Removable data volume management

A computing system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory comprising machine readable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
• detect that a removable data volume has been attached to the computing system, the removable data volume being identified by a unique label;
• in response to determining that a portion of the unique label matches a predefined value, invoke a catalog container,
• with the catalog container, obtain metadata stored on the removable data volume, the metadata including characteristics of a first application associated with a first piece of data that is stored on the removable data volume;
• with the catalog container, cause an application container having the first application to be loaded;
• and
• with the application container, process the removable data volume.

A method performed by a computing system, the method comprising:

• detecting that a first removable data volume has been connected to the computing system;
• in response to detecting that a label of the first removable data volume triggers a rule, looking up the label in a rule database, the rule database referencing a catalog container;
• loading the catalog container from a public container database;
• with the catalog container, reading metadata stored on the first removable data volume, the metadata indicating at least one application and a first set of characteristics for the at least one application associated with at least one piece of data on the first removable data volume;
• loading a first application container to process the first removable data volume, the first application container including the at least one application having the first set of characteristics.