Red Hat OpenShift Compute Option License
This Red Hat OpenShift compute option license provides 8 vCPUs for a 3-year term, enabling advanced container orchestration capabilities for your business infrastructure.
- License Term: 3-year subscription for 8 vCPUs, ensuring continuous access to Red Hat OpenShift features.
- Platform Enablement: Unlocks advanced container management, application deployment, and scaling capabilities.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintains licensing compliance for your Red Hat OpenShift environment, avoiding potential penalties.
- Operational Continuity: Guarantees access to necessary software features for ongoing application hosting and management.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a platform software subscription for Red Hat OpenShift, specifically an 8 vCPU compute option license valid for three years. It grants your organization the right to utilize Red Hat OpenShift's powerful container orchestration and management features within the defined capacity.
Ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies, this license is designed for businesses that use Red Hat OpenShift to host and manage their own applications. It integrates into your existing IT infrastructure, providing the necessary software entitlements for your compute resources.
- Container Orchestration: Full access to Red Hat OpenShift's features for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.
- Subscription Term: A 3-year commitment provides predictable costs and uninterrupted access to the platform.
- Capacity Licensing: Licensed based on 8 virtual CPUs, allowing for defined resource allocation and management.
- Software Compliance: Ensures your organization is properly licensed for Red Hat OpenShift, mitigating risks associated with non-compliance.
- Feature Access: Enables the use of advanced features for application development, CI/CD pipelines, and hybrid cloud deployments.
This Red Hat OpenShift compute option license is the right choice for SMB and mid-market teams needing to manage containerized applications efficiently and compliantly.
What This Enables
Enable advanced container orchestration
Enable teams to deploy, scale, and manage containerized applications efficiently using Red Hat OpenShift. Streamline application delivery and improve operational agility with advanced orchestration capabilities.
on-premises deployments, private cloud environments, hybrid cloud strategies, application modernization initiatives
Ensure software licensing compliance
Automate the tracking and management of Red Hat OpenShift licenses to maintain compliance with vendor terms. Protect your organization from potential audits and penalties by ensuring proper entitlement for your compute resources.
regulated industries, multi-cloud environments, infrastructure audits, IT asset management
Support application modernization efforts
Support organizations undertaking application modernization by providing a stable and feature-rich platform for containerized workloads. Facilitate the transition to microservices and cloud-native architectures.
legacy application migration, new application development, DevOps adoption, CI/CD pipeline integration
Key Features
Red Hat OpenShift Platform
Provides a robust foundation for containerized application development, deployment, and management.
8 vCPU Compute Option
Defines the licensed capacity, allowing for predictable resource allocation and cost management.
3-Year Subscription Term
Ensures long-term access to the platform and predictable budgeting for software licensing.
Container Orchestration
Enables automation of application deployment, scaling, and lifecycle management.
Software Licensing
Guarantees compliance with Red Hat's licensing terms, mitigating audit risks.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust, secure, and compliant platforms for managing sensitive data and critical applications, making Red Hat OpenShift ideal for their IT infrastructure.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers leverage Red Hat OpenShift for modernizing operational technology (OT) and IT systems, enabling smart factory initiatives and efficient production management.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations utilize Red Hat OpenShift to securely manage patient data, accelerate research, and deploy critical healthcare applications while adhering to strict regulatory requirements.
Retail & Hospitality
Retailers and hospitality businesses use Red Hat OpenShift to power customer-facing applications, manage supply chains, and enhance in-store experiences through scalable and agile IT solutions.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Red Hat OpenShift?
Red Hat OpenShift is a leading enterprise Kubernetes platform that provides a consistent application platform for public cloud, private cloud, hybrid cloud, edge, and bare-metal environments. It helps organizations build, deploy, and manage containerized applications.
What does the 8 vCPU compute option mean?
The 8 vCPU compute option specifies the amount of virtual CPU resources your organization is licensed to use with Red Hat OpenShift. This helps in capacity planning and ensuring you have the correct license for your operational needs.
Is this a perpetual license or a subscription?
This is a subscription license with a 3-year term. It provides access to Red Hat OpenShift for the duration of the subscription, including updates and support as per the subscription agreement.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Medium — IT-assisted
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.