PERSISTENT STORAGE FOR
CONTAINERIZED APPLICATIONS
Louis Gordon
Senior Storage Solutions Architect
lgordon@redhat.com
LINUX CONTAINERS:
Software packaging concept that typically includes an
application and all of its runtime dependencies
HIGHER quality software releases
SHORTER test cycles
EASIER application management
CONTAINER CONTAINER
APP
LIBS
HOST OS
SERVER
APP
LIBS
BENEFITS
WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL?
BARE METAL VIRTUALIZATION CONTAINERS
Deploy in Days or Weeks
Single App Instance
Deploy in Hours or Days
10s or 100s of Apps
Deploy in Seconds or
Minutes
100s or 1000s of Apps
APP
LIBS
HOST OS
SERVER
HOST OS
SERVER
HOST OS, SHARED SVCS
SERVER, CLOUD
APP APP
LIBS LIBS
GUEST OS GUEST OS
VIRTUAL
MACHINE
VIRTUAL
MACHINE
APP APP
LIBS LIBS
CONTAINER CONTAINER
HYPERVISOR
CONTAINER WORKLOADS?
“For which workloads or application use cases have you used/do you anticipate to use containers?”
Data Apps
Cloud Apps
Systems of
Engagement
Systems of
Record Web and Commerce
Software
Mobile Apps
Social Apps
77%
71%
62% 62%
57% 52%
46%
Base: 194 IT operations and development decision-makers at enterprise in APAC, EMEA,
and North America Source: A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Red Hat, January 2015
Scalable, Cost Effective, Distributed Storage for Containers
THE RED HAT STACK — FROM PAAS TO STORAGE
DevOps Tools and User Experience
Language Runtimes and Middleware
Databases and Other Services
Container Orchestration and Management
Container API Container Host
Storage
WHY CONTAINERS REQUIRE PERSISTENT STORAGE
• Web & presentation layers should be stateless ... but ...
• That’s probably < 5% of all application instances in a DC
• Most other infrastructure applications / services require persistence for storing
application and configuration data
• Building a different infrastructure for stateful vs. stateless apps ?
• Modern IT requires Standardization (e.g. Cloud Computing)
• Software-defined DC is a hybrid cloud enabler
REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTAINER STORAGE
• Scalable – Scale out capacity & performance
• Resilient – Likely there will be important data
• Flexible – Allow different application access profiles
• Software-defined – To allow flexible deployment models
• Open – For customer choice and lowest TCO
RED HAT
STORAGE
PERSISTENT STORAGE REQUIRES REDUNDANCY
• Red Hat Storage includes important data redundancy features
• 2-way and 3-way replication
• Erasure Coding
• Geo-Replication
• Snapshots
STORAGE INNOVATION FOR
CONTAINERIZED APPLICATIONS
AUTOMATED CONFIGURATION
SINGLE CONTROL PANEL
CHOICE OF PERSISTENT STORAGE
Ceph RBD
Amazon EBS
Fiber Channel
GCE
iSCSI
NFS
GlusterFS
CONTAINER-NATIVE STORAGE
DRIVING THE FUTURE OF STORAGE
Nov 2015 Mar 2016 Summer 2016
RHGS Container
CONVERGENCE OF STORAGE AND COMPUTE
Dedicated storage cluster for containerized
and PaaS environments
Supported for OpenShift Enterprise
Containerized Red Hat Gluster Storage serving
storage from a dedicated storage cluster
Optimized for applications running on RHEL 7,
OpenShift Enterprise, and RHEL Container Host
Containerized Red Hat Gluster Storage inside
OpenShift Container Platform hyper converged with
application containers
Red Hat Gluster Storage cluster
comprised of disks from multiple container
cluster nodes
CONTAINER READY STORAGE CONTAINERIZED RHGS
MySQL Container
CONTAINER READY STORAGE
CONTAINER NODE
1
CONTAINER NODE
2
CONTAINER NODE
1
CONTAINER NODE
3
NGINX Container
NGINX Container
NGINX Container
CONTAINERIZED RED HAT GLUSTER STORAGE
CONTAINER NODE
1
CONTAINER NODE
2
NGINX Container
NGINX Container
CONTAINERIZED
RED HAT GLUSTER
STORAGE
OPENSHIFT NODE 2
CONTAINER-NATIVE STORAGE
Lower TCO
Unified Orchestration
Ease of Use
Greater control
OPENSHIFT NODE 3
OPENSHIFT NODE 1
RHGS Container RHGS Container
OPENSHIFT NODE 4
MASTER
NGINX Container NGINX Container
Elasticsearch Container
RHGS Container
CUSTOMER SUCCESS
APPLICATION
SERVERS
CONVERGED
SERVERS
STORAGE
SERVERS
NEW AGILITIES allowed telco to bring a new offering to market faster and cheaper
LOWER COST than traditional storage and avoiding endless commitment to proprietary vendors
FLEXIBLE geo-replicated architecture can grow/shrink dynamically
OPTION to be tuned for price or performance
BENEFITS
HYPER CONVERGED STORAGE
Applications and storage can co-exist on the same hardware
Higher server utilization and lowers operational costs
Storage generates only 3%-10% overhead on compute servers
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Red Hat Storage Day Seattle: Persistent Storage for Containerized Applications

  • 1.
