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by objectivefs 3180 days ago
Using a clustered/distributed filesystem definitively simplifies persisting the state between EC2 spot instances. It also makes it easier to scale out the work load when you need more instances accessing the same data. To add to your list: there is also ObjectiveFS[1] that integrates well with AWS (uses S3 for storage, works with IAM roles, etc) and EC2 spot instances.

[1]. https://objectivefs.com
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manigandham 3180 days ago
This looks very interesting, good competition to Avere based on info so far. Is there any native kubernetes integration in the works?
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objectivefs 3180 days ago
We are looking into the best way to add native kubernetes support. Currently, you can add a mount on the host or directly mount the file system inside the container. Both approaches work well, so it mainly depends on your preferred architecture.
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manigandham 3179 days ago
A persistent volume provider would be great: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volum...

This makes it easy to declare the volume as part of the deployment and automatically attach storage when the container is run. Mounting on the host isn't very easy (or even possible sometimes), especially with spot/preemptible instances and the increasing abstractions by managed K8S providers. The pricing model might need to be different though if billing on a container-mount level.

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