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DOI: A Comparative Analysis of Pivotal Cloud Foundry and OpenShift Cloud Platforms
Srikanth Reddy Gudi , IEEE Member: 101425246, USAAbstract
The paper presents a comprehensive comparative analysis of two leading enterprise-grade Platform as a Service (PaaS) solution: Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) and Red Hat OpenShift. It examines their architectures, deployment models, operational characteristics, developer experiences, security features, performance attributes, and ecosystem support. The research highlights key differences between PCF's custom architecture with Warden containers and OpenShift's Kubernetes-native approach. The analysis covers installation procedures, management tools, application deployment workflows, and migration strategies between platforms. Through case studies and literature review, the paper provides organizations with guidance for making informed decisions about which platform best suits their specific requirements and constraints.
Keywords
Platform as a Service (PaaS), Cloud Foundry, OpenShift, Kubernetes, containerization, microservices, cloud computing, container orchestration, developer experience, cloud migration.
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