As containerized applications go through an accelerated pace of adoption, Day 2 services have become a here-and-now problem. These Day 2 services include data management functions such as backup and disaster recovery along with application mobility. In this new world of containerized cloud-native applications, microservices use multiple data services (MongoDB, Redis, Kafka, etc.) and storage technologies to store state and are typically deployed in multiple locations (regions, clouds, on-premises).

In this environment, where legacy infrastructure or hypervisor-based solutions don’t work, what are the right constructs for designing and implementing these data management functions for cloud-native applications? How should you reason about the various data management options provided by storage vendors, data services vendors, and cloud vendors to decide the right approach for your environment and needs? This piece dives under the covers and addresses the pros and cons of various data management approaches across several attributes including consistency, storage requirements, and performance.