Leading global online retailer, Trenydol, 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, incurred high operational costs, and underperformed.

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