Swedish Cloud Service Provider Elastx Selects Lightbits Labs

Lightbits Labs Ltd. announced ‘Elastx Cloud Platform (ECP), a leading Swedish cloud service provider, has chosen Lightbits to power its OpenStack Cloud Service for enterprise customers throughout Scandinavia.

The partnership sees Elastx leveraging Lightbits’ high-performance, low latency, scalable SDS across OpenStack and Kubernetes clusters for a resilient, cost-effective cloud platform that provides customers with secure, sustainable multi-availability zones for mission-critical applications.

Following an evaluation of 13 storage vendors, it ultimately selected Lightbits based on its seamless integration with OpenStack and Kubernetes, high NVMe-capacity density, high performance, lower TCO, and ease of manageability. ECP’s engineering team noted the ease of installation and configuration, describing the experience as “plug-and-play.”

“Our decision to partner with Lightbits was clear once we saw their deep integration capabilities with our OpenStack and Kubernetes infrastructure. Their unprecedented price-to-value ratio supports both our operational requirements and growth aspirations,” said Joakim Öhman, CEO of Elastx.

ECP encompasses a robust, multi-tiered infrastructure offering scalable solutions for IaaS, Container-as-a-Service (CaaS), Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS), and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS).

OpenStack IaaS serves as the core infrastructure service and forms the foundation for Kubernetes CaaS and DBaaS serving Cloud Native enthusiasts. ECP provides a virtual HA data center where the network, instances, and storage can be configured according to the customers’ specific needs. Additionally, the platform incorporates GPU support for AI applications, allowing swift, high-performance data handling.

ECP offers a high-performance, secure, and resilient multi-availability zone platform tailored to modern application demands. Lightbits powers the cloud platform with persistent storage for OpenStack, Kubernetes, and AI/ML which leverages NVMe flash for performance while retaining container portability. Lightbits’ NVMe/TCP capabilities allow persistent storage across standard network infrastructure without specialized hardware, ensuring flexibility and scalability. For ECP, Lightbits delivers a multi-tenant, highly resilient, and cost-effective software-defined storage solution.

Elastx’s infrastructure spans 3 strategically spaced Availability Zones (AZ) designed to ensure HA and BC for demanding data applications. This setup supports redundancy across all services, from Kubernetes CaaS to DBaaS, for optimal reliability. Security is paramount at Elastx, with encrypted storage, inter-AZ communication, a Threat Protection service, and continuous tier-3 data center monitoring. The project coordinated by NVMestorage.com founder Jos Keulers, a Lightbits luminary partner, was finalized with a substantial 5-year software licensing arrangement, cementing Lightbits’ commitment to supporting Elastx’s ongoing innovation and enterprise success.

“Our NVMe/TCP technology enables Elastx to deliver scalable, high-performance storage solutions without the need for specialized hardware, facilitating flexible deployments across its Kubernetes and OpenStack environments,” added Eran Kirzner, co-founder and CEO of Lightbits Labs. “The platform supports a full spectrum of applications, from cloud-native workloads to AI-driven projects, with GPU resources available to accelerate data-intensive AI processing.”

Elastx maintains a robust commitment to sustainability and environmental responsibility. Their infrastructure is optimized for energy efficiency and operates on renewable energy. Enterprise customers who choose the Elastx platform with Lightbits block storage to enable their highperformance database and AI/ML workloads contribute to a more sustainable and environmentally friendly IT infrastructure.

To learn more about Lightbits for OpenStack, visit OpenStack Storage Solutions.

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