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Amazon EBS Cost Optimization
Amazon EBS Cost Optimization

Reduce Amazon EBS storage waste for stateful workloads through thin provisioning, pooled capacity, and tiering to lower-cost storage.

Cloud Cost Optimization
Cloud Cost Optimization

Optimize AWS storage spend by tiering data across NVMe, EBS, S3, and Glacier with policy-based automation, low latency access, and no application changes.

Data Protection & Failover
Data Protection & Failover

Protect Kubernetes persistent volumes with instant snapshots, erasure coding, and cross-zone volume replication. simplyblock delivers near-zero RPO and fast RTO for stateful workloads without a separate backup appliance.

Database Performance Optimization
Database Performance Optimization

Optimize database performance with NVMe over TCP, thin provisioning, snapshots, and automated tiering for Kubernetes, OpenShift, and Rancher workloads.

Storage for Database as a Service (DBaaS)
Storage for Database as a Service (DBaaS)

Run multi-tenant DBaaS with predictable NVMe performance, thin provisioning, and storage tiering to reduce cost and improve operational control.

Database Branching
Database Branching

Use storage-level snapshots and copy-on-write clones to support database branching for QA, release validation, and internal database platforms on Kubernetes and OpenShift.

Kubernetes Database Storage Optimization
Kubernetes Database Storage Optimization

Run production databases on Kubernetes with NVMe-over-TCP performance, thin provisioning, and snapshot-based data protection for lower cost and higher reliability.

High-Performance and Low Latency Disaggregated Storage
High-Performance and Low Latency Disaggregated Storage

Deploy disaggregated storage with NVMe-over-TCP performance, independent scale for compute and capacity, and lower cloud storage cost through thin provisioning and tiering.

Fast Backup and Disaster Recovery
Fast Backup and Disaster Recovery

Protect OpenShift and Kubernetes stateful workloads with fast snapshots, clone-based recovery, replication, and lower-overhead backup storage operations.

FIPS Compliant Storage
FIPS Compliant Storage

Run FIPS 140-2 and 140-3 compliant block storage for Kubernetes on-premises. Simplyblock supports AES-256 encryption at rest with FIPS-validated algorithms, self-hosted deployments, and air-gap-compatible operations for federal, DoD, and regulated-industry workloads.

Hyper-Converged Storage for Kubernetes
Hyper-Converged Storage for Kubernetes

Understand when hyper-converged Kubernetes storage is the right fit for stateful workloads and how simplyblock supports HCI, hybrid, and disaggregated deployment models on one storage foundation.

Hyper-Converged Storage for OpenShift
Hyper-Converged Storage for OpenShift

Run hyper-converged storage on OpenShift with vSAN-like simplicity, NVMe/TCP performance, CSI-native operations, and a clean path for KubeVirt, VMs, and stateful workloads.

Kubernetes Persistent Volume Backups
Kubernetes Persistent Volume Backups

Protect Kubernetes persistent volumes with instant snapshots, cross-cluster replication, and cost-efficient backup storage using thin provisioning and intelligent tiering.

Small Cluster Storage
Small Cluster Storage

Run production-grade Kubernetes block storage on clusters starting at 2 nodes. Simplyblock supports hyperconverged on-prem deployments with NVMe/TCP, erasure coding, and sub-millisecond latency — no dedicated storage nodes required.

Optimizing Kubernetes Costs
Optimizing Kubernetes Costs

Reduce Kubernetes storage costs with thin provisioning, pooled capacity, and automated tiering. Improve utilization, maintain low latency, and simplify operations for stateful workloads.

Disaster Recovery
Disaster Recovery

Synchronous and asynchronous volume replication for Kubernetes DR. Storage-level replication means no application changes and no agent. Sub-15-minute RPO for geographically distributed clusters.

Kubernetes Backup
Kubernetes Backup

Copy-on-write snapshots, policy-based scheduling, and Velero integration for Kubernetes persistent volumes. Instant snapshots with no I/O pause. Built for stateful production workloads.

KubeVirt Storage for OpenShift Virtualization
KubeVirt Storage for OpenShift Virtualization

Run KubeVirt and OpenShift Virtualization with simplyblock. Support VM disks, snapshots, cloning, and low-latency block storage for VMware-exit and mixed VM/container platforms.

Migration from Amazon RDS to PostgreSQL
Migration from Amazon RDS to PostgreSQL

Plan and execute migration from Amazon RDS to PostgreSQL with lower cost, better performance, and Kubernetes-native storage operations at scale.

