Global eCommerce Leader Boosts Transactions and Cuts Costs in OpenStack and Kubernetes

A leading global online retailer faced the challenge of cost-efficiently scaling its OpenStack and Kubernetes environment to handle explosive growth and intense traffic surges. Its incumbent vSAN and Ceph-based eCommerce storage environment consumed significant rack space, created high operational costs, and was underperforming.

The company needed a modern, high-performance, software-defined, multi-purpose block storage solution with seamless OpenStack and Kubernetes integrations to ensure business continuity and customer satisfaction during peak demand events like Black Friday. During these critical periods, storage performance is essential to handle the surges in demand. Enter Lightbits.