Storage for containerized environments

December 09, 2023

Alex Bykovskyi

StarWind VHCA Product Manager. Alex has more than 10 years of IT experience working with networking and storage. He has vast experience in Windows and Linux technologies and a deep knowledge in virtualization and system architecture.

Introduction

Containers have gained popularity among businesses for running applications, driven by the demands of the modern world for applications to deliver peak performance and achieve results efficiently.

Problem

Modern applications demand high-speed storage access. When I/O overloads the system, business operations can stumble or suffer delays—an unacceptable scenario for enterprises reliant on uninterrupted application access. Thus, persistent, reliable, and high-performance storage is crucial for effectively running containers.

Solution

StarWind VSAN tackles the challenge of providing reliable, high-performance storage for containers. VSAN leverages local disks on each host in a cluster to create a highly available storage pool that serves as persistent storage and facilitates rapid I/O for containers and container clusters. Synchronous storage replication ensures high availability, guaranteeing uninterrupted application access even in the event of host failure.

Conclusion

StarWind VSAN offers a robust and cost-effective solution for providing persistent shared storage for containers, enhancing application performance and uptime. Continuous data availability is ensured through replication across two or more hosts. Furthermore, StarWind VSAN minimizes CapEx by eliminating the need for additional SAN hardware and reduces OpEx by offloading most support and maintenance tasks to StarWind engineers.