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Lightbits Labs, in collaboration with Supermicro, has launched a high-performance NVMe over TCP storage solution for Kubernetes, supported by benchmark results that highlight its efficiency and scalability. This solution, integrated with Supermicro’s CloudDC A+ Server and Intel hardware, enhances data center performance for demanding workloads.
Lightbits and Supermicro deliver NVMe/TCP storage for Kubernetes, ensuring high performance.
Achieves 3.6M IOPS for 4K random read, ideal for financial analytics and real-time data.
Offers 54.7 GB/s sequential read bandwidth, perfect for AI/ML and scientific simulations.
Reference architecture simplifies Kubernetes storage deployment with scalability.
Integrates with Supermicro’s H14 servers, powered by AMD EPYC 9455 processors.
Enables cost-efficient, high-availability data platforms for containerized applications.
Lightbits Labs introduces a software-defined, disaggregated NVMe over TCP storage solution, optimized for Kubernetes environments. Running on Supermicro’s CloudDC A+ Server with AMD EPYC 9455 48-core processors, this platform delivers exceptional throughput and low latency. It supports critical enterprise workloads, including financial analytics, large-scale databases, AI/ML training, and virtual machine orchestration via KubeVirt, ensuring robust performance for modern data centers.
The joint solution achieves remarkable performance metrics, validated through rigorous testing. It delivers 3.6 million IOPS for 4K random reads, enhancing responsiveness for applications like financial trading platforms. For write-heavy tasks, it provides 1.6 million IOPS for 4K random writes, supporting rapid data updates. Sequential read and write bandwidths reach 54.7 GB/s and 16.7 GB/s for 128K blocks, respectively, making it ideal for AI training, video rendering, and data warehousing. These results highlight the solution’s ability to handle performance-sensitive workloads efficiently.
“Supermicro’s H14 server series is engineered to meet the extreme performance and efficiency demands of modern data centers,” said Lawrence Lam, vice president, Solutions and Technology, Supermicro. “We’ve validated the H14 servers with Lightbits storage and published a reference architecture showing how the combination delivers significant advancements in I/O performance, low-latency responsiveness, and hardware efficiency.”
The newly released reference architecture, developed with Supermicro and Intel, provides clear guidance for deploying Lightbits’ storage in Kubernetes environments. This architecture ensures seamless integration without requiring extensive re-architecting, offering a scalable and persistent storage solution. It supports containerized applications and KubeVirt VMs, enabling organizations to build high-availability data platforms with ease. The reference architecture is available for download on the Lightbits website, streamlining adoption for Kubernetes users.
“Enterprises and cloud providers are constantly seeking ways to improve performance and cost-efficiency,” added Kam Eshghi, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Lightbits. “The exceptional performance validated in our joint testing, combined with our new Kubernetes reference architecture, provides customers with a powerful, flexible, and cost-effective path to modernize their data infrastructure.”
The Lightbits and Supermicro solution is designed for flexibility and scalability, addressing the needs of modern cloud-native applications. It supports a wide range of use cases, from e-commerce and real-time analytics to scientific simulations and AI-driven workloads. By leveraging standard TCP/IP networks, it reduces costs compared to traditional Fibre Channel solutions while maintaining high performance, making it an ideal choice for organizations modernizing their infrastructure.
This collaboration between Lightbits Labs and Supermicro redefines Kubernetes storage, offering a turnkey solution that combines high performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency. By leveraging NVMe over TCP and a robust reference architecture, organizations can accelerate their data center modernization and support demanding applications with confidence.
Lightbits Labs® (Lightbits) invented the NVMe over TCP protocol and is a leader in disaggregated software-defined storage, enabling organizations to architect agile and efficient cloud infrastructures. Built from the ground up for high performance, scalability, resiliency, and cost efficiency at scale, Lightbits software delivers the best price-performance value for real-time analytics, transactional, and AI/ML workloads. Lightbits Labs is backed by enterprise technology leaders [Cisco Investments, Dell Technologies Capital, Intel Capital, Lenovo, and Micron] and is on a mission to deliver best-in-class block storage for performance-sensitive workloads.
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