Provisioning data volumes for Docker containers

As seen in the earlier sections, one of the ways to provision storage to Docker containers is through creating a Docker infrastructure on the file system. However, provisioning storage to Docker containers is not limited to provisioning through the Docker infrastructure. You can provision storage from VxFS and VxVM as data volumes to containers.

Data volumes provisioned from VxFS ensures that container data is persistent. Cluster File System enables data sharing among containers across the cluster. Data updates to volumes are made directly on the VxFS mount point or VxVM volumes. You can use all the VxFS and VxVM features to manage these data volumes.