Kubernetes SIG Storage: Intro & Deep Dive - Xing Yang, VMware by Broadcom & Jan Šafránek, Red Hat
Xing Yang, VMware by Broadcom, Jan Šafránek, Red Hat
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 · Session
The Kubernetes SIG Storage: Intro & Deep Dive session at KubeCon EU provided a comprehensive update on the state of storage within Kubernetes, delivered by two of its key leaders: Xing Yang from VMware by Broadcom, a co-chair of SIG Storage, and Jan Šafránek from Red Hat, a tech lead for the group. This talk served as an essential resource for both new contributors and seasoned Kubernetes users, detailing the SIG's responsibilities, recent achievements, and an ambitious roadmap for future development. The session underscored SIG Storage's critical role in shaping how applications within Kubernetes interact with persistent and ephemeral data, ensuring reliability, scalability, and security.
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This session delivered a comprehensive and technically rigorous update directly from the Kubernetes SIG Storage leadership. It went deep into critical advancements in persistent storage, data protection, and volume management, covering features like SELinux relabeling, generic volume populators, and group snapshots. The talk provided essential, actionable intelligence for anyone operating or securing Kubernetes clusters, highlighting both new capabilities and crucial breaking changes.