As containers have matured, we have found more uses cases for persistent storage by stateful applications to benefit from container technology. Users are looking for easy ways to get the right storage for the task at hand on demand, storage that is as flexible as the containers that are consuming it, with advanced capabilities that can span infrastructures, without having to worry about how the infrastructure gets the job done.
Operators want to provide the right services to their users to enable more agile practices while still protecting the business and generally staying out of the way. The storage industry is working hard to meet this challenge by providing the right abstractions to balance it all out.
Let's take a deeper look at the general approach the industry is taking, how it's coming together so far, and where we go from here.
