Bringing OpenShift Container Platform Multiple-Architecture Compute to IBM Power with sme.up

Bringing Multi-Arch Compute to IBM Power

The release of Red Hat OpenShift 4.14 brought the OpenShift Container Platform Multiple-Architecture Compute feature to IBM Power. Multi-Arch Compute provides a single heterogeneous cluster, enabling fit-for-purpose computing so clients can align tasks and applications to CPU strengths and software availability rather than one architecture.

With clients having expressed interest in incorporating the feature into their solution on Power, IBM kicked off an early adoption program to enable smeup for Multi-Arch Compute, obtain feedback on the usability of Multi-Arch Compute, receive input on onboarding materials, and further validate and refine use cases. Led by the IBM Power Development and Design teams, IBM Power’s Multi-Arch Compute Early Adoption and Feedback Program allowed clients and partners to conduct a trial and provide feedback. Working with smeup, an IBM Power partner based in Italy, the team evaluated the interest in mixing architectures and the instances in which clients sought to implement Multi-Arch Compute on Power. Click here to read the full story.