Storage Technology Explained: Kubernetes, Containers And Persistent Storage
ComputerWeekly, Monday, September 2nd, 2024
In this guide, we look at the market-leading container platform Kubernetes, how it works, the challenges with persistent storage and backup, and how they have been overcome
Containerisation is synonymous with cloud-native application development, and Kubernetes is key among container orchestration platforms available.
In this article, we look at containerisation, what defines it, how Kubernetes fits with containerisation, how Kubernetes is organised, and how it handles persistent storage and data protection.
We also look at the container storage interface (CSI), which provides Kubernetes driver to link to storage array maker's hardware.
Finally, we look at the Kubernetes management platforms provided by the key storage vendors.