IBM Technology Expert Labs ASSESS Cloud Pak for Data (CP4D) Offering on Azure

IBM's Cloud Pak for Data on Azure and services running on OpenShift can become unhealthy due to common issues such as temporary connectivity loss, storage issues, workloads, services size, configuration errors, or problems with external dependencies.

IBM Technology Expert Labs “Assess Cloud Pak for Data Platform” Offering is a fixed priced, fixed scope two (2) week engagement that offers customers: best practices guidance, health check assessment for your OpenShift containerized environment, inspection of “as is” to “to be” architectures for scalability, software assets to lever for efficiency, OpenShift cluster performance fine-tuning for scalability, sizing and/or scaling recommendations based on workload types.

Business Challenges this offering addresses may include an assessment to identify common issues such as: • Temporary connectivity loss • Storage issues • Workloads • Services size • Configuration errors • Problems with external dependencies (Azure IaaS & PaaS integrations) • Absence of skills to plan for hybrid cloud (e.g., on-premised and Azure hybrid deployment requirements)

Outcomes Desired (based on briefing discussions) may include:

(1) Inspection services to determine if CP4D and OpenShift Container Platform is working properly (2) Recommendation to enhance CP4D and OCP cluster performance while conducting scaling at a different level (3) Recommendation for sizing review, architectural guidance, and guide/perform scaling based on workload

Key Activities may include:

(i) Inspection of platform for optimization recommendations (ii) Performance tuning

Deliverables (discussed in the briefing) may include:

(i) Health check assessment document (ii) Sizing and/or sizing to scale recommendations (iii) Best practices principles recommendations (iv) Any repeatable software assets that may apply

Pre-requisites:

• A deployed Cloud Pak for Data Platform environment on Azure or hybrid cloud deployment

To acquire Cloud Pak for Data please visit Azure marketplace here:

https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/apps/ibm-usa-ny-armonk-hq-6275750-ibmcloud-asperia.cloud-pak-for-data-ibm?tab=Overview

Value Proposition:

With IBM's deep, product related skills and multitudes of customer engagements around the globe we can ensure that customers will benefit from learning from our best practices and leverage this on-going.

Customers will benefit from any pre-built assets during this assessment services offering to help accelerate their adoption of Cloud Pak for Data and scale on the Azure platform or hybrid cloud deployment model.