Lightbits for a
Private
Cloud Data Platform
Lightbits Software-Defined Storage is the Foundation for Building a High-Performance, Cost-Efficient, and Agile Cloud Data Platform.
Enterprise Cloud Data Platform that Delivers Hyperscale Efficiency and Flexibility
The Lightbits cloud data platform brings hyperscale efficiency and flexibility to your private, on-premises cloud. Designed for demanding databases and cloud-native applications, Lightbits software-defined block storage offers an unmatched combination of performance, resiliency, and scalability.
Lightbits revolutionizes EBS for private cloud and composable infrastructure, delivering scalable capacity and performance more efficiently than traditional SAN or DAS. With Lightbits in your data center, you can simplify data storage infrastructure management and operations while lowering costs.
Lightbits is Ideal for a Range of Enterprise Cloud Data Platform Deployments
Cloud Data
Platform
for Kubernetes
Persistent storage volumes via CSI plugin with the ability to support hundreds of Kubernetes clusters from a single Lightbits cluster while delivering performance equivalent to local flash and seamless support for microservices, and snapshots and clones for portability.
Cloud Data
Platform
for Virtualized Environments
Manage virtual machine images and datastores in VMware and OpenStack efficiently. Easily replicate your virtual server images and assign them out to virtual machines—no cumbersome and time and space-consuming copying processes are required.
Cloud Data
Platform
for Performance-Sensitive Databases
With up to 75 million IOPS with sub-millisecond tail latency, Lightbits provides the ideal platform for storage-intensive SQL and NoSQL databases, from transactional databases with high user demand to real-time analysis data pipelines, to high-intensity AI-oriented database workloads.
Cloud Data
Platform
for Cloud Service Providers
A single Lightbits cluster provides multi-tenancy for multiple heterogeneous environments. Lightbits Quality of Service (QoS) ensures your users won’t notice any service impacts.
Customer Stories
Our decision to partner with Lightbits was clear once we saw their deep integration capabilities with our OpenStack and Kubernetes infrastructure. Their unprecedented price-to-value ratio supports both our operational requirements and growth aspirations.
Lightbits' high-performance block storage solution has addressed our storage challenges, unlocking the full potential of Crusoe Cloud's infrastructure and empowering users to pursue innovative research and development in the field of climate science and AI. Together, Crusoe Cloud and Lightbits are driving the future of climate-focused computing toward a more sustainable and efficient tomorrow.
"....thank you guys for the incredible support...your Storage is fast as hell." Metalstack.cloud is building its PaaS using Lightbits, a faster alternative to Ceph.
With the platform built on Lightbits software and Intel hardware we were able to deliver the performance our customers required and could be confident telling them that their data was in safe hands.
We strive to provide best in class digital edge cloud experience, and we are excited to innovate together with partners like Intel and Lightbits to push performance to the next level.
Unmatched Cost Efficiency
Composable infrastructure combined with software-defined block storage and API automation tools maximize resource utilization and efficiency while delivering up to 80% lower TCO compared to DAS or SAN.
High Availability & Resiliency
Essential data services paired with a clustered architecture ensures high availability and resiliency, incorporating fast snapshots and clones as well as multi-tenant QoS assurances.
Performance at Scale
Leverages the power of NVMe storage to deliver up to 75M IOPS and sub millisecond tail latency. Ideal enterprise cloud data platform solution for SQL and NoSQL databases and large-scale virtualization, and latency-sensitive workloads.
Software-Defined Storage for Private Clouds
While Ceph block storage offers open-source advantages, Lightbits’ purpose-built and cloud-native design delivers substantially better storage performance, efficiency, and operational simplicity at scale for demanding production workloads, such as SQL, NoSQL, real-time, and vector databases.
Lightbits Beat Ceph Storage Performance by 16X While Lowering TCO
What is an on-premises cloud data platform, and how is it different from a public cloud?
An on-premises cloud data platform is a cloud-like data center infrastructure model that is deployed and managed within a company’s data center. Unlike hyperscale public cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP), an on-premises cloud offers full control over your data, hardware, and software, while delivering similar public cloud benefits like scalability and automation.
Why would an organization build an on-premises cloud data platform instead of using the public cloud?
Many organizations opt for on-premises solutions for reasons such as:
- Data sovereignty: Keeping sensitive data within the organization’s control.
- Compliance: Meeting strict regulatory requirements that mandate on-site data storage.
- Performance: Ensuring low-latency access to data.
- Customization: Tailoring the platform to specific needs without third-party limitations.
What are the benefits of managing an on-premises cloud data platform?
Complete Data Control
Provides full ownership and control over your data, infrastructure, and security policies.
Regulatory Compliance
Simplifies adherence to stringent data residency and industry-specific compliance standards (e.g., GDPR).
Customizability and Integration
Offers flexibility to design and optimize the infrastructure to meet your unique business needs.
Predictable Costs
Avoids fluctuating operational expenses common in public cloud platforms by leveraging a fixed-cost infrastructure. Software-defined, open-source solutions offers cost efficiency, especially for performance-intensive workloads at scale.
Performance and Latency
Delivers high-performance capabilities and reduced latencies supporting applications requiring real-time responses without dependency on external networks.
Scalability with Cloud-Like Features
Combines the scalability and automation of cloud with the stability and predictability of on-premises systems. You can leverage hybrid implementations to scale workloads to the cloud when necessary.
Resources to Get You Started
Crusoe Builds a Climate-aligned AI Cloud with Power for the Future
metalstack.cloud Offers Kubernetes as a Service
Tips for Architecting Cloud Storage to Accelerate Application Performance and Lower Costs
