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Containers also differ from mature virtual environments in that there are fewer methods of ensuring new workloads are configured correctly for data protection . Even those next-gen applications that are built with internal availability and resilience in mind are often still without an easy and simple way to recover from risks such as human error or malicious attack . But , becoming agile and recovering quickly without interruption are key to the successful and safe implementation of container-based application environments .
From an operational perspective , containers also require different tools , processes , knowledge and experience , and ultimately , a different approach .
Ideally , resilience and data protection should integrate with existing Kubernetes workflows to minimise any impact on a developer ’ s day-to-day workload . From an operational perspective , a lot of work needs to be done to make sure containers can be effective without abandoning the ecosystem of trusted and mature operational tooling and processes . Re-using existing solutions is a better alternative than investing time and money for training teams to use a new set of tools .
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