Open-Local
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Open-Local is a local disk management system composed of multiple components. With Open-Local, using local storage in Kubernetes will be as simple as centralized storage.
Features
- Local storage pool management
- Dynamic volume provisioning
- Extended scheduler
- Volume expansion
- Volume snapshot
- Volume metrics
Overall Architecture
Open-Localcontains three types of components:
- Scheduler extender: as an extended component of Kubernetes Scheduler, adding local storage scheduling algorithm
- CSI plugins: providing the ability to create/delete volume, expand volume and take snapshots of the volume
- Agent: running on each node in the K8s cluster, and report local storage device information for Scheduler extender
Who uses Open-Local
Open-Local has been widely used in production environments, and currently used products include:
- Alibaba Cloud ECP (Enterprise Container Platform)
- Alibaba Cloud ADP (Cloud-Native Application Delivery Platform)
- AntStack Plus Products
User guide
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