OpenEBSWhat is OpenEBS?
OpenEBS allows you to treat your persistent workload containers, such as DBs on containers, just like other containers. OpenEBS itself is deployed as just another container on your host.
OpenEBS is a tool in the Infrastructure as a Service category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Open sourceBlock Storagedynamic and static PV/PVC provisioningCSI Supportraw block devicessnapshotsclonesthin-provisioningvolume growvolume shrinkmultiple file system choicesDR with S3 backup and restoredata persistency across nodessynchronization of data across cloud availability zonessupported stacks includes OpenShiftRancherIBM Cloud PrivateKontenaKublrGiant SwarmLoodseDockerKubernetesAWSAzureGoogle CloudDigital Ocean
OpenEBS Pros & Cons
Pros of OpenEBS
- ✓Great support on Slack
- ✓Easy to use
- ✓Open source
- ✓Container attached storage
- ✓In user space
- ✓Cloud native storage
- ✓Everything in OpenEBS is a Kubernetes CR
- ✓Large community
- ✓CNCF Project
Cons of OpenEBS
No cons listed yet.
OpenEBS Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to OpenEBS?
Amazon S3
Amazon Simple Storage Service provides a fully redundant data storage infrastructure for storing and retrieving any amount of data, at any time, from anywhere on the web
Google Cloud Storage
Google Cloud Storage allows world-wide storing and retrieval of any amount of data and at any time. It provides a simple programming interface which enables developers to take advantage of Google's own reliable and fast networking infrastructure to perform data operations in a secure and cost effective manner. If expansion needs arise, developers can benefit from the scalability provided by Google's infrastructure.
Azure Storage
Azure Storage provides the flexibility to store and retrieve large amounts of unstructured data, such as documents and media files with Azure Blobs; structured nosql based data with Azure Tables; reliable messages with Azure Queues, and use SMB based Azure Files for migrating on-premises applications to the cloud.
