How to use workload partitioning with Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform

Learn how to use workload partitioning with Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform to benefit resource-constrained environments.

Learn how to use workload partitioning with Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform to benefit resource-constrained environments.

Prerequisites for using workload partitioning in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform

10 mins

As workload partitioning is a feature of Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform, there are a few necessities before you can start exploring its functionalities. 

What will you learn?

  • Prerequisites needed for enabling workload partitioning 

What do you need before starting?

  • Red Hat account
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 or higher
  • A bare-metal environment or kernel-based virtual machine (KVM)
  • Capacity and admin abilities to install files to clusters

As long as you have the items listed above, you should be able to follow along with the walkthrough example we dive into next.

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