Introduction to BlueXP for Kubernetes
Kubernetes has become the go-to containerization platform for enterprises, offering unmatched scalability and flexibility. However, managing storage layers and applications at scale often poses challenges, including complexity, cost control, data mobility, and security. NetApp's BlueXP solution addresses these challenges by providing self-managing and self-healing storage for Kubernetes workloads. This ensures automation of data mobilization, protection, and monitoring across any environment, Kubernetes platform, or application.
Storage Management with BlueXP
One of the key features of BlueXP is its ability to create storage for persistent volumes, allowing stateful Kubernetes applications to run seamlessly. Users can benefit from highly-available file and block storage, supported by built-in CSI functions such as snapshots, clones, volume expansion, and topology awareness. Additionally, BlueXP offers cost reduction through thin provisioning, storage deduplication, compression, and tiering of cold data to more cost-effective block storage solutions.
Data Mobility and Protection
BlueXP enables the mobility of entire Kubernetes application and data stacks, empowering users to migrate on-premises applications to the cloud, move data across namespaces, clusters, and clouds, and burst applications to the cloud for enhanced processing power. Moreover, the solution provides application-aware protection by allowing users to schedule backups, encrypt volumes at rest, and replicate data for backup and disaster recovery purposes, all while automatically identifying and remediating security vulnerabilities.
Monitoring and Insights
For better performance and compliance, BlueXP offers extensive monitoring features for Kubernetes deployments. Users gain insights into cluster, node, pod, and namespace metrics, along with topology mapping that simplifies issue identification and troubleshooting. Additionally, the solution allows users to discover and profile Kubernetes data, enhancing governance and privacy efforts.
Additional NetApp Solutions for Kubernetes
In addition to BlueXP, NetApp offers Astra, an application data protection, mobility, and storage solution tailored for cloud-native applications. Astra simplifies the management of Kubernetes workloads across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, providing features like application-aware data protection, disaster recovery capabilities, and application mobility for development, testing, migration, and upgrades.