Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 24 | Page 56

INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Cloud “Red Hat Container-Native Storage enables customers to move to a single integrated container platform across their hybrid cloud infrastructure.” Red Hat debuts software- defined storage for cloud-native applications in its OpenShift Container Platform The latest version of Red Hat Container-Native Storage enables end-to- end storage for all core OpenShift applications and infrastructure, with a three- fold increase in persistent storage volumes per cluster. R ed Hat, a leading provider of open source solutions, has announced Red Hat Container-Native Storage 3.6, with support for containerised applications and infrastructure in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform clusters. Red Hat Container-Native Storage 3.6 comes on the heels of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.6, the latest version of Red Hat’s enterprise- grade Kubernetes container application platform, announced in August. Red Hat Container-Native Storage, built upon Red Hat Gluster Storage, is integrated with the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform and uniquely serves storage out of containers. Red Hat Gluster Storage is enterprise- grade and suited for the hybrid cloud 56 INTELLIGENTCIO as it supports both on-premise or public cloud deployments. These attributes make it ideally suited to Red Hat Openshift Container Platform deployments. Red Hat Container-Native Storage can eliminate the need to have an independent storage platform, enabling customers to achieve one integrated container platform that can span the hybrid cloud with greater efficiency and cost savings, a streamlined user experience, single control plane and a single point of support. Red Hat Container-Native Storage 3.6 The move to container-based applications can bring challenges to existing traditional storage architectures, holding back the drive for innovation and progress. Software- www.intelligentcio.com