Discover Azure storage solutions at Kubecon NA | Oct 2021

Microsoft

Oct 12, 2021

Welcome to KubeCon + CloudNativeCon. With a keynote, multiple sessions, learning labs, a virtual booth and more in Los Angeles and virtually from anywhere, there are lots of options to connect and see what Microsoft has been up to with Kubernetes and open-source on Azure.

The need for reliable cloud storage to run your stateful workloads has never been greater. The rapid move to Kubernetes has resulted in exponential data growth, driving up demand for dependable and scalable cloud data storage services to integrate with Kubernetes.

We are excited share the latest Azure Storage capabilities enabling you to maximize your stateful workloads on Azure. Below are some ways to explore Azure storage solutions for all your production-scale workloads:

Simplicity
- General Availability of CSI drivers for Azure Disk, Azure Files, Azure Blob. Container Storage Interface (CSI) is a standard for exposing block and file storage systems to containerized workloads on Kubernetes. You can now:

Take advantage of the latest Azure Storage functionality by updating to the new CSI driver version, without the need to wait for Kubernetes release cycles.
Create, manage, and delete volume snapshots and rapidly create volumes from Snapshots via Kubernetes native API

Resiliency & availability
- ZRS disks support for multi-zone clusters
- Shared disk on Premium/Standard SSD
- Cross region disk snapshot copy. Sign up here: https://aka.ms/crossregionsnapshotcopypreview
Flexibility
- NFS options for Blob (GA) and Files (Preview)
- Using Azure NetApp Files with AKS
- Cross region replication preview with Azure NetApp Files
Scale & performance
- SMB 3.1.1 and larger file share support for Azure Files
- Scale up dynamically with live disk resize. Sign up here: https://aka.ms/disksliveresizepreview
Cost-effectiveness
- Azure Premium Files price drop & reservations