DoK Nederkube Edition #1: Is Kubernetes ready for Data Management? // Michel de Ru, Jeffry Molanus & Arie van den Bos

Data on Kubernetes Community

Abstract of the talk…

Kubernetes became the standard for micro services architectures. But what about handling massive and scalable data management on top of it? Is it possible and what does it mean for operations? Cassandra has been adopted widely and accepted globally as the most scalable and reliable database. Now it adds ease of use by offering a Kubernetes native plug and play solution for enterprise use!

Bios…

Michel has been specializing in NoSQL technologies and Distributed Data Management for about 10 years. Working with enterprise organizations like ABN AMRO, Rabobank, ING, Booking.com and more, he deployed NoSQL technologies into business critical applications.

Arie is a Cloud Solutions Engineer with over 10 years of experience. He has been a team leader and helped previous companies reduce their cloud costs through optimization strategies.

Jeffry Molanus is CTO of MayaData, the creator of the OpenEBS and Litmus Chaos projects and a top 5 contributor overall to Cloud Native Computing Foundation projects. Jeffry’s experience includes technical leadership positions at Cloudian and Nexenta Systems. He has been a frequent speaker about the underpinnings of emerging trends at open source conferences such as FOSDEM and storage technology events such as the storage developer conference and elsewhere.

Key take-aways from the talk…

The time is ready for Kubernetes to support gigantic Data Management workloads and Cassandra now makes it easy to deploy and operate!