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Boost your OpenStack Cloud with Ultra-fast, Always-on Block Data Storage

Whether it’s resolving performance issues in OpenStack powered block data storage systems, building complex environments that require deployment flexibility and resource efficiency, or running large-scale deployments demanding seamless online scalability and performance, StorPool provides the necessary speed and reliability for your data storage needs.

Many organizations, including cloud builders, MSPs, telcos, and financial institutions, have chosen StorPool as their preferred storage solution for large-scale OpenStack deployments. The combination of StorPool and OpenStack offers unparalleled flexibility,  support for multiple virtualization stacks such as KVM and VMware, powerful automation capability, and unprecedented total cost of ownership (TCO). StorPool’s fully-distributed architecture with no single point of failure, and ability to perform software and hardware updates with zero down-time allows organizations to offer true always-on services to their customers.

Our platform utilizes standard hardware to build an extremely reliable storage system. With native integration into OpenStack, StorPool creates a fast, reliable, and scalable cloud storage environment. Its innovative approach to distributed storage architecture makes it an ideal choice for organizations seeking to optimize their OpenStack infrastructure for flexibility, performance, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.

Modern Storage for Modern Open Cloud Infrastructure

Accelerate Applications with latency under 100 𝜇s (0.1 millisecond) and up to 113 million IOPS in a single system
Fully Managed Dedicated StorPool Experts – StorPool experts design, deploy, tune, monitor, and maintain your storage implementation including the OpenStack integration
Unmatched Reliability – StorPool’s unique distributed, parallel, multi-controller system with no single points of failure is delivering proven 99.999% (Five 9s!) uptime with 15 years MTBF
Fully Integrated with OpenStack – All of your OpenStack services – Cinder, Nova, Glance are fully supported by StorPool easing management and encouraging automation and innovation
Disaster Recovery Built-In
– The Disaster Recovery Engine is built into the data storage and integrated with OpenStack allowing cloud managers to plan, configure, test a disaster recovery process, and failover to another site when necessary, all from within OpenStack
Breakthrough TCO – Pay-as-you-go and pay-per-use licensing with no add-ons for maximum transparency, while delivering a total cost of ownership up to 3 times cheaper

“Our cooperation with StorPool Storage enables us to provide а ready working end-to-end solution to our customers making our offering complete and allowing us to become more dynamic and competitive in the marketplace.”

Mihail Vukadinov, CTO, ITGix

Extremely Flexible, Simple, and Natively Integrated with OpenStack

Cinder, Nova, Glance, and os-brick

StorPool’s Cinder Driver allows any OpenStack component to create, remove, and extend user volumes, as well as copy data from Glance images to volumes and vice versa.

OpenStack uses the Nova driver primarily to create virtual machines. StorPool’s Nova driver allows StorPool-backed Cinder volumes to be used by the virtual machine instances and to easily create new VMs from templates.

StorPool uses the Glance Cinder backend to store Glance images, to instantly create snapshots and clones and to create new volumes. With OpenStack’s os-brick component, other OpenStack services can discover and attach to StorPool-backed Cinder volumes.

Deployment Automation: Juju, Charms, Kolla, Kolla-ansible

StorPool has developed deployment recipes for Juju, Charms and Kolla-ansible, automating many of the error-prone manual steps in creating KVM-based OpenStack clusters.

You can learn more and even view the source code in our github project.

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“Our experience with StorPool has been outstanding. We have saved substantial time managing operations and have experienced zero downtime. The solution delivers excellent value for the money and the StorPool team is very professional and goes the extra mile in addressing any concerns we have.”,

 Imtiaz A. Khan, CTO RapidCompute

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Scalable Data Storage for OpenStack

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OpenStack Integration

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Frequently Asked Questions

StorPool improves OpenStack performance by delivering data latency under 100μs (microseconds) and high system-wide IOPS. This extreme speed removes storage bottlenecks for high-demand applications and critical business data processing. Cloud builders use this to create much more efficient public and private cloud infrastructure platforms. It ensures a smooth and responsive user experience across all virtual machine instances and services.

The platform uses a fully distributed shared-nothing architecture to handle large-scale data sets and intense traffic. This allows your OpenStack cloud to scale without losing speed or impacting existing application performance. Our system delivers up to 113 million IOPS within a single storage system. It empowers users to run the most demanding workloads with consistent and reliable performance levels.

StorPool features native integration with core OpenStack services like Cinder, Nova, Glance, and the os-brick library. This deep connection allows cloud managers to streamline volume and virtual machine management from one interface. It eliminates the complexity of manual configurations and ensures compatibility across different OpenStack cloud versions. Our native drivers simplify the deployment of new storage resources for faster cloud scaling.

To further ease complex setups, StorPool provides deployment automation recipes for tools like Juju and Charms. We also support Kolla-ansible to help users orchestrate their cloud storage with minimal manual effort. These automation tools reduce the risk of human error during the initial setup and maintenance. Your team can focus on higher-value tasks while our software handles the storage layer.

StorPool ensures 99.999% uptime through a fully distributed architecture with no single points of failure. This design is vital for cloud builders who need to maintain strict service level agreements (SLAs). The platform allows for software and hardware updates with zero downtime to the entire storage system. Your mission-critical applications will remain online during routine maintenance and unexpected hardware failures.

Read our uptime report.

Our storage experts provide a fully managed service to monitor and maintain your entire storage implementation. They design and tune the system to prevent performance issues before they impact your cloud users. This proactive approach guarantees that your OpenStack environment remains stable and reliable at all times. You can trust StorPool to keep your data safe and accessible twenty-four hours a day.

StorPool includes a built-in disaster recovery engine designed specifically for complex OpenStack cloud management tasks at no additional cost. This tool allows cloud managers to plan, test, and execute failover processes from within their OpenStack interface. It simplifies business continuity planning by providing a single interface for managing all data protection workflows. Users can automate failover tasks to ensure their recovery time objectives(RTO) are always met.

The disaster recovery engine works seamlessly with existing OpenStack workflows to provide high levels of protection. You can verify your recovery plans regularly without interrupting the performance of your live production site. This native capability removes the need for expensive third-party plugins or complex external backup solutions. It provides peace of mind that your data is protected against any major site failures.

StorPool delivers a total cost of ownership that is up to three times cheaper than alternative solutions. We achieve this efficiency through a transparent pay-as-you-go pricing model and standard commodity server hardware. This approach avoids the high margins associated with proprietary storage arrays and specialized hardware components. Your organization can save significant capital and operational expenses by choosing our software-defined storage.

Our fully managed service reduces operational overhead because StorPool experts handle all daily storage maintenance tasks. This allows your internal IT team to focus on business growth rather than basic infrastructure upkeep. The system provides extreme performance and reliability at a fraction of the cost of legacy arrays. You get an enterprise-grade solution that fits within your budget while delivering superior technical results.

AspectTraditional StorageStorPool for OpenStack
LatencyOften variable and higherUnder 100 microseconds
ThroughputLimited by controller headsUp to 113 Million IOPS
ManagementManual and complex tasksFully managed by experts
PricingHigh upfront capital costsTransparent pay-as-you-go

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