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Erick  Karanja - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead at Cellulant Kenya
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Stable product with an easy setup process
Pros and Cons
  • "The product's most valuable feature is cloud simulation to predict application behavior on the cloud."
  • "There could be an automation feature included in the product. It will speed up application processes and will not require scripting codes."

What is our primary use case?

We use the product for deployment purposes.

What is most valuable?

The product's most valuable feature is cloud simulation to predict application behavior on the cloud. It helps us with setting images and deploying them without a need to certify applications in the Kubernetes environment. We can work in a cloud-managed environment. It allows us to focus on testing properly.

What needs improvement?

There could be an automation feature included in the product. It will speed up application processes and will not require scripting codes.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using Docker Enterprise for a year.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the product's stability an eight out of ten. I have never had any stability issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The platform's scalability depends on the availability of resources. It is highly scalable if there is enough memory or storage space. A team of four to five executives from the CACD team uses Mirantis Container Cloud in our organization. They support all the deployments conducted by the rest of our engineers.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is easy and takes a day to complete. The process involves downloading an executable profile, which is available online, and then executing it on the machine. It requires following guidelines from the CACD team for setting up applications.

What other advice do I have?

I highly recommend Mirantis Container Cloud and rate it an eight out of ten. It is a good starting point for organizations adopting containerization and Kubernetes.

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Miguel Angel Cuesta Bravo - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at Vermont Solutions
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
A simple and fast solution for containerization with easy usage

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution for containerization and link Kubernetes to the Container.

What is most valuable?

The solution is simple and faster.

What needs improvement?

The solution is easy to use and difficult to understand. There are many courses available since it is difficult and has many things. Only experts can use it.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Mirantis Container Cloud for six months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

There were no issues with the solution.

I rate the solution’s stability a nine out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We use the application to monitor and orchestrate any applications and workloads.

I rate the solution’s scalability a ten out of ten.

What other advice do I have?

Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

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reviewer1873161 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Allows us to look at all the remote repositories of the images, volumes, and containers
Pros and Cons
  • "The UI is very useful."
  • "An improvement would be automated testing."

What is our primary use case?

I'm working for cybersecurity, so there are some thread data pipelines where we have data processing and then the pipelines are built and being containerized and then exported to the pipelines.

We're using version 20.10.11. It's deployed on a private cloud.

There are more than 20 people using this solution in my organization. We are all data engineers, and our managers are also from the same background. There are also machine learning engineers using this solution.

How has it helped my organization?

Before using this solution, we didn't have any kind of platform. This solution allows us to run anything and then post it like a single file. 

What is most valuable?

The solution as a whole serves a very good purpose.

The UI is very useful. We can look at all the remote repositories of the images and the volumes and containers. It shows all the images along with the total size. There is a huge difference by looking into the terminal and the UI.

What needs improvement?

An improvement would be automated testing.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using this solution for three months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is good. We had a few issues before in terms of just running an application and explaining to the other teams and stuff. Because of this application, it's easier for the DevOps engineer. 

We don't need to dig around to know what is happening. We just run the container and put it in the pipeline and then it runs.

How are customer service and support?

We haven't raised any tickets yet. We have a particular infrastructure team, and that team helps us.

How was the initial setup?

It's pretty straightforward. It was easy to install on Windows rather than on a MacBook. On the MacBook, it was a little difficult, probably because of the version that my company is using. We had a little bit of confusion with that.

Everything was done onsite.

I would rate setup 4 out of 5.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate this solution 9 out of 10.

It's a very good application. You don't need to do anything. Just deploy it, run it, and then it does all the work by itself. It's a piece of cake for someone new. If I'm a DevOps engineer, I don't need to worry about anything. I just have to run a command and it shows the errors. Then, I pass it to the other team and they look into it.

It's easy and straightforward to do the deployments. Before, we had to do the manual container when it comes to deployment. Now, you just make an image and then run it by using the commands.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud
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CEO and Founder at Indicrypt Systems
Real User
Facilitates rapid deployment and has thorough, easy to read documentation
Pros and Cons
  • "Docker is very helpful for taking the code from development and applying it to the end user."
  • "It would be very nice to have a GUI that can be used by any administrator, and not just people who have experience with Docker."

What is our primary use case?

My experience with Docker is in helping to provide solutions for my clients. Specifically, this involves continuous integration and continuous deployment for my clients' workflow.

