Kubernetes SIG Storage - Intro and Deep Dive with Xing Yang

In this episode, Ryan and Bhavin interview Xing Yang, Tech Lead at VMware and a co-chair of the CNCF Storage TAG, a co-chair of the Kubernetes Storage SIG, a co-chair of the Data Protection WG in Kubernetes, and a maintainer in Kubernetes CSI. The discussion dives into how Kubernetes SIGs and WGs collaborate, and how people can get started. We also talk about storage features and enhancements introduced in Kubernetes version 1.23 and features and enhancements planned for the Kubernetes 1.24 release.

Show links:

Xing Yang: https://twitter.com/2000Xyang

Storage SIG: https://github.com/kubernetes/community/tree/master/sig-storage

Data Protection Working Group: https://github.com/kubernetes/community/tree/master/wg-data-protection

Kubernetes Storage SIG Planning Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t4z5DYKjX2ZDlkTpCnp18icRAQqOE85C1T1r2gqJVck/edit?usp=sharing

Amazon GuardDuty support for Amazon EKS clusters - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/01/amazon-guardduty-elastic-kubernetes-service-clusters/

Diamanti Buys Groudwork and its Kubernetes monitoring capability - https://blocksandfiles.com/2022/01/31/diamanti-buys-groundwork-and-its-k8s-monitoring-capability/

Weaveworks buys Magalix to secure GitOps workflows - https://www.magalix.com/blog/magalix-weaveworks-forging-the-path-of-secure-gitops-workflows

MinIO raises series-B funding to become a unicorn - https://www.zdnet.com/article/minio-the-de-facto-open-source-standard-for-multi-cloud-storage-becomes-a-unicorn-after-a-103-million-series-b-round-funding/

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