Mastering Kubernetes - Second Edition

Choosing your storage solutions

Storage is a huge factor in scaling a cluster. There are three categories of scalable storage solution:

• Roll your own
• Use your cloud platform storage solution
• Use an out-of-cluster solution

When you use roll your own, you install some type of storage solution in your Kubernetes cluster. The benefits are flexibility and full control, but you have to manage and scale it yourself.

When you use your cloud platform storage solution, you get a lot out of the box, but you lose control, you typically pay more, and, depending on the service, you may be locked in to that provider.

When you use an out-of-cluster solution, the performance and cost of data transfer may be much greater. You typically use this option if ...