IBM Spectrum Connect and IBM Storage Enabler for Containers: Practical Example with IBM FlashSystem A9000

An IBM Redpaper publication

Published 02 April 2018, updated 10 April 2018

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ISBN-10: 0738456721
ISBN-13: 9780738456720
IBM Form #: REDP-5470-00
(62 pages)

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Authors: Markus Oscheka, Bert Dufrasne, Andrew Greenfield, Axel Westphal, Josh Blumert

Abstract

This IBM® Redpaper™ publication provides an overview of containers and their framework. Container technology enables prepackaged and pre-configured software with the elements that are needed to run in any environment.

Because they are meant to be portable, containers normally restrict applications from storing data on external storage. To overcome this limitation, IBM has developed a solution to provide persistent storage for containers on IBM storage systems, known as the IBM Storage Enabler for Containers. The Enabler tightly integrates with IBM Spectrum™ Connect (formerly IBM Spectrum Control™ Base Edition).

IBM Storage Enabler for Containers v1.0 extends IBM Spectrum Connect to Kubernetes orchestrated container environments.

The paper focuses on containers implementation, management, and control by using IBM Spectrum Connect and IBM Storage Enabler for Containers plug-in, with IBM FlashSystem® A9000 or A9000R.

Table of contents

Chapter 1. Introduction to containers
Chapter 2. Using IBM Storage Enabler for Containers in Kubernetes

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