Kubernetes is today’s de facto standard for deploying and scaling applications. It handles stateless workloads with maturity and reliability, but we–and our clients–know that running stateful, data-intensive workloads in Kubernetes is still complicated.
Persistent storage, high availability, and lifecycle automation for databases and other data services remain an evolving area we’re providing solutions for. We’re part of the Data on Kubernetes (DoK) Community to participate in addressing these challenges.
What is the DoK Community?
The Data on Kubernetes Community is a vendor-neutral, open collaboration space for developers, operators, architects, and vendors to share insights, tools, and practices for running data workloads in Kubernetes. Through meetups, webinars, research reports, and technical deep-dives, DoK helps practitioners tackle the operational and architectural complexities of stateful workloads.
It’s a community driven by curiosity, practical problem-solving, and a belief that better collaboration leads to better software.
Why anynines is involved
We’ve spent over a decade building and operating production-grade data services for customers around the world. Today, that includes both VM-based offerings (like our a9s Data Services), and Kubernetes-native services like a8s PostgreSQL.
anynines also sponsors Klutch, the open-source control plane that enables VM- or pod-based data services to run with open abstraction and role-based access control on any cloud. It equips application developers with self-service for database and data service lifecycle management (provisioning, backing up, restoring, etc.), while offering platform operators centralized control and consistent governance.
With our extensive data service experience, we see the challenges of running data services from multiple perspectives:
- The established patterns of VM-based deployments.
- The evolving patterns for Kubernetes-native workloads.
- The hybrid reality many organizations face today.
Our support of the DoK Community comes from three key beliefs:
- We want to make data services more accessible, reliable, and portable.
- We believe in open collaboration and vendor-neutral spaces where knowledge can be exchanged.
- Being part of the conversation helps us solve problems faster and build tools that matter with a community feedback loop.
Why the DoK Community matters
The DoK Community is a hub for open-source culture where ideas are exchanged freely and tested out. It serves as a knowledge base that offers everything from deep-dive sessions on operators to hands-on demos of new storage solutions.
“We’re seeing Kubernetes adoption for stateful workloads shift from experimentation to operational reality,” Paul Au, Senior Community Manager at the DoK Community, said. “The DoK Community serves as a vendor-neutral space where practitioners can learn from each other’s successes and failures. That open exchange of knowledge is what helps reduce risk and accelerate adoption across the industry.”
The DoK Community is the point where emerging tools and architectures are shaped collaboratively by both users and builders. For companies navigating the complexities of running stateful workloads on Kubernetes like ours, the DoK Community accelerates learning, collaboration, and ultimately helps to reduce risk.
Organizations that are navigating the move to Kubernetes for stateful workloads, can look to the DoK Community as a resource that accelerates learning curves and lowers risk.
Looking ahead
The future of Kubernetes is about running stateful workloads at scale, and the path forward is built on open collaboration, practical problem-solving, and shared knowledge.
By sponsoring the DoK Community, we’re investing in that future. Join the Data on Kubernetes Community and be part of shaping how data runs in Kubernetes.