How has it helped my organization?

We are using Docker for a client that we currently have in India. They are building a solution for the medical industry. Docker is very helpful for taking the code from development and applying it to the end user.

What is most valuable?

The most important thing that my clients focus on is rapid deployment. In this regard, Docker wins hands-down.

What needs improvement?

It would be very nice to have a GUI that can be used by any administrator, and not just people who have experience with Docker.

For how long have I used the solution?

Two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability of this solution is perfect. Five stars.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

This solution scales very well, and it can be scaled to the entire infrastructure when required.

Three of my clients are currently using Docker, and all of them are involved in software development. One of my clients is in the process of scaling up, moving from ten to one hundred and fifty developers within the next six months.

How are customer service and technical support?

The documentation for this solution is excellent. So far, all of the problems that I have faced have been solved by looking at the documentation.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We did not use another solution prior to this one.

How was the initial setup?

The setup was very straightforward. I just followed the documentation on the Docker website, and it went smoothly.

Implementation for the client was not very big. It was eight to ten developers, and it took between one and two days to complete. The most important thing on our end was to get our client's infrastructure up and running with Docker.

One person can handle the deployment and maintenance of this solution.

What about the implementation team?

We implement this solution for our clients using our in-house team.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I am using the community edition, rather than the enterprise edition because I am operating on a very small scale at the moment. The community edition does not require a license and is completely free.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We did not evaluate options other than Docker.

What other advice do I have?

My advice to anybody who is implementing this solution is to read the documentation very carefully. That can give a lot of relief when the client needs a solution.

If Docker had a graphical user interface then it would be a perfect solution.

I would rate this solution and eight out of ten.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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HariOmKanth MS - PeerSpot reviewer
DevSecOps Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Reseller
Top 10
Offers a simple setup phase and good UI
Pros and Cons
  • "The product's initial setup phase is simple."
  • "I feel that the product lacks to offer a proper health status of the images which are running, making it an area where improvements are required."

What is our primary use case?

I use the solution in my company since we have some in-house applications, and to spin up those applications, we use Docker Enterprise.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features of the solution are its fairly good UI design and its ability to let users view logs.

What needs improvement?

Though I am unsure, I feel that the product lacks to offer a proper health status of the images which are running, making it an area where improvements are required.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Mirantis Container Cloud for six months. I work with the tool's desktop version. I am just a user of the tool.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

Around 20 people in my company use the product.

How are customer service and support?

The solution offers a good online community that offers users the option to ask questions related to the product and get answers to troubleshoot the issues.

How was the initial setup?

The product's initial setup phase is simple.

The solution is deployed on an on-premises model.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I rate the product price an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one means low price and ten means high price.

What other advice do I have?

Maybe the other people in my company's environment might be using Doctor Enterprise to manage multi-cloud Kubernetes environments, but I don't use it for that.

The product optimizes and makes DevOps workflow better since it spins up images very fast, and it is a good thing that I have seen in the tool. It is easy to manage which Docker needs to be run and which one needs to be stopped, and it is an area where I use the product the most.

I don't use the tool's centralized management console. I use it individually.

I use the single dashboard option provided by the tool, and if I need to be helpful.

I recommend the product to those who plan to use it.

I rate the tool a ten out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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The most valuable feature is creating your own image.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of Docker is by far is creating your own image. By creating your own image, you can have an environment for whatever you are working on that is exactly how you want it.

The idea that you can create a machine this quickly, use it, destroy it if you want, build upon it, take things out, and rebuild very quickly is very useful.

For example, you could add a command that installs a certain tool to your Dockerfile and build that image. Your image now has that tool. If you want to get rid of that tool, you just get rid of the line from the Dockerfile, rebuild the image, and it’s like you never installed that tool.

It gives you a feeling of complete control. By comparison, doing the same thing with something like Vagrant would take a lot of time. With Docker, building an image is so fast that it’s practically disposable.

How has it helped my organization?

Docker has allowed me to have pre-defined working environments that can be moved to the cloud and I know they will be exactly the same. Something can be deployed to the cloud, but the overhead of running a virtual machine is wasteful. This is especially the case since on most clouds, an account is already contained by a virtual machine. Running a virtual machine within a virtual machine is possible, but not ideal.

What needs improvement?

