I also only run short term.
I enable customers with designing and implementing the proper (CEPH e.a.) environment for their workloads.
But I don't run their systems. I always handover to the rest of the technical staff.
Bringing in a cheap SAN basically shifts that responsibility from people like me to the SAN vendor, and they could bring in hardware that might do the job.
Running on K8s, I feel you need two types of storage:
- Block storage, with proper fsync (fast and reliable)
- S3 storage
Both MUST be CloudNative.
I don't know if Cheap SAN is available with proper k8s CSI providers, but if they are, they could be up to the challenge.
Note that people like me can enable customers with both (choosing the proper 'cheap SAN', but also designing a proper storage environment with CEPH or other software storage solutions.
Running on K8s, I feel you need two types of storage: - Block storage, with proper fsync (fast and reliable) - S3 storage Both MUST be CloudNative. I don't know if Cheap SAN is available with proper k8s CSI providers, but if they are, they could be up to the challenge.
Note that people like me can enable customers with both (choosing the proper 'cheap SAN', but also designing a proper storage environment with CEPH or other software storage solutions.