Support Tanzu workloads today without reinforcing the same VMware-era storage assumptions you may be trying to leave behind.
simplyblock helps teams support current Tanzu storage needs for stateful Kubernetes workloads while keeping the broader platform direction open. This page is not about making Tanzu the center of the simplyblock story. It is about giving current Tanzu estates a better storage bridge into the next platform decision.
Treat this as a transition page. The stronger simplyblock cluster is still Kubernetes, OpenShift, and the broader modernization path beyond VMware.
Where It Fits
The goal is to support current Tanzu workloads while aligning storage to the broader Kubernetes and OpenShift direction that may come next.
Support current stateful Kubernetes services with a stronger block-storage layer while Tanzu is still the operating environment.
Keep provisioning, snapshots, cloning, and day-2 storage work credible during the period when the broader platform direction is still under review.
Use Tanzu as the current environment while routing the bigger story toward Kubernetes, OpenShift, and storage-led modernization.
Transition Paths
The strongest Tanzu fit comes from using storage that supports today's workloads cleanly without hard-coding the future into Tanzu-specific assumptions.
Improve current Tanzu storage when the immediate need is better support for persistent services and cleaner day-2 operations.
Use one storage direction during the phase where current Tanzu workloads still matter but the destination platform is being reassessed.
Keep the storage story compatible with Kubernetes, OpenShift, and the wider modernization path so the next platform does not require another storage reset.
Core Capabilities
The strongest fit is not only support for current Tanzu workloads. It is lower lock-in pressure now and a cleaner storage bridge into the next platform later.
Support current persistent Kubernetes services with a stronger block-storage layer while Tanzu is still part of the operating reality.
Keep storage lifecycle work aligned with broader Kubernetes operations instead of letting the transition period create more special-case storage habits.
Give current Tanzu workloads a stronger low-latency block-storage path when persistent services start exposing the limits of weaker storage assumptions.
Keep the storage story compatible with broader Kubernetes, OpenShift, and modernization planning so the next platform does not require another storage product reset.
For platform and storage leaders
Tanzu storage decisions shape whether current workloads stay supportable now, whether the transition period stays manageable, and whether the broader platform story still has a clean route into Kubernetes and OpenShift later.
Improve today's Tanzu storage without turning it into another long-term VMware-only dependency.
Maintain provisioning, snapshots, and storage lifecycle work within the broader Kubernetes operating model.
Use storage that already fits Kubernetes and OpenShift if Tanzu becomes only one phase of the journey.
Make the storage decision part of a cleaner platform transition path instead of another layer that must be replaced later.
Outcomes
Better storage for current Tanzu workloads and a cleaner path into the broader platform-modernization cluster.
Support stateful Kubernetes services with a stronger block-storage layer during the transition period.
Improve Tanzu storage now without turning the storage decision into another VMware-only dependency.
Keep provisioning, snapshots, and day-2 storage work aligned with broader Kubernetes operations.
Route the bigger story toward Kubernetes, OpenShift, and storage-led modernization instead of leaving it at Tanzu.
This page is for teams that still operate Tanzu and need a better storage answer for current stateful workloads. It is not meant to turn Tanzu into the center of the simplyblock story.
The stronger next path from here is usually Kubernetes Storage, OpenShift Storage, and VMware Migration to OpenShift and Kubernetes. That is where the broader commercial motion lives.
Because Tanzu environments still need strong block storage for stateful Kubernetes workloads, snapshots, cloning, and cleaner day-2 operations during a period when many teams are also reassessing broader platform direction.
No. This page should act as a transition or containment page. The stronger simplyblock cluster is OpenShift, Kubernetes, and private-cloud storage for self-hosted enterprise environments.
Yes. That is the main point of this page. Teams can support current Tanzu storage needs now while preserving a cleaner path toward Kubernetes, OpenShift, and broader migration planning.
Start with VMware Migration to OpenShift and Kubernetes, then continue into OpenShift Storage.
Then the stronger next page is Kubernetes Storage.
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