Fast, Low Latency Data Platform for VMware

High-performance, scalable, enterprise-class cloud block storage for VMware workloads running on-premises or on Azure VMware Solution (AVS).

Lightbits Cloud Block Storage for VMware Offers Performance, Simplicity, and Scalability

Virtualization platforms fundamentally changed the way applications consume and manage resources, providing better isolation, security, portability, and application management. With NVMe® over TCP (NVMe/TCP) support available in VMware ESXi 7 and beyond, VMware environments now have the opportunity to gain a significant performance boost.

First NVMe/TCP Storage with VMware Certification for Azure Cloud

As the first NVMe/TCP storage certified by VMware for Azure, Lightbits delivers enterprise-class external block storage for virtualized workloads running on Azure VMware Solution (AVS). With its high performance and scalability, Lightbits is the ideal data platform for migrating virtualized SQL and NoSQL database workloads to Azure.

For on-premises deployments, Lightbits is fully certified for VMware ESXi 7.0U3 with in-box NVMe/TCP support. Lightbits allows VMware users to leverage standard Ethernet TCP/IP networks to deploy high-performance, highly available storage that performs like local flash. Furthermore, Lightbits storage solution provides seamless integration with vCenter allowing virtualized applications to easily consume and manage high-performance feature-rich NVMe storage.

Persistence Without Compromise

Simple

Seamlessly integrates into existing infrastructure and VMware environments for a broad range of use cases.

Flexible

Runs on commodity hardware of customers’ choice or in Azure or AWS public clouds.

High Performance

Delivers high IOPS and low latency with the equivalent performance of local flash without proprietary hardware or expensive public cloud tiers.

Lower TCO

Dramatically improves efficiency and disaggregated architecture maximizes resource utilization for both private and public clouds.

Highly Available

Highly resilient storage with high availability that extends across the entire virtualized platform and across multiple zones.

Lightbits VMware Plugin Overview

Lightbits NVMe/TCP-based data platform delivers highly available, high-performance storage for VMware. Watch this video to learn how to use the Lightbits plugin for VMware, including:

how to add a cluster to vCenter
how to create a datastore using the wizard
how to create snapshots and clones
how to create and attach volumes manually
how to migrate VMs data into Lightbits’ datastore

Simplify high-performance storage while lowering the cost

With the 7.0U3 release of ESXi by VMware, users can now adopt NVMe-oF with standard TCP/IP in a simple and frictionless way and at the same time enjoy the increased performance, lower latency, and improved efficiency. Lightbits is the leading solution in the NVMe/TCP space, offering scale-out software-defined storage focused on high performance, data availability, and protection, enterprise features compatible with ESXi and integrated into your VMware environment, Lightbits supercharges your virtualized applications by providing:

Near local flash performance with greater utilization of your storage investment
Improved service levels and a better user experience with consistent latency
Faster rebuild time with higher resiliency levels
Standard, simple, secure storage access to any of your ESXi hosts
No changes to your TCP/IP network with no proprietary ESXi drivers