    PERSISTENT STORAGE FOR CONTAINERIZEDAPPLICATIONS Louis Gordon Senior Storage Solutions Architect lgordon@redhat.com
  • 2.
    LINUX CONTAINERS: Software packagingconcept that typically includes an application and all of its runtime dependencies HIGHER quality software releases SHORTER test cycles EASIER application management CONTAINER CONTAINER APP LIBS HOST OS SERVER APP LIBS BENEFITS
  • 3.
    WHAT’S THE BIGDEAL? BARE METAL VIRTUALIZATION CONTAINERS Deploy in Days or Weeks Single App Instance Deploy in Hours or Days 10s or 100s of Apps Deploy in Seconds or Minutes 100s or 1000s of Apps APP LIBS HOST OS SERVER HOST OS SERVER HOST OS, SHARED SVCS SERVER, CLOUD APP APP LIBS LIBS GUEST OS GUEST OS VIRTUAL MACHINE VIRTUAL MACHINE APP APP LIBS LIBS CONTAINER CONTAINER HYPERVISOR
  • 4.
    CONTAINER WORKLOADS? “For whichworkloads or application use cases have you used/do you anticipate to use containers?” Data Apps Cloud Apps Systems of Engagement Systems of Record Web and Commerce Software Mobile Apps Social Apps 77% 71% 62% 62% 57% 52% 46% Base: 194 IT operations and development decision-makers at enterprise in APAC, EMEA, and North America Source: A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Red Hat, January 2015 Scalable, Cost Effective, Distributed Storage for Containers
  • 5.
    THE RED HATSTACK — FROM PAAS TO STORAGE DevOps Tools and User Experience Language Runtimes and Middleware Databases and Other Services Container Orchestration and Management Container API Container Host Storage
  • 6.
    WHY CONTAINERS REQUIREPERSISTENT STORAGE • Web & presentation layers should be stateless ... but ... • That’s probably < 5% of all application instances in a DC • Most other infrastructure applications / services require persistence for storing application and configuration data • Building a different infrastructure for stateful vs. stateless apps ? • Modern IT requires Standardization (e.g. Cloud Computing) • Software-defined DC is a hybrid cloud enabler
  • 7.
    REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTAINERSTORAGE • Scalable – Scale out capacity & performance • Resilient – Likely there will be important data • Flexible – Allow different application access profiles • Software-defined – To allow flexible deployment models • Open – For customer choice and lowest TCO RED HAT STORAGE
  • 8.
    PERSISTENT STORAGE REQUIRESREDUNDANCY • Red Hat Storage includes important data redundancy features • 2-way and 3-way replication • Erasure Coding • Geo-Replication • Snapshots
  • 9.
    STORAGE INNOVATION FOR CONTAINERIZEDAPPLICATIONS AUTOMATED CONFIGURATION SINGLE CONTROL PANEL CHOICE OF PERSISTENT STORAGE Ceph RBD Amazon EBS Fiber Channel GCE iSCSI NFS GlusterFS
  • 10.
    CONTAINER-NATIVE STORAGE DRIVING THEFUTURE OF STORAGE Nov 2015 Mar 2016 Summer 2016 RHGS Container CONVERGENCE OF STORAGE AND COMPUTE Dedicated storage cluster for containerized and PaaS environments Supported for OpenShift Enterprise Containerized Red Hat Gluster Storage serving storage from a dedicated storage cluster Optimized for applications running on RHEL 7, OpenShift Enterprise, and RHEL Container Host Containerized Red Hat Gluster Storage inside OpenShift Container Platform hyper converged with application containers Red Hat Gluster Storage cluster comprised of disks from multiple container cluster nodes CONTAINER READY STORAGE CONTAINERIZED RHGS
  • 11.
    MySQL Container CONTAINER READYSTORAGE CONTAINER NODE 1 CONTAINER NODE 2 CONTAINER NODE 1 CONTAINER NODE 3 NGINX Container NGINX Container NGINX Container
  • 12.
    CONTAINERIZED RED HATGLUSTER STORAGE CONTAINER NODE 1 CONTAINER NODE 2 NGINX Container NGINX Container CONTAINERIZED RED HAT GLUSTER STORAGE
  • 13.
    OPENSHIFT NODE 2 CONTAINER-NATIVESTORAGE Lower TCO Unified Orchestration Ease of Use Greater control OPENSHIFT NODE 3 OPENSHIFT NODE 1 RHGS Container RHGS Container OPENSHIFT NODE 4 MASTER NGINX Container NGINX Container Elasticsearch Container RHGS Container
  • 14.
    CUSTOMER SUCCESS APPLICATION SERVERS CONVERGED SERVERS STORAGE SERVERS NEW AGILITIESallowed telco to bring a new offering to market faster and cheaper LOWER COST than traditional storage and avoiding endless commitment to proprietary vendors FLEXIBLE geo-replicated architecture can grow/shrink dynamically OPTION to be tuned for price or performance BENEFITS HYPER CONVERGED STORAGE Applications and storage can co-exist on the same hardware Higher server utilization and lowers operational costs Storage generates only 3%-10% overhead on compute servers
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