New Release of Portworx PX-Backup Enables Cross-Cloud Data Protection and Migration of Stateful Applications Running on Kubernetes
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Today at KubeCon North America, Portworx® by Pure Storage® (NYSE: PSTG), the most complete Kubernetes Data Services Platform, announced the release of PX-Backup 2.1, its market-leading application and data protection platform for modern applications. Portworx also released new survey data assessing end user perspectives on running stateful applications on Kubernetes.

New enhancements include: Application Portability between clouds Improved Compliance via 3-2-1 Backup Rule Support for any storage Expanded Recovery with Support for File Shares Improved Protection using PX-Secure End User Survey: Perspectives on Running Stateful Applications on Kubernetes

Impacts to a Company’s Bottom Line: IT Professionals agree that running stateful apps on Kubernetes allows them to develop (54%) and scale (55%) their apps faster, while allowing developers to be more efficient (55%). Backup & Restore is a Key Requirement: Backup & Restore (55%), Data Mobility and Capacity Management (49%), and High Availability (48%) were identified by IT Professionals as the most critical requirements for stateful apps running on Kubernetes. Data Mobility and Protection are a Challenge: Data Mobility (29%) is the requirement IT Professionals struggle to achieve the most when running stateful apps on Kubernetes, while Data Protection (46%) is the biggest operational challenge. Stateful Workloads are Expected to Increase: A majority (87%) of respondents expect the percentage of stateful workloads over the next 12 months to increase, while 9% expect it to stay the same, and only 4% expect it to decrease.
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