Use Cases and Benefits of Docker Rex-Ray Plugin
Following are the use cases of docker REX-RAY plugin.
- Persistent Storage: Docker REX-RAY plugin can be used to attach the Persistent Storage to the containerised application. Persistent storage will helps to reatin the data even when the container is terminated or restarted.
- Data Protection: REX-RAY plugin will performs automated backups, snapshots and also it replicates the data across the refions in the clouds. So there will be high data protection.
- Storage Scaling: REX-RAY plugin will helps us to scale the storage up and down based on the incoming data. By which there you accomidate more data according to the needs.
- Storage Flexibility: The volume which is created using REX-RAY plugin can attached to the different containers by depending up on the needs. If you want to the copy the files of two different container you do that using the volume created by the REX-RAY plugin.
What Is Docker REX – RAY Plugin ?
The Docker REX- RAY plugin is mainly used to attach the external volumes to our containers which are running in the containerization platforms. REX-RAY is a plugin that is written in the go-language it will not be available locally you need to download the plugin. REX – RAY plugin provides EBS volumes to the docker containers.