VMs on Kubernetes: Bridging the Gap Between Containers and VMs
Modern virtualization is transforming the way enterprises manage VMs, enabling organizations to manage virtual machines and containers side by side within a single platform. This approach streamlines operation workflows, reduces complexity, and accelerates application & infrastructure modernization—without sacrificing security or disrupting legacy systems. This unified approach not only optimizes infrastructure spend but also empowers teams to embark on their modernization journey at their own pace.
The New Storage & Data Management Standard for Running VMs on Kubernetes
25 k+
VMs Running on Portworx
>$100 M
In Cost Avoidance vs Traditional Virtualization
100 %
Uptime for Critical VMs
Common Customer Challenges with Traditional Virtualization
Unsustainable Cost Model
Rising licensing and operating costs have significantly increased the expense of maintaining traditional VM platforms, with price hikes ranging from 3x to 6x
Investment Risk
Reduced investment in product support, engineering, and partner resources pose a major systemic risk to legacy VM application development and long-term sustainability
Lack of App Innovation
Technical debt and poor interoperability between traditional VM and modern container app development limits flexibility, slowing innovation and hindering digital transformation
Portworx: The Complete Data Strategy for VMs and Containers
Operational Efficiency for VMs
Portworx provides a unified, enterprise-grade storage and data management solution for containers and VMs, enabling strategic flexibility for application modernization. With a single operational model, Portworx simplifies storage and data management across on-premises, cloud, hybrid, and multicloud environments, optimizing performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
- Operational efficiency for hybrid environments
- Single workflow for managing applications on any infrastructure
- Reduced VM license costs
Performance and Reliability for VMs
Portworx delivers highly performant, scalable storage for VMs with built-in high availability (HA). With Sync and Async DR, it ensures Zero to 15-minute RPO, providing flexible disaster recovery based on application criticality
Fast, on-demand data infrastructure
- Live migration of VMs across any KubeVirt
- Sync DR for mission critical apps
- File-level backup and restore for VMs
Deep Partner Integration
Portworx maintains a deep ecosystem of partners, supporting Kubernetes and KubeVirt offerings from Red Hat, SUSE, Spectro Cloud, AWS, and more, while working across any on-prem or public cloud storage
- Single operating model across any Kubernetes deployment
- Support for on-prem and public cloud infrastructure providers
- Channel partner for seamless migration support
Storage & Data Management: VMware vs. Portworx
| Benefit/Feature | VMware Capability | Portworx + KubeVirt Capability |
|---|---|---|
| Data Availability | Shared Storage or vSAN FTT | Portworx Storage Cluster (Replication factor 1,2,3) |
| Async Disaster Recovery | VMware Site Recovery Manager | Portworx AsyncDR |
| Encryption | Security Abstraction / Volume Encryption | Portworx Encryption, Authorization |
| Data Protection | VM-aware Backups (Partner) | Container Aware Portworx Backup |
| Data Portability | Storage vMotion | Portworx Backup / Portworx Migrate |
| Capacity Management | Thin Provisioning | Thin Provisioning / AutoPilot |
