Database

Nov 1, 2021

Databases on Kubernetes panel discussion

As part of DoK Day at KubeCon NA 2021, we brought together Western Digital Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives Rick Vasquez, Oracle Product Manager Mickey Boxell and PlanetScale Software Engineer and Vitess maintainer Deepthi Sigireddi to discuss what the future may hold for database providers, moderated by Alex Williams, founder of The New Stack. You can access the DoK Day at KubeCon NA 2021 talks here.

Oct 26, 2021

The state of Kubernetes stateful workloads at DreamWorks

Interviewed by DoKC Head of Content Sylvain Kalache, Dreamworks’ Data Service Lead Ara Zarifian discusses how the company is managing stateful workloads on Kubernetes, key benefits, and challenges. DreamWorks currently runs 370 databases on over Kubernetes 1200 pods. Ara shares about the innovative standard they developed for Kubernetes operators. This innovation allowed them to grow the number of databases hosted on Kubernetes without needing to exponentially increase their DBAs headcount.