Accelerate Your Cloud-Native Applications

StorPool Storage is a software-defined block storage platform specifically designed to provide persistent, high-performance solutions for Kubernetes. It allows developers to run stateful applications, such as databases, with direct access to reliable storage. By integrating seamlessly through its Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver, StorPool enables the dynamic attachment and detachment of volumes, ensuring that data persists even as pods are rescheduled across the cluster.

StorPool delivers enterprise-class performance and “five 9s” (99.999%) reliability, which is essential for mission-critical applications. Key performance advantages include:

• Ultra-Low Latency: Optimized for high-speed data access required by stateful applications.
• Rapid Pod Restarts: The platform facilitates immediate Pod restarts on different hosts by eliminating the delays typically associated with slow volume attachment processes.
• Workflow Automation: Administrators can manage volumes and create snapshots without manual intervention, integrating storage management directly into existing automated workflows.

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Enterprises, and other organizations concerned about getting the best performance possible from Kubernetes often choose to run on bare metal, i.e., without a host OS installed on the server hardware.

Type 2, or hosted, hypervisors have the OS as a layer between the containers or virtual machines and the hardware. Type 1 hypervisors, bare metal, allow the containers and VMs to have direct access to the CPU and memory without needing to go through the OS. This prevents the OS from being a performance bottleneck and shaves microseconds or milliseconds off of storage latency.

StorPool Storage works with both Type 1 and 2 hypervisors and can work with both types simultaneously, eliminating any storage silos in your virtualization infrastructure.

Yes. StorPool supports various deployment types, including bare-metal containers and virtual machines managed via KubeVirt. This integration allows organizations transitioning from traditional infrastructure to run VM-based workloads on the same pods as containerized applications. This flexibility enables a unified storage strategy across hybrid Kubernetes environments.

StorPool Storage is multi-purpose block storage. As such, it can be used for multiple different environments and applications simultaneously. Customers can use the hypervisor of their choice and Kubernetes in separate volumes on the same storage system. This flexibility allows customers to eliminate storage silos.

StorPool provides a fully managed storage solution, but not in the same way a Managed Service Provider (MSP) does.  MSPs provide hardware and software housed in their data centers. StorPool Storage runs on-premises in your own data center on the commodity hardware of your choice.

Expert StorPool engineers handle the design, deployment, configuration, monitoring, maintenance, and optimization of the storage layer, allowing internal IT teams to focus on managing their applications and business growth rather than infrastructure maintenance. StorPool Storage is licensed on a pay-as-you-grow model where you only pay based on the amount of data stored on the system. Fully managed services are provided at no additional cost.

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Automation is a core feature of the StorPool solution. Through the CSI driver, the platform supports dynamic volume provisioning and management. This ensures that stateful applications have the storage they need exactly when they need it, with features like automated snapshots and volume scaling built into the lifecycle of the Kubernetes pods. For organizations looking to maximize productivity, StorPool also provides technical resources such as solution briefs and white papers to guide implementation.