by Jacob Andathethu | Sep 25, 2019 | Cloud Manager, Cloud Volume Services, Containers, CVO, Kubernetes, Trident
Cloud Manager automates the deployment of Trident on Kubernetes cluster so you can use Cloud Volumes ONTAP (CVO) as persistent storage for containers. Managing persistent storage is one of the major challenges for containerization. Trident, NetApp’s dynamic...
by Jacob Andathethu | Jun 28, 2019 | Containers, DevOps, Trident
Let me introduce the all new CSI Trident, now available with Trident 19.07 Alpha! The Container Storage Interface (CSI) provides a standard to enable provisioners to talk with multiple orchestrators. This is a community effort driven by the Cloud Native Computing...
by Jacob Andathethu | Apr 16, 2019 | Containers, Docker, Docker Enterprise Edition, Kubernetes, UCP
Every day, containerization is becoming a more integral part of IT planning and strategy. The container platform you choose should be able to manage various workloads. Docker Enterprise 2.1 Universal Control Plane (UCP) is one enterprise container platform providing...
by Jacob Andathethu | Mar 12, 2019 | Containers, ONTAP, OpenShift, Trident
The etcd database is crucial to NetApp’s Trident storage orchestrator. It stores all backends, storage classes, and volume information used by Trident. This information is necessary to create Persistent Volumes and attach to the backend storage. But what if the data...
by Jacob Andathethu | Dec 19, 2018 | Containers, Kubernetes, Trident
To mitigate risks, many organizations today implement strict security policies. Those policies may limit direct internet access, blocking connections to public software repositories like container image registries. This can make it challenging to install software that...
