Containerized environments

Vertica supports containerized environments that conform to the performance requirements for vioperf and vcpuperf.

As the database extends support and deployment in containerized environments including Kubernetes, we cannot test and certify all possible configurations. However, OpenText makes an effort to ensure the success of its customers on recent versions of supported operating systems for the x86_64 architecture.

Vertica tests containers running on Docker. When the underlying hardware, OS, and container are configured correctly, the database system performs well. In some circumstances, there is a minor performance difference for queries made against a cold- or partially-populated depot when accessing communal storage.

Vertica support contract covers database products only. If you choose to run the database on a container configuration and experience an issue that might not be caused by database products, the Vertica Support team might ask you to reproduce the issue in a different environment or engage with the support resources for your containerization technology.

For guidelines on how to provision and size your Kubernetes resources for Vertica deployments, see Recommendations for Sizing Vertica Nodes and Clusters in the Knowledge Base.

VerticaDB operator and Vertica server version support

The VerticaDB operator supports Vertica server versions 11.0.0 and higher.

For more information about downloading images, version details, creating custom images, and the security vulnerability policy, see images.

Container orchestration version support

Communal storage support

Containerized Vertica on Kubernetes supports the following public and private cloud providers:

• Amazon Web Services S3

• S3-compatible storage, such as MinIO

• Google Cloud Storage

• Azure Blob Storage

• Hadoop File Storage

Managed Kubernetes services support

Vertica supports the following managed Kubernetes services:

• Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)

• Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Cluster management platform support

Vertica supports the VerticaDB operator and Vertica in Kubernetes environment on Red Hat OpenShift versions 4.8 and higher.