Infinidat has expanded its Veeam partnership to let enterprises leverage their InfiniBox storage systems with Veeam’s Kasten platform.
Infinidat recently announced an expanded partnership with Veeam. This partnership enables enterprises to leverage Infinidat’s InfiniBox® high-performance and cyber-resilient storage systems alongside Veeam’s Kasten v7.5 platform to enhance data protection for Kubernetes-based workloads. This collaboration specifically supports enterprise-wide adoption of Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, providing an effective alternative to traditional virtualization methods.
The partnership delivers significant value by allowing organizations to modernize their infrastructure, seamlessly integrating existing virtual machine workloads and virtualized applications into robust Kubernetes and container environments. This is achieved by combining Veeam’s Kasten v7.5, widely recognized as an industry-leading Kubernetes resilience, recovery, and mobility solution, with the advanced scalability and cyber resilience capabilities inherent in InfiniBox storage systems.
Gaurav Rishi, VP of Kasten Product and Partnerships at Veeam, emphasized the two platforms’ synergy. He highlighted Kubernetes’ evolution from a DevOps-centric development environment into a critical production platform for enterprise-grade applications. According to Rishi, this evolution underscores the necessity for advanced data protection solutions, making integrating Kasten v7.5 and InfiniBox storage particularly valuable for ensuring highly scalable and cyber-resilient enterprise environments.
The joint offering from Infinidat and Veeam ensures a streamlined persistent storage solution with rapid backup and recovery capabilities designed explicitly for mission-critical stateful workloads. It also fully supports Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization. Leveraging the enhanced immutability features of Kasten v7.5, the solution further improves data security by utilizing InfiniSafe® immutable snapshots via Infinidat’s Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver. Additionally, the joint solution provides multi-protocol flexibility, supporting persistent volumes through block and file protocols, thus significantly simplifying usage and administration.
Erik Kaulberg, VP of Strategy and Alliances at Infinidat, noted that the collaboration facilitates robust, reliable, and cyber-secure Kubernetes deployments at an enterprise scale. He stressed that InfiniBox systems offer best-in-class real-world performance, complete availability, and advanced cyber resilience, scalable to support hundreds of thousands of persistent volumes. The combined innovation from partners like Veeam and Red Hat allows continuous enhancements that simplify enterprise-scale container storage environments.
Infinidat’s momentum in supporting large-scale Kubernetes deployments with its CSI driver, particularly within Red Hat OpenShift environments, continues to grow. These deployments are well-suited for hybrid multi-cloud infrastructures, addressing high-performance primary storage needs and comprehensive data protection requirements. Additionally, Infinidat integrates trusted virtualization and container tools within its unified platform to maximize the advantages of virtualization across enterprises.
Mike Barrett, Vice President and General Manager of Hybrid Platforms at Red Hat, acknowledged the evolving virtualization landscape and stressed the importance of future-proof solutions. Barrett highlighted that Red Hat OpenShift, combined with innovations from Infinidat and Veeam, provides a comprehensive platform that effectively scales and secures both VM and Kubernetes workloads.
Infinidat’s storage offerings are part of the Veeam Ready for Kubernetes program. They have already passed compatibility testing with Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, demonstrating proven reliability and performance in production environments.
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