The document introduces Harvester, an open-source hyperconverged infrastructure solution by SUSE, designed to unify existing virtual environments and promote container adoption. It outlines the significant growth in container usage and the anticipated expansion of the hyperconverged infrastructure market. The document also describes Harvester's features, architecture, and installation process while emphasizing its zero-platform dependency and integration with Rancher.

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Hyper-convergé Open-Source
Introducing Harvester
January 2022

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Agenda
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4 Q&A
Introduction
Harvester GA Overview
Demo

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The infrastructure landscape is rapidly
changing.
• Containers uptake continues to grow
exponentially
• By the end of 2022 – 60% of
enterprises will be leveraging
containers on the cloud (Forrester,
2021)
• Virtualized workloads are now mature
but continue to experience steady
growth in on-prem environments and
cloud
• HCI market is predicted to experience
double-digit growth in the next 5 years
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State of Play

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Harvester - Hyperconvergence
Commit initial
JUL
2020
Harvester v0.3
OCT
2021
Harvester v0.1
DEC
2020
Harvester v0.2
1st Beta release
APR
2021
Harvester v1.0
1st GA release
DEC
2021
Virtualization platform
Open source HCI
Simple and intuitive
No specific knowledge required
Modern Open Source Technologies
API Managed
Appliance Deployment (ISO)
Unattended installation (PXE)
Edge certified

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Common Services
NTP
Load Balancer
TBD
Shared Storage
Disques locaux aux nœuds Harvester
DNS
Déclaration
Communications
Ouverture des réseaux nécessaires
Proxy
Harvester - Classic Architecture
Harvester cluster - 3 nodes
2 x 8 cores CPU
128GB RAM
OS - 120GB SSD
DATA - N x SSDs
≥ 10Gbps NIC
Harvester node 1
(baremetal server)
VM VM VM VM VM
VLAN 1
2 x 8 cores CPU
128GB RAM
OS - 120GB SSD
DATA - N x SSDs
≥ 10Gbps NIC
Harvester node 2
(baremetal server)
2 x 8 cores CPU
128GB RAM
OS - 120GB SSD
DATA - N x SSDs
≥ 10Gbps NIC
Harvester node 3
(baremetal server)
VLAN 2
Management
Replication
Network

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SUSE Rancher &
Harvester
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Simplify complexity across your infrastructure
Containerized App 1 Containerized App 3
Containerized App 2
Authentication Policy Enforcement & Governance
Simplified Cluster Operations & Infrastructure Management (Run & Manage)
Platform Services (Build & Secure)
Amazon
EKS
Azure
AKS
Google
GKE
Cloud
Datacenter Edge
Branch
Dev
K8s Version
Management
GitOps Continuous
Delivery
Cluster Templates &
Config Enforcement
Node Pool
Management
Cluster Provisioning &
Lifecycle Management
Centralized Audit &
CIS Benchmarking
AIOps, Monitoring &
Logging
OPA & KubeWarden
RBAC, Pod &
Network Policies
Rancher
Catalog
Monitoring &
Alerts
Dashboards &
Observability
Service
Mesh
Longhorn
Storage
Cloud-Native Hyperconverged Infrastructure
Virtualized Machine &
OS* Management
Amazon
Linux
SUSE Linux
Enterprise
openSUSE
Leap
Red Hat
Linux
Ubuntu
Linux
Oracle
Linux
Container
Security
Linux OS

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Edge
Cloud
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Datacenter
VM, Container, Hybrid
Kubernetes API Kubernetes API
Kubernetes API
Proprietary Cloud
Services
Helping organizations build a truly hybrid-IT strategy
VM, Container, Hybrid

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What are the use cases for
SUSE Rancher & Harvester?
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Building cloud-
native apps
Fast and scalable
Mostly customer facing
Differentiate in ultra-
competitive market
Modernizing &
scaling infra
Use best infrastructure
for each use case
Optimized costs,
scalability and
resiliency
Re-architecting
monoliths
Redesign to leverage
microservices
Rehost parts of
traditional application
using containers
Distributed Edge
Devices
Manufacturing
Retail & Banking
Transportation
Automotive

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What's in
Harvester?

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Unify your existing virtualized infrastructure and
accelerate the adoption of containers from core to edge
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Next-gen, turnkey
hyperconverged
solution
Bridging the gap
between legacy
and cloud-native
IT with Rancher
integration
Reduces reliance
on costly,
boutique SAN or
HCI hardware
100% open-source
HCI solution with
zero platform
dependency

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Harvester
Installation Walkthrough

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Harvester Install: First Node

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Harvester Install: Additional Nodes

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Harvester
Live Demo

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Questions?

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