Next-Gen Software-Defined Storage Natively Designed for NVMe over TCP

Experience the performance, flexibility, and efficiency of Lightbits disaggregated, software-defined block storage that scales to meet your high-performance workload demands.

The Ultimate Flexibility
Powering Any Application on Any Platform

Lightbits Software-Defined Storage Deployment Options
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Unique Software Architecture Delivers Unmatched Performance and Efficiency

HIGH PERFORMANCE CLUSTER

  • High speed NVMe/TCP interconnect between nodes in cluster and between cluster and clients
  • Uses standard Ethernet network without changes
  • Scales from 4 to 16 nodes to increase performance

 

INTELLIGENT FLASH MANAGEMENT

  • Optimizes QLC SSDs for ultimate price/performance
  • Boosts performance: high throughput, lower latency
  • Extends flash endurance by 20x

 

ENTERPRISE HIGH AVAILABILITY & RESILIENCY

  • No service disruption after node or drive loss 
  • Non-disruptive rolling software upgrades
  • 3-way replication across failure domains for DR
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Native VMware Support

  • Certified with VMware vSphere 7 Update 3
  • Integrated with VMware vCenter for single Pane-Of-Glass management of the entire storage infrastructure directly from vCenter

High Performance and Consistent Low Latency

  • Ideal primary tier storage for database and analytics workloads
  • High IOPS and throughput – 4.7M IOPS, 22GB/s
  • Low latency – 160μs latency, reduced tail latency
  • High I/O performance for container-based workloads

Rich Data Services

  • Thin provisioning
  • Elastic RAID
  • Data reduction/ compression
  • Data replication across multiple nodes
  • Snapshots and clones for persistent volumes

Container-Optimized

  • Kubernetes CSI plugin; seamless support for microservices
  • 1:100s; Lightbits cluster to Kubernetes clusters
  • Storage for containers within the same or adjacent cluster to the application

No Speciality Networks Needed

  • Works on standard Ethernet networks & NICs
  • No RDMA configuration required on the network switches

Application Scalability

  • Better database performance and response time
  • 50% reduction in cost compared to local flash
  • 3x increase in flash utilization
  • Reduce Opex by 10-15x

The Role of NVMe over TCP in Modernization

high performance without the proprietary hardware stack

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“By 2027, 25 percent of enterprise organizations will deploy NVMe-oF as a storage network protocol, up from less than 10 percent in mid-2023.”

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“NVMe-over-TCP makes networked NVMe storage easy to deploy at scale, while delivering performance similar to local flash.”

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“NVMe/TCP allows organizations to provision scalable storage without having to change their network architecture fundamentally, and provides latencies akin to that provided from conventional direct-attached storage.”

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“As network bandwidth advances and Ethernet technology innovations continue, organizations will move away from the constrained limitations of traditional fibre channel SAN to more flexible and scalable network based storage, with NVMe/TCP a clear frontrunner.

How Lightbits Compares to Legacy Systems