[gargantian]

> In our case Docker is a battery.

Am I correct in assuming this means I can (eventually) use PFS without any dependency on Docker? In particular, I'm interested in knowing whether I can expect to be able to run PFS contained within an arbitrary unprivileged container and use my preferred orchestration around it. Or, is it the goal of PFS to take over the orchestration plane, or require CoreOS's? Or, something else?

> I think the easiest way would be just letting people pass an arbitrary endpoint to be used in an M/R job.

I love that idea.

[jdoliner]

We very much don't want to take over the orchestration plane. We'd much rather interoperate nicely with existing orchestration systems. We just want to add the ability to store and access large datasets within these existing systems.

Your ideal of being able to use and arbitrary unprivileged container and preferred orchestration software is how I feel it should work eventually as well. Unfortunately right now we have to target very specific environments though so we can focus our development efforts so eventually may take a little while.

It's great to hear about these concerns early on so thanks for taking the time to comment. I'll definitely make sure that we hold on to this as a core tenet.