StorPool – The fastest primary
CloudStack block storage

The capable Apache CloudStack storage alternatives are few. Yet, the key to building efficient CloudStack infrastructure can be found in the balance between the costs and capabilities of the underlying storage and infrastructure layer.

Cloud providers, MSPs, and Enterprises across the globe use StorPool in order to increase the ROI (Return on Investment) of their IT. Combined with its efficiency, scalability and reliability, StorPool can boost your infrastructure and help you to achieve superb end-user experience in combination with Apache CloudStack.

StorPool has native support for CloudStack which provides Primary DataStore plugin and an agent plugin. This allows CloudStack to attach one or more volumes per VM and exposes the full functionality of a modern, API-driven storage system to CloudStack.

With performance starting at 0.6 ms of latency and 1,000,000 IOPS, StorPool is a best-of-breed block storage solution for  CloudStack deployments. Deliver amazing speed to any performance-sensitive users/applications.

StorPool is deeply integrated with CloudStack and has a native driver in the host OS, which provides block devices in /dev/storpool/volname as raw disk images for qemu/KVM. The integration also provides the functionality to manage volumes and snapshots directly in the storage system via its API.

In this way you can manage and use the full functionality of the storage system from CloudStack itself. You can find the integration
here: https://github.com/storpool/storpool-cloudstack-integration

StorPool has native support for CloudStack which provides Primary DataStore Provider plugin and an agent plugin. In our case they are both in the same file, so installation is just dropping the file in the corresponding directory and reloading CoudStack services.

A new primary storage is created from “Infrastructure -> Primary Storage -> Add Primary Storage” for each StorPool template (think pre-defined volume template with particular parameters) that will be used. And the new Primary storage is used as normal.

Building a software-defined cloud with CloudStack can bring you numerous benefits.
Watch the live recording of the session of Boyan Krosnov, CPO of StorPool storage from The CloudStack European User Group Day, London, UK. Discover the advantages you will get thanks to the great collaboration between StorPool’s block storage and CloudStack.

Explore more: Read more for StorPool’s storage for CloudStack in our Knowledge Base