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Proxmox Storage – no specialized hardware required

Supercharge your Proxmox VE environment with Lightbits LightOS®—a software-defined block storage solution built for high-performance workloads that runs on industry-standard commodity hardware, not proprietary frameworks.

Through our native open-source plugin, Proxmox clusters gain seamless, shared access to a highly scalable, resilient NVMe/TCP storage pool supporting shared LVM configurations. Manage, provision, and live-migrate VM disks effortlessly directly from the Proxmox UI—all while achieving the ultra-low, consistent latency required for transactional databases, real-time analytics, and AI workloads.

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Proxmox storage. Zero specialized hardware.

Everything you’d expect from enterprise SAN — over standard Ethernet TCP.

High Performance Block Storage

NVMe over TCP low consistent latency without Fibre Channel HBAs or iSCSI initiator complexity. Just your existing network fabric.

Proxmox Shared Storage Pool

All Proxmox nodes draw from a single Lightbits storage pool. Disks are never tied to one host, so live VM migration and HA work without extra effort.

Open Source

Apache 2.0-licensed plugin. No agents to install on the storage side. Works with any Lightbits LightOS 3.x cluster and Proxmox VE 8.x.

Thin Provisioning

Volumes only consume physical space as data is actually written. Over-provision aggressively; pay only for what you use.

Native Proxmox UI

Lightbits appears as a first-class storage type in the Proxmox Datacenter panel. Create, resize, and delete VM disks exactly as you would with local LVM.

Enterprise Durability

Configurable replication across drives and nodes. Data stays safe even during hardware failures — without sacrificing throughput.

Add Storage to Proxmox

Two paths, one clean abstraction.

The plugin bridges Proxmox’s storage API to the Lightbits block storage cluster using two independent channels — a REST API for volume lifecycle and NVMe-oF for I/O.

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Create a Lightbits Cluster in Proxmox

Adding Lightbits as a Proxmox shared storage backend, creating a VM disk, and verifying the NVMe-oF connection — is as easy as 1-2-3.

  1. Clone & Install
  2. Add the Proxmox storage
  3. Verify & Use

See it in action

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Tested and supported versions

ComponentVersionStatus
Proxmox VE8.x (tested on 8.4)✓ Supported
Lightbits LightOS3.x✓ Supported
Linux kernel5.0+ ( nvme_tcp module)✓ Supported
NVMe-oF transportTCP (standard Ethernet)✓ Supported

Resources to Get You Started

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Proxmox Integration with Lightbits: Implementation Framework
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