NGD Systems: Docker Containers Support for Computational Storage Devices

NGD Systems, Inc. announced the ability to run Docker containers within the company’s computational storage devices.

Providing support for containerized applications within the Catalina-2 NVMe SSD, the company has extended the flexibility of its ‘in-situ processing’ and simplifying the process of using applications in near-data computing. Combining In-Situ Processing, Docker containerization, and 16TB of capacity with 12W of power consumption provides a viable platform, for IoT and edge computing applications.

Edge-computing solutions in applications such as aeronautics, defense, and self-driving vehicle applications are typically highly space-constrained, and often cannot support standard server form factors. By utilizing the company’s U.2 NVMe computational storage devices (and later form factors such as EDSFF), these applications now have a powerful, high-density computing solution that can run multiple applications simultaneously. The addition of Docker support extends these capabilities by enabling secure, granular and flexible multi-tenancy.

“Analytic applications in a variety of edge computing and IoT deployments are highly space-constrained, and cannot support traditional computing platforms,” said Vladimir Alves, CTO, NGD. “By utilizing In-Situ Processing and new form factors such as EDSFF, these applications now have a powerful, high-density, low power computing solution. Our support for Docker extends these capabilities by allowing containerized applications to execute seamlessly within NGD storage devices.“

By integrating support for Docker’s containerized platform within the computational storage platforms, the company enables faster application migration while minimizing the impact to system performance. This approach allows more users and applications to take advantage of in-situ processing, enabling a generation of analytic solutions for IoT and edge computing.