Security News > 2021 > December > Big data moving to Kubernetes with speed, complexities arising

Pepperdata announced the results of a new survey to gauge the pace at which enterprises are migrating big data applications to Kubernetes containers.

Kubernetes is the preferred container orchestration technology for its agility, speed and efficiency for scaling and managing apps and infrastructure.

Because of this, 77 percent of respondents signaled their intent to migrate 50 percent or more of their big data applications to containers with Kubernetes by the end of the year.

Applications that topped the list of those moving to Kubernetes include Spark, which was the most popular with 63 percent of the votes.

The biggest challenges with moving big data to Kubernetes Allocation and reallocation of resources.

"The velocity of the shift to Kubernetes is surprising. It's gratifying to see big data move to Kubernetes with this speed. It's clear that this shift will create optimization challenges as customers understand the nuances of running within the Kubernetes environment," said Ash Munshi, CEO, Pepperdata.

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