Today at DockerCon 2016 in Seattle, Washington, NetApp announced the integration of its complete flash portfolio (including NetApp SolidFire SF series, All Flash FAS (AFF) and EF-Series) with the NetApp Docker Volume Plug-In (nDVP). According to NetApp, the native Docker plug-in allows containerized applications to easily maintain state by consuming persistent storage. Docker developers will be able to take advantage of NetApp all-flash portfolio for higher performance and deployment flexibility.
Today at DockerCon 2016 in Seattle, Washington, NetApp announced the integration of its complete flash portfolio (including NetApp SolidFire SF series, All Flash FAS (AFF) and EF-Series) with the NetApp Docker Volume Plug-In (nDVP). According to NetApp, the native Docker plug-in allows containerized applications to easily maintain state by consuming persistent storage. Docker developers will be able to take advantage of NetApp all-flash portfolio for higher performance and deployment flexibility.
81% of enterprises are adopting DevOps and 38% plan to use Docker, according to the data from RightScale’s “State of the Cloud Report.” If a companies wants to provision storage and manage data at scale, they will need to achieve an intuitive and persistent state for Docker. That is where the nDVP comes into play. It provides a single plug-in and unified platform that enables enterprises to use Docker volumes across all NetApp storage systems. With the ability to choose from any of NetApp’s systems users can choose those that best match their requirements.
Additional details of the nDVP are:
- Cross-platform storage using a single plug-in: The nDVP assists in the management of the full lifecycle of Docker volumes (create, mount/unmount, delete) on NetApp storage.
- Composition of multiple storage platforms: Customers can run more than one copy of the nDVP simultaneously on any Docker host, each with a different configuration. This enables Docker users to easily consume storage with different characteristics and costs to match varied container requirements.
- Multiprotocol persistent storage for Docker: Because the nDVP supports NetApp SolidFire, AFF and EF-Series systems, customers can choose whether they deploy containers on NAS or SAN storage with iSCSI and NFS support. One plug-in for multiple protocols provides true deployment flexibility.
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