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3/4/25, 11:06 AM Red Hat Enhances Security and Virtualization Experience with Latest Version of Red Hat OpenShift - Middle East News 247

Red Hat OpenShift 4.18 introduces new virtualization enhancements that improve networking, simplify

storage migration, and streamline VM management. These updates reduce operational complexity, enhance
flexibility and improve resource efficiency — making it easier to manage and adapt virtualized environments
as needs evolve.

VM-friendly networking provides support for common VM networking use cases with the general
availability of user-defined networks, making it easier for users to get their virtualization platform up

and running. Also available with OpenShift on AWS and Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS, this
allows users to have similar networking capabilities for secondary networks on AWS as they do on-

premises, allowing for more hybrid cloud flexibility.
VM storage migration, available as a technology preview, now includes additional enhancements
thatallow for non-disruptive movement of data between storage devices and storage classes while a
VM is running, enabling users to be more agile as storage needs change.

Tree-view navigation, available as a technology preview, enables users to logically group VMs into
folders which allows for a more granular grouping. Additionally, with logical grouping, also available

as a technology preview, users have a quicker and easier way to navigate between VMs using a
single click.

Red Hat OpenShift 4.18 also enhances user-defined networks with Border Gateway Protocol (BGP),
which improves segmentation and supports advanced use cases like VM static IP assignment, live migration
and stronger multi-tenancy.

Extending choice for greater hybrid cloud innovation

Red Hat OpenShift 4.18 expands support to additional public cloud providers, providing users with increased
flexibility for how and where they choose to run their workloads. Red Hat OpenShift now supports bare-metal

deployments on Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Additionally, for users looking for

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