The New Stack Podcast

On today's episode of The New Stack Makers, we sat down with {code} Technical Director Clinton Kitson to learn more about CSI, and how storage abstraction is impacting developers working with containers today.

In earlier times, storage interfaces means drivers that were installed on hardware. Here we are today with containers and the container storage Interface (CSI) that serve as abstractions to connect storage architectures to container-based environments. This brings us to REX-Ray, an open source project that has grown to become the first stable, working model of the open source Container Storage Interface (CSI), an effort to define an industry storage standard that will enable storage vendors to develop a plugin once and have it work across multiple container orchestration systems.

On today's episode of The New Stack Makers, we sat down with {code} Technical Director Clinton Kitson to learn more about CSI, and how storage abstraction is impacting developers working with containers today.

In earlier times, storage interfaces means drivers that were installed on hardware. Here we are today with containers and the container storage Interface (CSI) that serve as abstractions to connect storage architectures to container-based environments. This brings us to REX-Ray, an open source project that has grown to become the first stable, working model of the open source Container Storage Interface (CSI), an effort to define an industry storage standard that will enable storage vendors to develop a plugin once and have it work across multiple container orchestration systems.

OpenStack adoption is growing at an exponential rate and it’s being used in production. This growth also means that these customers need some kind of data protection and backup solutions. Who is serving these customers? We talked to David Safaii, CEO of Trilio Data, to understand the market and how they are serving it. Trililo Data offers OpenStack backup and recovery solutions that are part of the IT infrastructure.

While there are many players offering data protection and recovery, what differentiates Trilio Data from the competitors, according to Safaii, is that it is only native data protection solution for OpenStack.

Trilio Data built its solution from the ground up, specifically for cloud. The company was founded by Murali Balcha who worked at EMC in his previous role. Balcha was one of the co-authors of Raksha, the first specification for OpenStack Backup-as-a-Service. Balcha productized it and created a closed source product around that specification.

“Since it was built for the cloud from the ground up, it adheres to the characteristics of the cloud,” said Safaii. “It meets all the requirements of the cloud – scalable, self-service, multi tenant and keep up with the expansion and contraction of customer’s cloud. It grows with the customer.”

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/iLxIsXJVHqc

OpenStack adoption is growing at an exponential rate and it’s being used in production. This growth also means that these customers need some kind of data protection and backup solutions. Who is serving these customers? We talked to David Safaii, CEO of Trilio Data, to understand the market and how they are serving it. Trililo Data offers OpenStack backup and recovery solutions that are part of the IT infrastructure.

While there are many players offering data protection and recovery, what differentiates Trilio Data from the competitors, according to Safaii, is that it is only native data protection solution for OpenStack.

Trilio Data built its solution from the ground up, specifically for cloud. The company was founded by Murali Balcha who worked at EMC in his previous role. Balcha was one of the co-authors of Raksha, the first specification for OpenStack Backup-as-a-Service. Balcha productized it and created a closed source product around that specification.

“Since it was built for the cloud from the ground up, it adheres to the characteristics of the cloud,” said Safaii. “It meets all the requirements of the cloud – scalable, self-service, multi tenant and keep up with the expansion and contraction of customer’s cloud. It grows with the customer.”

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/iLxIsXJVHqc

OpenStack adoption is growing at an exponential rate and it’s being used in production. This growth also means that these customers need some kind of data protection and backup solutions. Who is serving these customers? We talked to David Safaii, CEO of Trilio Data, to understand the market and how they are serving it. Trililo Data offers OpenStack backup and recovery solutions that are part of the IT infrastructure.

While there are many players offering data protection and recovery, what differentiates Trilio Data from the competitors, according to Safaii, is that it is only native data protection solution for OpenStack.

Trilio Data built its solution from the ground up, specifically for cloud. The company was founded by Murali Balcha who worked at EMC in his previous role. Balcha was one of the co-authors of Raksha, the first specification for OpenStack Backup-as-a-Service. Balcha productized it and created a closed source product around that specification.

