Portworx & Red Hat help enterprises cut virtualisation costs

Portworx has introduced Portworx for KubeVirt, aiming to provide a software-defined storage solution tailored for virtual machine (VM) workloads running on Kubernetes with Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Engine.

The new offering is designed to deliver a cost-effective and lower-risk approach for enterprises transitioning their VM workloads to Kubernetes infrastructure. By integrating Portworx with the Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Engine, companies are expected to experience optimised functionality, simplified management of VMs and containers, and reduced total cost of ownership.

Customers using Portworx alongside Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization have reported cost savings ranging from 30% to 50% over the past year compared to their previous virtualisation expenses. This cost optimisation is seen as particularly significant for organisations managing extensive virtualised environments.

The Portworx for KubeVirt solution is developed to address modernisation challenges faced by enterprises. It allows businesses to continue operating applications on VMs within Kubernetes while they refactor existing workloads or develop new cloud-native applications at their own pace based on available resources and transformation timelines.

The offering provides application and data flexibility by supporting VM migration to Kubernetes on multiple deployment environments, including on-premises infrastructure, public cloud, edge locations, and hybrid configurations, wherever Red Hat OpenShift is supported.

Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Engine focuses on simplifying the deployment, management, and scaling of VM workloads. Its streamlined approach is combined with Portworx's enterprise-grade data management capabilities to assist customers in migrating and managing their VM applications on a unified platform.

Ajay Singh, Chief Product Officer at Pure Storage, commented on the collaboration with Red Hat by stating, "Red Hat is the perfect partner for our mission as more companies are looking to go cloud-native. Many companies are leveraging Portworx with OpenShift to not only migrate and manage their workloads, but also power innovative application development. We are proud of the success from this Red Hat partnership and look forward to what the next year holds."

Ashesh Badani, Senior Vice President and Chief Product Officer at Red Hat, addressed the ongoing reliance of many organisations on virtualisation solutions, recalling, "While organisations are increasingly migrating to cloud-native containerised workloads, many still rely heavily on virtualisation solutions to support their public and private cloud environments. With Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Engine, we are able to meet organisations where they are, to modernise at a pace that best suits their business requirements, with a more cost-effective, streamlined solution."

"We are pleased to collaborate with Portworx to bring their expertise and data management capabilities to Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Engine as an optimised offering, making it even easier for organisations to deploy and manage virtualised workloads."

The combined capability of Portworx for KubeVirt with Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Engine is aimed at allowing enterprises to bridge the gap between legacy VM operation and cloud-native application development. By offering flexibility and extending support for VM migration across diverse infrastructure setups, this partnership addresses both technical and financial objectives for organisations looking to modernise their virtualisation strategies.