KubeCon: Kioxia KumoScale Storage Software With NVMe-oF Includes Container Storage Interface Driver

Kioxia America, Inc. (formerly Toshiba Memory America, Inc.), U.S.-based subsidiary of Kioxia Corporation, announced that its kumoScale storage software with NVMe-oF includes a Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver that is integrated with the Kubernetes container orchestration framework.

The company has demonstrated KumoScale software’s CSI driver, along with other new features, at KubeCon at the San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA.

An open source application programming interface, CSI provides a uniform way for storage providers to make block storage accessible to cloud orchestration frameworks. It has been adopted by Kubernetes and others and is supported by a growing list of storage array providers. The KumoScale CSI driver provides a standardized way to connect control planes to storage, while still allowing for a high level of flexibility in terms of the requirements applications can place on storage resources.

Additionally, KumoScale software extends the Kubernetes concept of ‘Storage Classes’ and ‘Storage Class specs’ to provide a way for users to individually specify a set of requirements for each storage volume. This application-centric labeling is then carried through all of KumoScale software’s management and reporting functions, enabling users to see performance data filtered and expressed in the ways that matter to them. For example, KumoScale software’s Advanced Storage Class API mirrors the Kubernetes method of providing topology awareness and specifying failure zones, allowing it to make intelligent data placement decisions automatically.

“We recognize that Kubernetes has become a critical, popular orchestration framework and have designed KumoScale software to fully embrace its constructs,” noted Joel Dedrick, VP and GM, networked storage software, Kioxia America, Inc. “If you’re using Kubernetes for container storage, we make it possible to do so with higher performance and exactly the right amount of provisioned storage.“

Developed with a strong focus on virtualizing and managing performance flash at data center scale, KumoScale builds on the company’s heritage as the inventor of NAND flash and an SSD pioneer to deliver the performance and endurance characteristics of NVMe storage as a networked service.

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