The Portworx CSI Driver has been verified on both Kubernetes and Nomad. The CSI Driver supports all existing Portworx features as well as most CSI features. See the table below for a detailed picture of what features we support for each scheduler.
For scheduler-specific information, refer to the following pages:
Core Features support
| Feature |
Kubernetes |
Nomad |
| Volume Lifecycle |
Yes |
Yes |
| Sharedv4 Volumes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Volume Cloning |
Yes |
Yes |
| CSI Snapshotting |
Yes |
Yes |
| CSI Spec 1.4 |
Yes |
Yes |
| PX Security - Volume Lifecycle |
Yes |
Yes |
| PX Security - Snapshotting |
Yes |
Not currently supported in Nomad: #10639 and #10640 |
| PX Topology |
Yes |
No |
| CSI Raw Block |
Yes |
No |
| Volume Resizing |
Yes |
Not currently supported in Nomad: #10324 |
| Encryption - Vault |
Yes |
Not currently supported in Nomad: #7978 |
| CSI Topology |
No, PX topology is recommended instead |
No |
Kubernetes specific features
| Feature |
Supported |
| Volume Placement Strategies |
Yes |
| Auth Token Secrets |
Yes |
| Autopilot |
Yes |
| Generic Ephemeral Volumes |
Yes |
| Encryption with K8s secrets |
Yes |
| CSI Migration (Portworx in-tree -> CSI) |
No - coming soon |
Nomad specific features
| Feature |
Supported |
| Pre-provisioned volume registration |
Yes |
PX-Backup & Stork
| Feature |
Kubernetes |
Nomad |
| Stork Snapshotting |
Yes |
No |
| Stork Migration |
Yes |
No |
| Stork Backup |
Yes |
No |
| PX-Backup support |
Yes |
No |
| DR/Disaster Recovery |
Yes |
No |
Installation
| Feature |
Kubernetes |
Nomad |
| Operator |
Yes |
No |
| Portworx Daemonset Installer |
Yes |
No |
