Lightbits v3.16.1 Release: Unleashing Enhanced Resiliency, Operational Efficiency, and Broader Ecosystem Integrations

We are thrilled to announce the general availability of Lightbits software-defined storage v3.16.1, introducing a new wave of advancements that focus on enhancing operational efficiency, expanding ecosystem integrations, and ensuring robust stability for your most demanding workloads.

At Lightbits, we are committed to empowering the world’s largest AI clouds, financial institutions, and eCommerce platforms to run high-density, low-latency, and high-throughput workloads across bare-metal, Kubernetes, OpenShift (with our Red Hat Certified Operator), OpenStack, and other modern infrastructure platforms. This release underscores our dedication to eliminating bottlenecks, simplifying operations, and delivering the performance and reliability your data infrastructure demands.

What’s New in Lightbits v3.16.1?

This release focuses on key areas to provide even greater control, flexibility, and resilience:

• Expanded Ecosystem Integrations & Continuous Improvements:
  • Lightbits now includes added support for Kubernetes v1.33.1 via CSI plugin enhancements, ensuring broader compatibility and continued seamless integration with the latest Kubernetes environments.
  • We are continuously making additional minor improvements across our ecosystem integrations.
• Enhanced Operational Control & Manageability:
  • Single-Server Deployment Now GA: Announcing the General Availability of single-server deployments. This model introduces an exclusive capability to utilize multiple network connections on a single node, providing enhanced NVMe/TCP performance.
  • Enhanced Trim Support: Enhanced the NVMe deallocate implementation to improve capacity utilization.
  • Streamlined Management & Configuration: This release introduces various enhancements to improve overall system configuration and iptables support, ensuring a smoother and more predictable operational experience. We’ve also streamlined event handling for greater clarity and reliability, and introduced support for volume renaming.
• Bolstered Resiliency & Stability:
  • Improved Cluster Recovery & Consistency: This version includes significant improvements to cluster recovery mechanisms. We’ve significantly advanced cluster resiliency by proactively eliminating potential deadlocks and enhancing data integrity checks. Robust data recovery capabilities further complement these improvements, strengthened through advanced sanity checks, providing unparalleled peace of mind.
  • Refined System Debuggability: Various improvements, including enhancements to IPACL, a consistent connected host display, and adjusted timeouts for TPM-involved operations, contribute to a more stable and debuggable system. Furthermore, the TLS configuration for internal cluster communication now enforces a predefined list of allowed ciphers, enhancing security.
  • Optimized Node Manager & APIs: Enhancements to node manager logic and improved API call capabilities contribute to overall system stability and more efficient daily operations.

LTS Update: Lightbits v3.12.4

In our ongoing commitment to providing stable and reliable long-term support, we also recently released Lightbits v3.12.4. This LTS update includes a range of essential bug fixes and stability improvements, ensuring a robust foundation for deployments requiring extended support. We encourage customers utilizing the LTS track to upgrade to v3.12.4 to benefit from these enhancements.

Looking Ahead

Every Lightbits release is a testament to our mission: to provide you with the most modern, efficient, and secure infrastructure for your most critical workloads. From enhanced ecosystem integrations to refined operational controls and bolstered stability, v3.16.1 delivers meaningful improvements that align with how you manage and scale data.

We invite you to explore the new capabilities in Lightbits v3.16.1. Your feedback is invaluable in shaping our future developments. Join us on the Lightbits User Community Hub to share your experiences and connect with our team.

Explore the full release notes for v3.16.1 [here] and for v3.12.4 [here].