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Kubernetes has changed the way we all think about computing platforms. We also need to change the way modern applications store data. Enterprises increasingly rely on digital services to reach customers, and traditional enterprises are redeploying their IT applications and services on Kubernetes. The portability of containers and the benefits of Kubernetes automation mean that we can deliver applications faster and more reliably throughout the IT development / test and production lifecycle. At the same time, enterprises must realize that multi-cloud deployment is not only a provisioning strategy, but also the most reasonable way to deliver applications to customers.

The traditional storage industry has not done enough to solve the problems of K8S: container portability, K8S automation and multi-cloud delivery. Portworx Enterprise Edition first provides seamless high availability for large data workloads in K8S, regardless of whether these workloads are running on a local system or in the public cloud. With Portworx, the development team has access to an integrated scheduler, complete data lifecycle management, and core production functions such as BYOK encryption and cloud backup.

By working with excellent customers who have deployed applications on major public cloud platforms or on their own hardware platforms, Portworx has mastered complete data mobility, operational automation, and the true ability to deliver applications with large amounts of data to multi-cloud deployments.

Mobility and ease of operation

By controlling the way it integrates with K8S, PX-Motion brings full mobility to a large number of data-based workloads. Now, similar to the convenience that Kubernetes brings to stateless workloads, we provide data services to customers' databases, analysis stacks, machine learning, and other types of applications on stateful workloads. With a single command, PX-Motion can move K8S applications, Kubernetes configurations, and Portworx data volumes across clusters and clouds.

The functions of PX-Motion are:

Expand capacity: transfer lower priority applications to a secondary cluster, freeing up capacity for critical clusters.

Blue and green deployment: test new versions of Kubernetes and Portworx with applications and data. This approach is the same as the blue-green deployment approach used by cloud native application teams-- now you can also use it for your container infrastructure.

Clean installation: every infrastructure installation from Kubernetes to Portworx is a fresh installation rather than an in-place upgrade. Whether on-premises or in the public cloud, the new installation provides a more stable infrastructure.

Dev/test: upgrade workloads from dev to segmented clusters in an automated manner. Therefore, it eliminates the process of preparing data manually (these steps affect the accuracy of the test).

Migration: migrate applications and data from a local deployment cluster to a cloud-managed Kubernetes cluster in AWS, Google, Azure, IBM, or elsewhere. At the same time, it also supports.

Maintenance: it can migrate applications and data across the cluster in a few minutes to facilitate the implementation of hardware maintenance services.

PX-Motion supports migration across clusters and clouds, while PX-Central provides the necessary visual interface to manage and control data migration. Administrators and application teams can visually schedule and control the application status of ongoing migrations at each application level.

Not only that, PX-Central also fundamentally simplifies the management of quantitative data workloads. By using PX-Central, customers can manage, monitor, and metadata services across multiple clusters or clouds.

The main functions of PX-Central are:

Multi-cluster management GUI: provides a unified management interface for all your container data requirements, including tracking capacity, configuration, and monitoring.

Centralized configuration and scheduling: key data protection mechanisms can be accomplished with simple setup, including snapshots and cloud backups using PX- Enterprise CloudSnap ™.

Built-in metadata services: when using PX- Enterprise Edition, it eliminates the tedious need for customers to deal with etcd services and makes the cluster easier to manage.

Proactive monitoring: has been configured to track and analyze metrics, alerts, and exceptions, allowing the team to operate more effectively on a large-scale configuration.

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