Container management and landscape

Synching up on Advanced IT

Barton George

April 30, 2015

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Containers vs VMs

• Own OS

• More secure/Mature

• Common OS

• Bleeding edge

• VERY fast launch times

• Can travel dev > test > launch

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The landscape

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Data Center

Operating System

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Key players

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Key players

• DeFacto container standard

• Monetizes via services and enterprise features

• DevOps: Development, Test, Deploy

• Partnerships: IBM, MS, Red Hat, Vmware

• 75 employees

• Funding: $26M + $40M + $95M = $161M

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Key players

• Open source container orchestration/ management system as single system

• Can use Docker or Rocket

• Partnerships: IBM, MS, Red Hat, Vmware, Docker, Mesosphere, CoreOS, Salt Stack

• Base for Google Container Engine, works w/Google Compute Engine to give edge over Azure and AWS

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Key players

• CoreOS = Light weight container-centric Linux distro (open source)

• Rocket: Alternative to Docker

• Tectonic:

• CoreOS stack + Kubernetes

• Pre-packages all of the components required to build Google-style infrastructure

• Supports Docker and Rocket

• First commercial release for private/public clouds

• 28 employees

• Funding $8M + $12M (Google ventures)

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Key players• Based on open source Mesos project

• Data center OS – organizes all of your machines, VMs, and cloud instances into a single pool of intelligently/dynamically shared resources.

• Kubernetes is layered on top

• Runs on top of and enhances Linux distros; supports Docker (competes with CoreOS)

• Goal = 100+ employees by end of year

• Funding: $36M + $10.5M + X = ~$50M

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The landscape

+Any Linux

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Data Center

Operating System

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Thank you.