NetApp launches cloud-native storage solution for containers
After its purchase of cloud storage automation specialist Spot for $450 million this past June, NetApp is releasing its first new product under the brand. Called Spot Storage, it’s a “storageless” solution that’s designed to enable automated administration of cloud-native, container-based applications.NetApp describes Spot Storage as a cloud-based, serverless offering for application-driven archit
ectures that run microservices-based applications in Kubernetes containers.“Serverless computing” is a bit of a misnomer. Your application and data still reside on servers, but they’re not tied to one particular physical location. Just like the cloud means never using the same physical box twice, a serverless storage service means the cloud provider runs the server and dynamically manages the allocation of machine resources.To read this article in full, please click here
Author: Andy Patrizio
Date: 2020-11-12
networkworld.com
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