Multi Availability Zone Disaster Recovery
Multi Availability Zone Disaster Recovery

Achieve near-zero RPO disaster recovery across AWS availability zones with continuous WAL streaming to object storage, consistent volume recovery, and simpler operational runbooks.

Private Cloud NVMe Storage
Private Cloud NVMe Storage

Software-defined NVMe block storage for private cloud and on-premises Kubernetes infrastructure. Simplyblock runs on commodity hardware, installs via Helm, and delivers cloud-native provisioning without cloud CSI dependencies or proprietary storage arrays.

NVMe over TCP Storage
NVMe over TCP Storage

Learn how NVMe over TCP supports OpenShift, Kubernetes, and VMware-exit storage architectures with low-latency block storage over standard Ethernet.

NVMe Cost Optimization
NVMe Cost Optimization

Reduce Kubernetes NVMe storage costs without sacrificing performance. Simplyblock delivers erasure coding instead of triple replication, transparent tiering from NVMe to object storage, and thin provisioning — cutting raw capacity requirements and total storage spend.

NVMe Database Storage on Kubernetes
NVMe Database Storage on Kubernetes

Accelerate your Kubernetes database workloads with NVMe over TCP storage. Reduce latency by 10x, cut storage costs by 75%, and enable instant database cloning — without changing a line of application code.

OpenStack to OpenShift Storage Modernization
OpenStack to OpenShift Storage Modernization

Plan OpenStack to OpenShift storage modernization with simplyblock. Support current private-cloud workloads while building an OpenShift-ready storage layer for telecom and enterprise platform teams.

Storage for Proxmox
Storage for Proxmox

Run Proxmox storage on NVMe over TCP with lower operational overhead, better VM performance, and more flexible architecture than older virtualization storage stacks.

Storage QoS and Isolation
Storage QoS and Isolation

Prevent noisy-neighbor storage contention in Kubernetes. Simplyblock delivers per-PVC IOPS, throughput, and latency limits — so databases get guaranteed storage performance even when backup jobs and batch workloads run on the same cluster.

RPO and RTO Reduction
RPO and RTO Reduction

Reduce RPO and RTO with continuous WAL replication to object storage, fast cross-zone restore, and consistent multi-volume recovery for stateful workloads.

Simplification of Data Management
Simplification of Data Management

Simplify data management with simplyblock for OpenShift, Rancher, and Kubernetes using unified NVMe-first storage, thin provisioning, snapshots, and policy-driven operations.

Software-Defined Storage
Software-Defined Storage

Use software-defined storage to support OpenShift, Kubernetes, and VMware-exit programs with better flexibility, NVMe/TCP performance, and modern block-storage operations.

OpenShift AI Storage
OpenShift AI Storage

High-throughput NVMe block storage for AI and ML workloads on Red Hat® OpenShift®. Simplyblock delivers fast training data reads, reliable checkpoint writes, and low-latency inference storage — integrated with OpenShift AI via a standard Kubernetes CSI driver.

Storage for Neoclouds
Storage for Neoclouds

NVMe-first storage layer for GPU neoclouds that keeps utilization high. Software-defined, sovereign, and multi-tenant block storage that runs on your own bare metal with no appliance lock-in.

OpenShift Bare Metal Storage
OpenShift Bare Metal Storage

Run NVMe block storage on OpenShift bare metal deployments. Simplyblock installs via Helm or OperatorHub, works without cloud CSI or hypervisor storage, and delivers sub-millisecond latency from the NVMe drives already in your bare metal nodes.

OpenShift Virtualization Storage
OpenShift Virtualization Storage

NVMe block storage for KubeVirt virtual machines on Red Hat® OpenShift® Virtualization. Simplyblock delivers live migration support, VM disk snapshots, and sub-millisecond latency for VM I/O — natively integrated via standard Kubernetes CSI.

Storage Observability
Storage Observability

Prometheus-native metrics, Grafana dashboards, and per-PVC I/O visibility for Kubernetes block storage. Simplyblock exposes IOPS, throughput, and latency per volume — so storage bottlenecks are diagnosed in seconds, not hours.

VMware Migration to OpenShift and Kubernetes
VMware Migration to OpenShift and Kubernetes

Plan a VMware migration to OpenShift and Kubernetes with simplyblock. Replace vSAN-era storage assumptions, support KubeVirt virtual machines, and move from hyper-converged to disaggregated storage on one platform.