“Since it was built for the cloud from the ground up, it adheres to the characteristics of the cloud,” said Safaii. “It meets all the requirements of the cloud – scalable, self-service, multi tenant and keep up with the expansion and contraction of customer’s cloud. It grows with the customer.”

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/iLxIsXJVHqc

OpenStack adoption is growing at an exponential rate and it’s being used in production. This growth also means that these customers need some kind of data protection and backup solutions. Who is serving these customers? We talked to David Safaii, CEO of Trilio Data, to understand the market and how they are serving it. Trililo Data offers OpenStack backup and recovery solutions that are part of the IT infrastructure.

While there are many players offering data protection and recovery, what differentiates Trilio Data from the competitors, according to Safaii, is that it is only native data protection solution for OpenStack.

Trilio Data built its solution from the ground up, specifically for cloud. The company was founded by Murali Balcha who worked at EMC in his previous role. Balcha was one of the co-authors of Raksha, the first specification for OpenStack Backup-as-a-Service. Balcha productized it and created a closed source product around that specification.

“Since it was built for the cloud from the ground up, it adheres to the characteristics of the cloud,” said Safaii. “It meets all the requirements of the cloud – scalable, self-service, multi tenant and keep up with the expansion and contraction of customer’s cloud. It grows with the customer.”

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/iLxIsXJVHqc

Red Hat is one of the early backers of the OpenStack cloud and also the largest contributor to the project. They have been part of OpenStacks’ overall evolution. During the OpenStack Summit Sydney, Australia, we talked to Radhesh Balakrishnan, General Manager for OpenStack at Red Hat to understand this evolution.

Balakrishnan said that the OpenStack community is reacting to the trend that we are seeing in the market. As the adoption of OpenStack is growing, new players are coming in and the project is evolving and adapting.

“That's the good part about having a community driven innovation model,” said Balakrishnan. “We are in a good spot because OpenStack has proven itself to be the open underlying infrastructure for a number of verticals.”

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/afrtYeunEKM

Red Hat is one of the early backers of the OpenStack cloud and also the largest contributor to the project. They have been part of OpenStacks’ overall evolution. During the OpenStack Summit Sydney, Australia, we talked to Radhesh Balakrishnan, General Manager for OpenStack at Red Hat to understand this evolution.

Balakrishnan said that the OpenStack community is reacting to the trend that we are seeing in the market. As the adoption of OpenStack is growing, new players are coming in and the project is evolving and adapting.

“That's the good part about having a community driven innovation model,” said Balakrishnan. “We are in a good spot because OpenStack has proven itself to be the open underlying infrastructure for a number of verticals.”

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/afrtYeunEKM

Red Hat is one of the early backers of the OpenStack cloud and also the largest contributor to the project. They have been part of OpenStacks’ overall evolution. During the OpenStack Summit Sydney, Australia, we talked to Radhesh Balakrishnan, General Manager for OpenStack at Red Hat to understand this evolution.

Balakrishnan said that the OpenStack community is reacting to the trend that we are seeing in the market. As the adoption of OpenStack is growing, new players are coming in and the project is evolving and adapting.

“That's the good part about having a community driven innovation model,” said Balakrishnan. “We are in a good spot because OpenStack has proven itself to be the open underlying infrastructure for a number of verticals.”

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/afrtYeunEKM

Red Hat is one of the early backers of the OpenStack cloud and also the largest contributor to the project. They have been part of OpenStacks’ overall evolution. During the OpenStack Summit Sydney, Australia, we talked to Radhesh Balakrishnan, General Manager for OpenStack at Red Hat to understand this evolution.

Balakrishnan said that the OpenStack community is reacting to the trend that we are seeing in the market. As the adoption of OpenStack is growing, new players are coming in and the project is evolving and adapting.

“That's the good part about having a community driven innovation model,” said Balakrishnan. “We are in a good spot because OpenStack has proven itself to be the open underlying infrastructure for a number of verticals.”

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/afrtYeunEKM