Chapter 3. Technology Preview features
Technology Preview features are provided with a limited support scope, as detailed on the Customer Portal: Technology Preview Features Support Scope.
The features listed in this section are provided under Technology Preview support limitations.
3.1. Deployment using local storage devices
Red hat OpenShift Container Storage can now be deployed using local storage devices to provide attached storage on the following platforms:
Amazon EC2 storage optimized instances
It now supports the OpenShift Container Storage 4.3 which enables the operating system to run directly on underlying hardware, while providing access to other AWS cloud features.
- Bare metal
VMware direct-attached drives
Includes improved storage performance for customers running high Input/output operations per second (IOPS) workload.
The Amazon EC2, bare metal, and VMware clusters can also be expanded to increase the storage capacity.
For more information, see Installing OpenShift Container Storage on local storage devices and Adding a node on a local storage device.
3.2. Data federation in Multicloud Object Gateway
The Multicloud Object Gateway now allows object federation across multiple cloud environments by stretching buckets across two different OpenShift Container Storage clusters that run on two separate infrastructures.
For more information, see Scaling Multicloud Object Gateway performance by adding S3 endpoints section of the Managing OpenShift Container Storage Guide.
