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Why Mirantis k0rdent Enterprise?#

Mirantis k0rdent Enterprise was developed to provide for the needs of platform engineers and the developers that they serve, as well as the application workloads that they support.

Applications and Workloads#

Workloads evolve and grow, often faster then the infrastructure needed to support them. Infrastructure is almost always the lagging factor in getting new or existing applications into the hands of users and scaling them to meet user expectations. This challenge has grown exponentially with the rise of AI and ML workloads. Specifically:

  • Workload complexity is increasing
  • Modern workloads depend on specialized infrastructure
  • Developers have high expectations of time to value

Platform Engineering#

Modern infrastructure systems are increasingly complex, and administrators need to manage that complexity while still responding quickly to developers' needs efficiently as possible. This has led to development of internal developer platforms (IDP) and platform engineering. These environments provide the frameworks and tools for increasing developer productivity when developing, deploying, and managing applications and services, enabling developers to focus on their specific tasks or goals and not the underlying complexities. Overall:

  • Developer platforms increase developer productivity
  • Platform engineers need to implement and grow the platforms
  • Infrastructure needs to support the required complexity

Modern Infrastructure Systems#

The increasingly distributed nature of modern infrastructure systems and the demands of modern workloads is leading to increasing complexity. Solutions need to solve a diverse set of challenges and provide consistency, repeatability, and prevention of lock-in, all without increasing the burden on operators. Modern platform engineers and operators are increasingly time constrained with the vast number of challenges they need to overcome, including security and compliance, cost management, resilience, and scale to name but a few. Keep in mind that:

  • Distributed deployments are the new normal
  • Infrastructure management is not just a technical problem
  • Operators need to focus on building value chains

Open Source#

The open source ecosystem, and especially Kubernetes, is mature and offers an increasing number of tools that solve real problems. The open source ecosystem, if leveraged correctly, also supports building unique architectures to support a business' needs while helping to avoid lock-in and architectural dead ends. All of these tools need to be selected, deployed, and lifecycle-managed in a way that is repeatable and traceable. Open source:

  • Prevents lock-in and supports architectural self determination
  • Solutions allow for solving of problems in unique ways
  • Can help solve the problem of managing the complexity of modern infrastructure

Only in Mirantis k0rdent Enterprise#

Mirantis k0rdent Enterprise builds on this strong open source foundation to deliver additional capabilities that address the most demanding enterprise requirements. These exclusive components extend the platform's reach into environments and use cases that require specialized tooling and support. They include:

  • Bare Metal Cloud Deployment: Deploy complete cloud infrastructures directly to bare metal servers, providing maximum performance and control over the underlying hardware while maintaining cloud-native operational models
  • Airgapped Environment Support: Enable cloud deployment and management in completely isolated networks, meeting the strictest security and compliance requirements without sacrificing functionality or operational efficiency
  • Ceph Storage Provider Integration: Leverage Ceph as a native storage backend, providing distributed, scalable storage solutions that integrate seamlessly with the platform's lifecycle management capabilities
  • Mirantis k0rdent Virtualization: Deliver enterprise-grade virtualization capabilities, enabling organizations to run virtual machines alongside containerized workloads within the same Kubernetes infrastructure
  • Software Bills of Materials (SBOM): Provide comprehensive supply chain transparency through detailed software composition analysis, enabling users to verify the integrity and composition of all software components for enhanced security and compliance

These enterprise capabilities ensure that organizations can adopt cloud-native infrastructure patterns regardless of their specific operational constraints, security requirements, or performance needs. Mirantis k0rdent Enterprise maintains the architectural flexibility and vendor neutrality that platform engineers value while providing the specialized tooling that enterprise environments demand.