ClusterHQ Expands Partner Ecosystem
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 26 -- ClusterHQ, The Container Data People, today announced that NetApp, Huawei, ConvergeIO, Nexenta, Hedvig and Saratoga Speed have joined its storage partner ecosystem. These innovative enterprise storage companies have delivered, or plan to soon deliver, storage drivers for ClusterHQ's Flocker container data management software. Customers of these enterprise storage providers can use Flocker with their hardware-based or software-defined storage solution of choice in public cloud, on-premises or hybrid environments to create portable container-level storage for Docker. Flocker lets DevOps teams easily containerize databases and stateful microservices by directly attaching a storage volume to a container and migrating the container and its data together between servers as operations demand. Flocker is designed to work with other tools in the container ecosystem like Docker Compose, Docker Swarm and Apache Mesos.
Recent surveys indicate that Docker is seeing significant uptake in the enterprise, however, data management and persistent storage are cited as top barriers to adoption of containers in production. By building a storage driver for Flocker, leading enterprise storage providers like NetApp and Huawei enable customers to use containers for their entire application, even its critical databases, in production environments, increasing return on investment of both containers and storage solutions.
"As a leader in enterprise storage and data management, NetApp has played a critical role in many technology revolutions. We partner with companies like ClusterHQ to bring NetApp software and platforms, including clustered Data ONTAP, to a new generation of applications," said Phil Brotherton, VP cloud solutions, NetApp.
"Huawei's dedication to customer-centric innovation and strong partnerships is what makes our company a global leader in end-to-end enterprise solutions. We are fully embracing Docker through several industry collaborations and are looking forward to delivering a storage driver for ClusterHQ's Flocker to power integration between our enterprise infrastructure solutions and provide increased options to customers worldwide," said Fan Ruiqi, president of storage product line, Huawei.
"An important ecosystem is emerging of key players looking to accelerate the adoption of containers in enterprise production environments. We're thrilled at the interest we've received from leaders and innovators in the storage space that are interested in integrating with Flocker to deliver flexible, shared portable storage for Docker," said Mark Davis, CEO, ClusterHQ.
In addition to working with other popular container management tools, the pluggable nature of Flocker is designed to work with any storage system, providing the ability to integrate Dockerized applications with existing storage backends. Any company or community that wants its storage to work with Docker can easily write a driver for Flocker. To learn more about building a storage plugin for ClusterHQ's Flocker visit: https://docs.clusterhq.com/en/1.1.0/gettinginvolved/plugins.html
About ClusterHQ
ClusterHQ builds container data management software that enables broader adoption of container technology in production environments. DevOps teams worldwide rely on ClusterHQ's open source Flocker software to meet the data portability requirements of distributed, microservices-based applications. Available for download at www.clusterhq.com/flocker, Flocker enables containers and their associated data volumes to be easily moved between servers as a single unit, a prerequisite for production operation of stateful application components in containers. Flocker facilitates widespread production deployment of containers for databases, queues and key value stores by making it simple and practical for entire distributed applications to be consolidated into an all-container development and operations environment. No matter where, or what, a container is running, Flocker gives DevOps teams operational freedom to quickly react to market conditions by relocating application containers in response to changing conditions, so that their business can innovate faster and be more responsive. Flocker increases the value of an organization's container investment and opens the door for a greater variety of mainstream enterprise use cases. Organizations can now embrace the portability and massive per-server density benefits of containers for stateful application services, enabling the creation of a new generation of microservices-based applications, and in some cases the replacement of virtual machines with containers. ClusterHQ provides the tools and services necessary for deploying and managing fully containerized stateful applications, simplifying IT processes and delivering on the advantages inherent in containers. We are the Container Data People.
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Source: ClusterHQ
