Security News > 2020 > October > Challenges and drivers influencing container infrastructure backup and recovery

A Zerto survey reveals a major disconnect in data protection strategies across enterprises with 75% believing container-based applications can be backed up the same way as individual applications are backed up.

"The research findings underline the need for organizations to adopt container-native data protection technologies that are integrated into the application deployment lifecycle from the inception, so applications are born protected and remain that way. This equates to less work for developers and consistency in protection of containerized applications, which will need to adhere to business requirements."

With 21% confirming they have deployed or plan to deploy container-based applications in a public cloud environment only and 71% saying they have deployed or plan to deploy container-based applications in a hybrid-cloud strategy, it's clear to see why 57% of respondents indicated multi-cloud support as one of the most important features when it comes to backing up their organization's container environments.

"Opting for non-native solutions from legacy backup and disaster recovery providers will only add time, resources, and barriers to application development and delivery. Selecting the right data protection solution makes a substantial difference in an organisation's agility. Using a native solution can help drive a 'data protection as code' strategy," said Christophe Bertrand, senior analyst at ESG and author of the report.

"This means data protection and disaster recovery operations are integrated into the application development lifecycle from the start and applications are born protected. As a result, organizations using this approach will be able to ensure the resilience of their applications without sacrificing the agility, speed, and scale of containerised applications."

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