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What Are the Differences Among CCE Storage Classes in Terms of Persistent Storage and Multi-node Mounting?

Container storage provides storage for container workloads. It supports multiple storage classes. A pod can use any amount of storage.

Currently, CCE supports local, EVS, SFS, SFS Turbo, and OBS volumes.

The following table lists the differences among these storage classes.

Table 1 Differences among storage classes

Storage Class

Persistent Storage

Automatic Migration with Containers

Multi-node Mounting

Local disks

Supported

Not supported

Not supported

EVS

Supported

Supported

Not supported

OBS

Supported

Supported

Supported. This type of volumes can be shared among multiple nodes or workloads.

SFS

Supported

Supported

Supported. This type of volumes can be shared among multiple nodes or workloads.

SFS Turbo

Supported

Supported

Supported. This type of volumes can be shared among multiple nodes or workloads.

Selecting a Storage Class

You can use the following types of storage volumes when creating a workload. You are advised to store workload data on EVS volumes. If you store workload data on a local volume, the data cannot be restored when a fault occurs on the node.

  • Local volumes: Mount the file directory of the host where a container is located to a specified container path (corresponding to hostPath in Kubernetes). Alternatively, you can leave the source path empty (corresponding to emptyDir in Kubernetes). If the source path is left empty, a temporary directory of the host will be mounted to the mount point of the container. A specified source path is used when data needs to be persistently stored on the host, while emptyDir is used when temporary storage is needed. A ConfigMap is a type of resource that stores configuration data required by a workload. Its contents are user-defined. A secret is a type of resource that holds sensitive data, such as authentication and key information. Its contents are user-defined.
  • EVS volumes: Mount an EVS volume to a container path. When the container is migrated, the mounted EVS volume is migrated together. This storage class is applicable when data needs to be stored permanently.
  • SFS volumes: Create SFS volumes and mount them to a container path. The file system volumes created by the underlying SFS service can also be used. SFS volumes are applicable to persistent storage for frequent read/write in multiple workload scenarios, including media processing, content management, big data analysis, and workload analysis.
  • OBS volumes: Create OBS volumes and mount them to a container path. OBS volumes are applicable to scenarios such as cloud workload, data analysis, content analysis, and hotspot objects.
  • SFS Turbo volumes: Create SFS Turbo volumes and mount them to a container path. SFS Turbo volumes are fast, on-demand, and scalable, which makes them suitable for DevOps, containerized microservices, and enterprise office applications.
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