OpenEBS vs. Pure Cloud Block Store Comparison Chart

QuantaStor is a unified Software-Defined Storage platform designed to scale up and out to make storage management easy while reducing overall enterprise storage costs. With support for all major file, block, and object protocols including iSCSI/FC, NFS/SMB, and S3, QuantaStor storage grids may be configured to address the needs of complex workflows which span sites and datacenters. QuantaStor’s storage grid technology is a built-in federated management system which enables QuantaStor servers to be combined together to simplify management and automation via CLI and REST APIs. The layered architecture of QuantaStor provides solution engineers with unprecedented flexibility and application design options that maximizes workload performance and fault-tolerance for a wide range of storage workloads. QuantaStor includes end-to-end security coverage enabling multi-layer data protection “on the wire” and “at rest” for enterprise and cloud storage deployments.

Google Cloud is a cloud-based service that allows you to create anything from simple websites to complex applications for businesses of all sizes. New customers get $300 in free credits to run, test, and deploy workloads. All customers can use 25+ products for free, up to monthly usage limits. Use Google's core infrastructure, data analytics & machine learning. Secure and fully featured for all enterprises. Tap into big data to find answers faster and build better products. Grow from prototype to production to planet-scale, without having to think about capacity, reliability or performance. From virtual machines with proven price/performance advantages to a fully managed app development platform. Scalable, resilient, high performance object storage and databases for your applications. State-of-the-art software-defined networking products on Google’s private fiber network. Fully managed data warehousing, batch and stream processing, data exploration, Hadoop/Spark, and messaging.

Our technology allows you to spin up a full hosted private cloud in 45 seconds. Think of it as the first “private cloud as a service”. All hosted private clouds start with a Cloud Core. OpenMetal’s Cloud Core is a hyper-converged set of 3 hosted servers of your chosen hardware type, spun up as a service. Your cloud is powered by OpenStack and Ceph. This brings you everything from Compute/VMs and Block Storage to powerful software defined networking to trivial-to-deploy Kubernetes. Plus, tooling for Day 2 Operations with built in monitoring, all bundled up in a modern portal. OpenMetal hosted private clouds are API-first systems to enable teams to use infrastructure as code. We recommend Terraform. CLI and GUI are also available by default.

JS7 JobScheduler is an Open Source workload automation system designed for performance, resilience and security. It provides unlimited performance for parallel execution of jobs and workflows. JS7 offers cross-platform job execution, managed file transfer, complex no-code job dependencies and a real REST API. Platforms - Cloud scheduling from Containers for Docker®, Kubernetes®, OpenShift® etc. - True multi-platform scheduling on premises for Windows®, Linux®, AIX®, Solaris®, macOS® etc. - Hybrid use for cloud and on premises User Interface - Modern, no-code GUI for inventory management, monitoring and control with web browsers - Near real-time information brings immediate visibility of status changes and log output of jobs and workflows - Multi-client capability, role based access management High Availability - Redundancy and Resilience based on asynchronous design and autonomous Agents - Clustering for all JS7 products, automatic fail-over and manual switch-over

One Solution to Simplify File Management and Orchestration Across Edge, Data Center, and Cloud Storage PeerGFS is a software-only solution developed to solve file management/file replication challenges in multi-site, multi-platform, and hybrid multi-cloud environments. With over 25 years of experience in geographically dispersed file replication, we help organizations: - Improve availability through Active-Active data centers (on-premises and/or in the cloud) - Protect data at the Edge with Continuous Data Protection to the data center - Increase productivity for distributed project teams with fast, local access to file data Today’s always-on world requires real-time data infrastructure with 24x7x365 availability. PeerGFS works with the storage systems you already have deployed and support: - High volume data replication between well-connected data centers - Wide area networks with limited bandwidth and higher latency PeerGFS is easy to install and manage.

SureSync Pro is a file replication and synchronization application that provides one-way and multi-way processing in both scheduled and real-time modes. The Communications Agent provides real-time monitors, delta copies via Remote Differential Compression, TCP communications, compression, and encryption. SureSync Managed File Transfer (MFT) adds file locking, archiving, enhanced logging/status, blob storage support in Azure and Amazon clouds, and a next-generation intelligent transfer engine. File locking enables real-time multi-way collaborative environments with protection against users changing the same file in multiple offices at the same time. SQL Protection simplifies backups of critical SQL databases. SureSync comprehensive enterprise-grade feature set can help solve any file synchronization, replication, and archiving challenge.

Grafana Labs provides an open and composable observability stack built around Grafana, the leading open source technology for dashboards and visualization. Recognized as a 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader for Observability Platforms and positioned furthest to the right for Completeness of Vision, Grafana Labs supports over 25M users and 5,000+ customers—including Bloomberg, Citigroup, and Salesforce. The LGTM Stack combines Grafana for visualization, Mimir for metrics, Loki for logs, and Tempo for traces. Grafana Cloud, the fully managed offering, accelerates time to value with turnkey solutions for Kubernetes monitoring, incident response, load testing, and more. It features Adaptive Metrics for cost-efficient data aggregation and native OTel support and Grafana Assistant (AI powered o11y). Built on open standards, Grafana empowers teams to visualize and correlate data from any source—without vendor lock-in—self-managed or in the cloud. Grafana Cloud scales with you, securely.

Streamline your self-storage operations with 6Storage, an all-in-one platform built to simplify and automate facility management, whether on-site or remote. A unified dashboard allows you to manage multiple locations from a single interface, improving efficiency and visibility. Integrated access control through 6Security supports leading systems like Noke, DaVinci Lock, OpenTech, SpiderDoor, and PTI. Digital leases, automated billing, and major payment gateway support, including Stripe, Moneris, FortisPay, and NetsPay, to simplify leasing and payments, while QuickBooks Online integration streamlines accounting. To drive growth, 6Storage offers high-converting websites with SEO services, a 24/7 AI Sales Chatbot to capture and convert leads, and tenant protection plans that add value and generate additional revenue.

With our comprehensive suite of scalable cloud services, you can build your cloud server, your way. Kamatera’s infrastructure specializes in VPS hosting, with a choice of 24 data centers worldwide, including 8 data centers across the US as well as locations in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Our enterprise-grade cloud servers can meet your needs at every stage. We use cutting-edge hardware, such as Ice Lake Processors and NVMe SSD, to deliver consistent speed and 99.95% uptime. With a robust service like ours, you can expect plenty of great features, such as fantastic hardware, flexible and scalable cloud setup, fully managed hosting, windows server hosting, data security and safety, consultation, server migration, and disaster recovery. Our technical staff is always on duty, with 24/7 live support to assist you across all time zones. And our flexible, predictable pricing plans means you’ll only pay for what you use with our hourly or monthly billing options.

A sample tracking, test result capture, and inventory management cloud LIMS for life science research, biotech/NGS, and industrial QC labs. Includes regulatory support for CLIA, HIPAA, Part 11, and ISO 17025. Nothing is more critical to a lab’s success than the quality, security, and traceability of samples. The Lockbox LIMS system provides robust sample management functionality to laboratory professionals, giving them full visibility on every aspect of a sample’s journey, from accessioning to long-term storage. LIMS analysis is about more than just tracking results- Lockbox’s multi-layered sample storage and location management functionality allows you to define your lab’s storage framework using a variety of location options: rooms, storage units, shelves, racks, boxes, and positions.