Hedvig Demos Docker Volume Plugin to Simplify DevOps Provisioning of Persistent Container Volumes

Hedvig, Inc. announced Docker Volume plug-in and associated integration of the company’s Distributed Storage Platform with Docker Datacenter.

This integration simplifies how IT Ops and DevOps provision persistent storage volumes for Docker containers, enabling faster time-to-market for container-based applications while reducing the capital and operational costs of Docker storage.

Enterprises can access a complete set of data services for Docker containers directly from the Docker Universal Control Plane.

More enterprises are adopting containers, and Docker in particular, for production environments. A recent DevOps.com survey found 94% of organizations are interested in deploying containers, with 38% already doing so in production and 65% citing they’ll have containers in production in 12 months. However, the same survey found 53% of organizations cited data management as a barrier to container adoption.

“Enterprises don’t have the staff and resources to continuously experiment with tools. They need proven, integrated solutions that allow them to respond to business requirements faster, cut operating costs and improve customer satisfaction,” said Mark Williams, CTO, Redapt, Inc. “We’re excited that companies like Hedvig are extending Docker Datacenter to provide such enterpriseready solutions.“

Company’s integration with Docker Datacenter lets IT Ops and DevOps admins spin up containers on any host with access to persistent, shared storage on the company’s Distributed Storage Platform. To simplify workflows and increase Docker admin productivity, the Docker Volume plug-in can be accessed natively from within Docker by using the Docker command line or through the Docker Universal Control Plane.

Enterprises using Docker in production environments can simplify the provisioning of persistent storage for containers through three capabilities unique to the Docker Volume plug-in:

Enable container deployment of stateful microservices: Docker volumes are inherently available to any host running the Docker Volume plug-in. Containers can be moved from one host to another while data persists, allowing stateful microservices like databases to be deployed in containers.
Increase flexibility and alignment with business requirements: IT Ops and DevOps admins can define granular, pervolume storage policies natively from the Docker Universal Control Plane. These include replication factor, deduplication, compression and cache acceleration so each container can have its own unique storage policy.
Improve performance and scalability of containers: The Distributed Storage Platform is based on a distributed systems architecture, improving the performance, scalability and efficiency that stateful applications running in containers require.

“Containers are a disruptive and innovative force in the industry right now. Customers tell us Docker holds the most potential for them to achieve the scale and efficiency of Internet giants, but they need endtoend solutions to make containers a reality in their data centers,” said Avinash Lakshman, CEO and founder, Hedvig. “As the first solution to demonstrate Docker Datacenter compatibility, we believe we’ve taken an important step forward in delivering a complete solution. Adding enterprisegrade softwaredefined storage to Docker helps enterprises that are serious about deploying containers in production.“

The company provides the elasticity, simplicity and flexibility needed for next generation infrastructure. The Distributed Storage Platform is designed to make software defined storage (SDS) technology accessible to enterprise IT, supporting common storage protocols like iSCSI and NFS along with object storage APIs like S3 and Swift. It is a SDS solution that supports deployed workloads like SQL databases and virtualized server and desktop environments, along with workloads like NoSQL, OpenStack, Docker and Hadoop.

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