent performance.
  • Reliable customer support.
  • Enhancing productivity.

Other Software Used

Automation Anywhere, TeamGantt, Backlog, Drupal

With Docker consider it done

Pros

  • Easy to control.
  • Setting up network across different containers is quite easy.
  • Mapping of resources with host machine is easy.

Cons

  • Setting up networking from scratch is painful.
  • Resources required for setting Docker Enterprise are huge.
  • User interface needs to be improved and made more user friendly.

Most Important Features

  • Product support in case of critical issue
  • Resource allocation is quite easy using UI of Docker Enterprise
  • UCP is really helpful for developers; the agility and portability they looking for within firewall

Return on Investment

  • In terms of resources required for implementing Docker Enterprise, it requires investment from licensing to procuring resources.
  • Handling containers and drilling down the issue becomes quite easy rather than tracing the entire stack.
  • Addition and deletion of resources with a single command [is] what makes it powerful.

Other Software Used

Prometheus, Grafana, AppDynamics

Need insights on Mirantis Cloud Native Suite

Pros

  • Scale small components individually
  • Scale Independent native components
  • Creating docker images

Cons

  • More support for high level components need to be improved
  • Skewed scaling of conponents can be improved
  • Offline support

Most Important Features

  • Extracting docker images
  • Scale components
  • Cloud native applications

Return on Investment

  • One project gained 52% ROI in a year
  • It provides a good user experience
  • Good customer support

Alternatives Considered

Evernote

Other Software Used

Charms Office Assistant, American Help Desk, Netop Live Guide

Docker: The Little "VM" That Could!

Pros

  • Usability is great after the initial setup.
  • Installation is a breeze.
  • The ability to knock down a container and rebuild it from scratch is fantastic.

Cons

  • It would be nice if Docker had its own frontend GUI.
  • The CLI is very difficult unless you have decent amount of Linux experience.
  • Stacks are still a mystery to me.

Return on Investment

  • Positive. We will be able to identify a problem before it turns into a real issue that could take down a site.
  • Negative. The implementation and setting up of the type of monitoring takes a lot of time and resources.
  • Positive. It's free!

Alternatives Considered

FreeNAS and VMware ESXi

Other Software Used

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat DC, Adobe Audition, ConceptDraw DIAGRAM v12, SAP Crystal, Dropbox Business, GitHub, FileZilla, KeePass, Microsoft Office 365, Oracle VM VirtualBox, Notepad++, Atom, Splashtop Remote Support, HotSchedules, Slack, Snagit, Visual Studio IDE, Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Lansweeper, PowerDirector, Veeam Backup & Replication, Microsoft Visio, Rise Vision, Tinkercad, Concur Expense, LogMeIn Central, Cisco Meraki MS Switches, Cisco Meraki Wireless Access Point, Zendesk

Linux everywhere!

Pros

  • The OSX management tool is simple to use.
  • It is nice to be able to use custom repositories.
  • The service runs mostly in the background now, and I don't have to tinker with it .

Cons

  • Sometimes issues arise running images, that are only cleared by removing the cache and restarting the OSX app.
  • It is easy to build up a lot of containers that aren't being used, and you have to manually clear them up.
  • It would be nice to have a better graphical interface to see what is going on internally.

Return on Investment

  • Using Docker and different layers lessens security risk.
  • Deployments are repeatable so we don't have to waste time fixing older builds that might break.
  • Docker keeps developers up and running with minimal downtime.

Alternatives Considered

Vagrant