- Aggregates storage across all nodes in a cluster into a pool.<\/li>
- Allows volumes to be provisioned from the pool and for containers to mount those volumes from anywhere in the cluster.<\/li>
- Transparently redirects reads and writes to the appropriate volume, so the container is unaware of whether it is accessing local storage or remote storage.<\/li>
- Thin provisions volumes to avoid consuming disk space unnecessarily.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nStorageOS integrates transparently with Kubernetes. Users can provide standard PVC definitions and – StorageOS will dynamically provision them. Using StorageOS makes it possible to handle data through – Kubernetes, and get the same declarative, application-centric interface to manage storage resources that Kubernetes provides for compute. Using a software-defined storage layer deployed as a container, like StorageOS, ensures that storage platform is portable and platform agnostic \u2013 allowing the same declarative configuration to be used on-premises as well as in the cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
StorageOS is a software-defined, cloud native storage solution for containers. To run applications which require persist storage within containers, we require a layer which can provide persistent disk storage to those containers, independent of the lifecycle of the containers themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You store your data where you want \u2013 in the cloud, on-premises or hybrid. StorageOS abstract your data, provide a storage pool and the scalability, resiliency, performance and availability your stateful application requires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You gain persistent storage deployed with the same declarative syntax you use for Kubernetes. A low container footprint, you can use StorageOS to support your cloud native workflows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
StorageOS V2 is built from the knowledge and experience of running stateful production workloads in the fast changing container world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nFeature of StorageOs?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Performance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Deterministic performance<\/strong>
Predictable low latency for databases and other stateful applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\nData locality<\/strong>
Application workloads are automatically placed on nodes that have a local copy of the application data. This improves application performance by reducing latency.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIn-memory caching<\/strong>
Speed up access to volumes even if volumes are located on a remote node.<\/p>\n\n\n\nQuality of service<\/strong>
Prioritize data traffic and address the \u201cnoisy neighbours\u201d problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\nReliability & Scalability<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
StorageOS Delta Sync<\/strong>
Reduces the time to recovery allowing rapid cluster convergence by only replicating the missed data to the node.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSynchronous replication for high availability<\/strong>
Quickly recover applications and databases. Volumes are accessible across the entire cluster providing high availability, durability, and consistency of application data.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDisaggregated consensus<\/strong>
Each volume independently manages placement and recovery \u2013 reducing blast radius and increasing reliability in today\u2019s complex, noisy environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\nCloud native control plane<\/strong>
Performs volume provisioning and cluster operations in milliseconds, enabling complex workloads in large clusters.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSecurity<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Encryption<\/strong>
Ensure your data is safe at rest, and on the wire, with our powerful industry standard AES encryption. Keys are unique per volume and stored as Kubernetes secrets.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSecure by default<\/strong>
StorageOS enables security at every layer of the stack with automated certificate management, secure endpoints and encryption of data between nodes.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAccess controls<\/strong>
Support multi-tenancy \u2013 full integration with Kubernetes namespaces and Role Based Access Control.<\/p>\n\n\n\nVolumes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Dynamic provisioning<\/strong>
Dynamically provision self-service storage using Kubernetes CSI, StorageClasses and Persistent Volumes Claims. Declarative configuration makes life simple for engineers.<\/p>\n\n\n\nVolume management<\/strong>
Flexible volume configuration. All features can be applied granularly per volume.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThin provisioning<\/strong>
Only use the disk space you need in a storage pool.<\/p>\n\n\n\nData compression<\/strong>
Transparent inline data compression to reduce the amount of storage used in a backing store as well as reducing the network bandwidth requirements for replication.<\/p>\n\n\n\nBlock checksums<\/strong>
Each block is protected by a checksum which automatically detects any corruption of data in the underlying storage media.<\/p>\n\n\n\nStorage pooling<\/strong>
Pool storage from multiple nodes into a cluster-wide storage pool with a global volume namespace.<\/p>\n\n\n\nObservability<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Logging<\/strong>
Log streams for observability and Prometheus for instrumentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPrometheus metrics<\/strong>
View IOPS and bandwidth data for each volume \u2013 understand and monitor the IO load in your cluster.<\/p>\n\n\n\nManageability<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
CLI<\/strong>
Open source CLI to manage cluster-wide configuration.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGUI<\/strong>
Visualize the storage environment with the StorageOS GUI for ease of use.<\/p>\n\n\n\nRESTful API<\/strong>
HTTP API used for managing volumes and StorageOS services.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDeployment<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Installs anywhere<\/strong>
On-premises, bare metal, VMs, or in the cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIntegration\/Supported platforms<\/strong>
Native integration with containers, Kubernetes and CSI. Certified for Openshift and Rancher, and integrates with AWS EKS, Google GKE and Azure AKS.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEase of use<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Simple to install<\/strong>
The StorageOS operator makes it easy to install (with a few easy clicks)<\/p>\n\n\n\nSimple operation model<\/strong>
Simply provision volumes and connect them to applications \u2013 storage has never been so easy!<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhy StorageOS?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n