Robust Applications in Mesos Using External Storage (David vonThenen, DELL {code})

 

Containers are starting to reach the masses, and people are using them in ways other than what was originally intended. We now find persistent applications like SQL and NoSQL databases being run in container schedulers like Apache Mesos, but how do we guarantee data availability for production applications in the wake of compute node failures? There are options for using direct attached or external storage, but the devil is in the details, as choices in storage types have significant repercussions. In this talk, given at MesosCon EU 2017 in Prague, David vonThenen discusses the benefits and challenges of using direct attached or external storage and how that impacts applications running in production environments. David details storage options in Apache Mesos and what’s available; traditional databases and how different storage options can affect deployment as well as day 2 operations and disaster recovery; and how NoSQL and KeyValue Storage deployment strategies can affect application operations. About the speaker: David vonThenen is an Open Source Engineer at {code}. The {code} team lives and breathes Open Source by making contributions to the community in a wide variety of projects ranging from Apache Mesos to storage orchestration platforms. Prior to joining {code}, David was a technical architect and development lead for a Backup/Recovery solution with a heavy focus in the virtualization space, VMware in particular.