What is Simplyblock?
Simplyblock is a high-performance, distributed storage orchestration layer designed for cloud-native environments. It provides NVMe over TCP (NVMe/TCP) block storage to hosts and offers block storage to containers through its Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver.
What makes Simplyblock Special?
- Environment Agnostic: Simplyblock operates seamlessly across major cloud providers, regional and specialized providers, bare-metal and virtual provisioners, and private clouds, including both virtualized and bare-metal
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Kubernetes environments.
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Containerized Architecture: The solution comprises:
- Storage Nodes: Container stacks delivering distributed data services via NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe over TCP), forming storage clusters.
- Management Nodes: Container stacks offering control and management services, collectively known as the control plane.
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Platform Support: Simplyblock supports deployment on virtual machines, bare-metal instances, and Kubernetes containers, compatible with x86 and ARM architectures.
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Deployment Flexibility: Simplyblock offers the greatest deployment flexibility in the industry. It can be deployed hyper-converged, disaggregated, and in a hybrid fashion, combining the best of both worlds.
Customer Benefits Across Industries
Simplyblock offers tailored advantages to various sectors:
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Financial Services: Enhances data management by boosting performance, strengthening security, and optimizing cloud storage costs.
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Media and Gaming: Improves storage performance, reduces costs, and streamlines data management, facilitating efficient handling of large media files and gaming data.
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Technology and SaaS Companies: Provides cost savings and performance enhancements, simplifying storage management and improving application performance without significant infrastructure changes.
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Telecommunications: Offers ultra-low latency access to data, enhances security, and simplifies complex storage infrastructures, aiding in the efficient management of customer records and network telemetry.
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Blockchain and Cryptocurrency: Delivers cost efficiency, enhanced performance, scalability, and robust data security, addressing the unique storage demands of blockchain networks.