awesome-kubernetes/docs/storage.md

Cloud Native Storage

• Introduction
• Ebooks
• Cloud Native Storage Solutions
  • Rook
  • Robin
  • Reduxio
  • Portworx
  • StorageOS
  • OpenEBS
  • LightOS
  • Longhorn
  • IBM Spectrum Storage Suite
• OpenShift Container Storage Operator (OCS)
  • OCS 3 (OpenShift 3)
  • OCS 4 (OpenShift 4)

Introduction

• thenewstack.io: A Guide to Running Stateful Applications in Kubernetes
• forbes.com: 5 Cloud Native Storage Startups To Watch Out For In 2019
• thenewstack.io: Persistent Volumes: Separating Compute and Storage
• medium: Solution architect’s guide to Kubernetes persistent storage
• howtoforge.com: Storage in Kubernetes 🌟
• cncf.io: Container Attached Storage is Cloud Native Storage (CAS)
• thenewstack.io: The most popular cloud native solutions 🌟
• medium: Kubernetes Storage Performance Comparison v2 (2020 Updated) 🌟
• blocksandfiles.com: geless storage is the ‘answer’ to Kubernetes data challenges
• developers.redhat.com: Persistent storage in action: Understanding Red Hat OpenShift’s persistent volume framework 🌟
• rancher.com: What is Cloud-Native Storage?
• softwareengineeringdaily.com: Why Is Storage On Kubernetes So Hard? 🌟

Ebooks

• redhat.com: Storage Patterns for Kubernetes for dummies

Cloud Native Storage Solutions

• itnext.io: State of Persistent Storage in K8s — A Benchmark

Rook

• Rook

Robin

• Robin

Reduxio

• Reduxio

Portworx

• Portworx

StorageOS

• StorageOS

OpenEBS

• OpenEBS extends the benefits of software-defined storage to cloud native through the container attached approach.
• MayaData Founder of OpenEBS
• goglides.io: Running OpenEBS in Kubernetes
• OpenEBS Features and Benefits OpenEBS is cloudnative storage for stateful applications on K8s where "cloud native" means following a loosely coupled architecture. As such the normal benefits to cloud native, loosely coupled architectures apply.

LightOS

• LightOS
• blocksandfiles.com: Lightbits Labs adds Kubernetes table stakes: CSI support

Longhorn

• Longhorn
• thenewstack.io: Rancher Donates its ‘Longhorn’ Kubernetes Persistent Storage Software to CNCF. Gluster and Ceph were “designed to be run by some storage admin. In the Kubernetes world, a lot of these things tend to be deployed by DevOps teams, so (the storage layer) needs to be a lot more lightweight and a lot simpler.” — Rancher Labs CEO Sheng Liang.
• Longhorn Simplifies Distributed Block Storage in Kubernetes
• containerjournal.com: Rancher Labs Adds Support for Longhorn Storage on Kubernetes Clusters

IBM Spectrum Storage Suite

• IBM Spectrum IBM Spectrum Storage software for data-driven architecture. A complete storage software family with AI-infused capability that changes the economics of storage on-prem and in the hybrid multicloud.
• redbooks.ibm.com: IBM Storage for Red Hat OpenShift. IBM block storage & IBM Spectrum Scale
• searchstorage.techtarget.com: IBM Spectrum

OpenShift Container Storage Operator (OCS)

• State of OpenShift Container Storage

OCS 3 (OpenShift 3)

• OpenShift Container Storage based on GlusterFS technology.
• Not OpenShift 4 compliant: Migration tooling will be available to facilitate the move to OCS 4.x (OpenShift Gluster APP Mitration Tool).

OCS 4 (OpenShift 4)

• OCS Operator based on Rook.io with Operator LifeCycle Manager (OLM).
• Tech Stack:
  • Rook (don't confuse this with non-redhat "Rook Ceph" -> RH ref).
    • Replaces Heketi (OpenShift 3)
    • Uses Red Hat Ceph Storage and Noobaa.
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage
  • Noobaa:
    • Red Hat Multi Cloud Gateway (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc)
    • Asynchronous replication of data between my local ceph and my cloud provider
    • Deduplication
    • Compression
    • Encryption
• Backups available in OpenShift 4.2+ (Snapshots + Restore of Volumes)
• OCS Dashboard in OCS Operator

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