The document discusses the CNCF End User Technology Radar from November 2020 focused on database storage. It provides an overview of the CNCF End User Community, the methodology for how the radar is created each quarter by a volunteer team, and the results of the November 2020 radar. The key findings were that 1) companies are cautious adopting new technologies, 2) the best database depends on use cases, and 3) an open mind is important when selecting technologies.

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The CNCF End User Technology Radar,
November 2020: Database Storage
Cheryl Hung
VP Ecosystem, Cloud Native Computing Foundation

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My mission
Make end users successful and productive with
cloud native technologies such as Kubernetes
and Prometheus.
Previously Google engineer, StorageOS
oicheryl.com
@oicheryl

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The CNCF End User Community
Plus 12 non-public members

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Launched in June 2020 as an opinionated guide to a set of
emerging technologies.
It is intended for a technical audience who want to
understand
● what solutions end users use in cloud native
● which they recommend
The CNCF End User Technology Radar
Inspired by ThoughtWorks radar, but aims to be community driven and simpler
(one radar per quarter on a specific topic, instead of annually covering all topics).

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Methodology
Each quarter:
1. Randomly select a group of volunteers from the CNCF End User Community to
form a Radar Team
2. The Radar Team choose a topic of interest
3. CNCF surveys the group on their usage of various tools.
4. From the results, the Radar Team choose final opinions on each tool and note any
themes.

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Jackie Fong,
Engineering Leader at
Ticketmaster
November 2020 Radar Team
Smaïne Kahlouch,
DevOps Team Leader at
Dailymotion
Mya Pitzeruse,
Principal Engineer at
Indeed

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ADOPT The CNCF End User Community can clearly recommend this technology. We have used it
for long periods of time in many teams, and it has proven to be stable and useful.
TRIAL The CNCF End User Community has used it with success, and we recommend you have a
closer look at the technology.
ASSESS The CNCF End User Community has tried it out, and we find it promising. We recommend
having a look at these items when you face a specific need for the technology in your project.

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October 2020, 273 votes cast

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The results

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The Radar

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The Radar
1. Companies are cautious with
their data and slow to adopt newer
technologies.

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The Radar
1. Companies are cautious with
their data and slow to adopt newer
technologies.
2. Choosing a managed database
service depends heavily on use
cases.

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The Radar
1. Companies are cautious with
their data and slow to adopt newer
technologies.
2. Choosing a managed database
service depends heavily on use
cases.
3. Keep an open mind!

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radar.cncf.io

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Get involved
🗳🗳
Vote on the next topic at
cncf.io/tech-radar

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Get involved
🗳🗳
Vote on the next topic at
cncf.io/tech-radar
🙌
To contribute to future radars, join
cncf.io/people/end-user-community/

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Get involved
🗳🗳
Vote on the next topic at
cncf.io/tech-radar
🗳
Send feedback to info@cncf.io
🙌
To contribute to future radars, join
cncf.io/people/end-user-community/

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Thank you!
Slides at oicheryl.com
chung@linuxfoundation.org