Enterprises running complex workloads on Red Hat OpenShift are set to gain a more resilient and high-performance storage foundation. Lightbits Labs, the inventor of the NVMe over TCP storage protocol, has announced a collaboration with data management leader Arctera to demonstrate a unified storage solution designed specifically for OpenShift environments, targeting virtualization, container, and AI workloads with enterprise-grade availability.
Lightbits and Arctera collaborate on resilient storage for Red Hat OpenShift.
The solution combines Lightbits' NVMe/TCP storage with Arctera InfoScale for high availability.
It aims to deliver near-zero recovery time and true zero data loss for OpenShift Virtualization.
The unified platform can run VMs, containers, and AI workloads with simplified management.
The partnership promises cost optimization by reducing data center footprint by up to 80%.
The demo focuses on application-first resilience versus traditional infrastructure-level HA.
The collaboration addresses a key shift in how resilience is achieved in modern platforms. Unlike traditional virtualization that focuses on infrastructure-level high availability, the combined Lightbits and Arctera solution redefines resilience around applications and data. This ensures business continuity at the service level across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, which is critical for stateful applications and AI workloads running on OpenShift.
The integrated solution pairs Lightbits’ software-defined NVMe/TCP storage, known for its low latency and high throughput on standard Ethernet, with Arctera InfoScale's proven high-availability capabilities. This combination is designed to deliver SAN-class performance and resilience without the cost and complexity of traditional Fibre Channel, enabling near-zero Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and true zero Recovery Point Objective (RPO).
Robert Terlizzi, Head of Product Marketing at Lightbits Labs, stated: “This collaboration showcases the power of open, software-defined infrastructure. By combining Lightbits’ NVMe/TCP storage with Arctera InfoScale’s proven HA capabilities, organizations can run AI, analytics, and virtualized workloads on OpenShift with the performance and resilience required for today’s most demanding applications.”
A key benefit of the solution is the ability to simplify operations. By using Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization with this storage foundation, organizations can run virtual machines, containers, and AI workloads on a single, unified platform. This not only reduces management overhead but also optimizes costs, with the companies claiming a potential reduction in data center footprint of up to 80%.
The partnership between Lightbits and Arctera highlights the growing need for robust, software-defined storage solutions that can keep pace with the performance and availability demands of modern, cloud-native applications. By providing a high-performance, resilient foundation, the collaboration empowers enterprises to confidently deploy mission-critical workloads on OpenShift.
About Lightbits Labs
Lightbits Labs® (Lightbits) invented the NVMe over TCP storage protocol, embedding it natively into their software-defined block storage to deliver ultra-low latency and exceptional throughput while leveraging commodity infrastructure—essential for reducing the cost and complexity of data infrastructure at scale. Built from the ground up for high performance, scalability, resiliency, and cost efficiency, Lightbits software delivers the best price-performance value for real-time analytics, transactional, and AI 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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