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Container Technology: Startup Datawise.io Simplifies On-Premise Management of a Clustered Container Environment

By Dick Weisinger

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Container technology is hot.  Docker is hot.  Containers provide a way to package up and encapsulate everything needed by a single application to run. Containers basically contain the entire runtime environment and all application dependencies, and because of that, containers as self-contained units can be moved easily between environments. Containers abstract away the many differences there might be in the underlying infrastructure.

Jeff Chou, Datawise.io Co-Founder and CEO, said that “containers will revolutionize application development and datacenter operations.”

But container technology isn’t perfect yet though. When trying to run more than a few containers across more than just a few physical servers, complexities arise. It’s often difficult to work out all the networking and storage requirements.

Datawise.io is working on a solution to the problem. They’re introducing software called Project 6 which can manage the deployment of many Docker containers across an on-premises environment of clustered nodes.  While the project is still in “stealth mode”, it is being made available as a preview.

Datawise.io integrates Docker and Google’s Kubernetes to provide the following capabilities:

  • High availability cluster management for aggregating resources and coordinating operations
  • Simplified networking that allows individual containers to maintain distinct IP addresses
  • Optimized local disk management by using persistent and temporary storage volumes

 

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