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You can dynamically increase or decrease the amount of storage available to the node as the 
deployed containers change. Figure 2-6 shows an example of how several containers across 
multiple virtual machines can share one set of volumes.
Figure 2-6   Storage Backed By Volumes Managed Through PowerVC
2.2.3  Virtual machines and containers in a hybrid multicloud architecture
Hybrid multicloud is a cloud environment that combines a private cloud and public clouds 
that allows applications and data to be shared between them. A multicloud refers to an 
environment that is made of up of more than one cloud provider (or vendor). Hybrid is an 
environment that combines a private cloud and a public cloud that allows applications to take 
advantage of the resources on either cloud. Therefore, hybrid multicloud combines a private 
cloud, a public cloud, and more than one cloud service from more than one cloud vendor.
IBM Power Systems customers use a simplified deployment of enterprise resources by using 
various virtual machines (LPARs). Enterprises worldwide are exploring container technology 
and developing plans for how to integrate them into their enterprise. They want to start to 
deploy, manage, and operate containerized applications smoothly by integrating them into 
virtual machines. 
IT administrators, developers, and line-of-business users want to continue a simplified access 
to the infrastructure and applications, which is possible by adopting the IBM Power Systems 
cloud technologies within the data center. 
Note: For more information about the use of IBM PowerVC storage with containers, see 
IBM Knowledge Center.