Docker is already aware of how faulty their file system volume mounting technology is on the Mac. I see that they are making improvements in that area, but there is still a long way to go.

On the Mac, Docker is far from perfect. The program has issues communicating with the file system and receiving events. As a result, Docker’s volume features are very slow on the Mac. However, there is a workaround called Docker-sync. Docker sync goes around Docker’s weak volume support on the Mac by syncing files through the network using unison and rsync. Still, I would only give Docker a 10 if their volume experience were as good on the Mac as it is on Linux. I have used this product in a Mac environment as well as Linux.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Docker since November, 2016. I started using it to see what all the talk was about. The initial learning curve was somewhat steep. What Docker does is simple. However, understanding what Docker does is important and not obvious. That’s why I took Lynda’s course on Docker. This course gave me a good practical understanding of Docker. After understanding the basics, the documentation actually became useful to read.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

In my experience, Docker has been very stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

There have been no scalability issues. As a matter of fact, Docker itself can be used to help you scale up by allowing you to create a new environment quickly when you need more power, or if you want to deliver an instance closer to a customer.

How are customer service and technical support?

In term of technical support, the Docker community is very helpful and active. There are already a lot of answers to common questions on stack overflow.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I previously used Vagrant. I switched because of Docker’s speed, ease of creating images, and its low overhead.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup of Docker on the Mac is simple. There is a very friendly GUI installer. If you already have Homebrew installed, you can simply run “brew cask install docker”.

Installing Docker on Linux is a different story, since the versions supported by the default package manager sources are out of date. It’s necessary to follow somewhat lengthy instructions from Docker’s website.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The Docker community edition is free. I don’t have any experience with their paid versions. I have not felt the need to upgrade.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I tried Docker because there was a bit of hype around it. I had been using Vagrant. I did not know about things like LXD before starting to experiment with Docker. If anything, I have learned about alternative container technologies that I might evaluate later.

What other advice do I have?

I think that Docker is the best among its peers. Creating, downloading, uploading, and sharing images is faster than doing the same on something like Vagrant.

When using Docker on the Mac, I only used it to create a local development environment. I also have a Docker installation running in production on a production environment being used as the backend for an iOS app.

I would advise people to take the Lynda course on Docker. In my experience, the documentation only becomes useful after understanding the basics and the general idea.

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it_user844377 - PeerSpot reviewer
Applications Lead at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Easily deploys on various platforms and cloud providers
Pros and Cons
    • "I think this solution needs better security due to more risks from the outside world."

    What is our primary use case?

    I am using this as a lab costing application. It is pretty fast.

    How has it helped my organization?

    You can easily deploy it in different platforms and cloud providers. You are actually deploying container to container. 

    What is most valuable?

    The commissioning is very fast. 

    What needs improvement?

    I think this solution needs better security due to rising threats from the outside world. 

    For how long have I used the solution?

    One to three years.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    The product is stable. 

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    I am not scaling it very much at this time. I only have about 20 users at present. The roles of the users are information users, managers and middle managers.

    How is customer service and technical support?

    The tech support is pretty good. 

    How was the initial setup?

    It was straightforward for us. 

    What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

    The pricing and licensing really depends on what your needs are. You could be paying $100 a month to $100,000. It depends on the needs you have from the solution, and the agreement you make.

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    SeshagiriSriram - PeerSpot reviewer
    Head IT Architecture at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
    Real User
    Cuts down on development time and allows for multiple spin-offs
    Pros and Cons
    • "This solution has cut down on our development time and allows us to spin off new instances for inner development, testing, productions, and security testing."
    • "Areas for improvement are the privacy of container management and the documentation. In the next release, I would like to see best practices on how to manage distributed containers and networks."

    How has it helped my organization?

    This solution has cut down on our development time and allows us to spin off new instances for inner development, testing, productions, and security testing.

    What needs improvement?

    Areas for improvement are the privacy of container management and the documentation. In the next release, I would like to see best practices on how to manage distributed containers and networks.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I've been using this solution for about five years.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    This solution is pretty much stable.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    This solution is extremely scalable - we are able to spin off multiple instances very rapidly.

    How was the initial setup?

    Initial setup was extremely simple and was done in minutes.

    What about the implementation team?

    I implemented through an in-house team.

    What other advice do I have?

    I would rate this solution as eight out of ten.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    Hybrid Cloud
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