Storage is one of the most critical components of a Containers-as-a-Service platform. Container-native storage exposes the underlying storage services to containers and microservices. Like software-defined storage, it aggregates and pools storage resources from disparate mediums.

Container-native storage enables stateful workloads to run within containers by providing persistent volumes. Combined with Kubernetes primitives such as StatefulSets, it delivers the reliability and stability to run mission-critical workloads in production environments.

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Along with the container runtime, container-native storage and container-native networking comprise the layer above the container-optimized operating system in the cloud native stack.

Even though Kubernetes can use traditional, distributed file systems such as network file system (NFS) and GlusterFS, we recommend using a container-aware storage fabric that is designed to address the requirements of stateful workloads running in production. Customers can choose from a variety of open source projects and commercial implementations.

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