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Lightbits SDS

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Spec score 7.9 #11 of 30 in Software-Defined Storage Software

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Product
Lightbits SDS is disaggregated, software-defined block storage designed to modernize infrastructure.Read 7 Oct 2026 · lightbitssds.lightbitslabs.com
Deployment
It supports on-premises deployments on commodity x86 servers, AWS, Microsoft Azure, and hybrid deployments with license portability.Read 7 Oct 2026 · lightbitssds.lightbitslabs.com
Trial
The pricing page labels a section “Free trial” but does not state its duration or terms.Read 7 Oct 2026 · lightbitslabs.com
Integrations
The pricing page lists Kubernetes with a CSI driver, OpenStack with a Cinder driver, and VMware vSphere with a vCenter plugin for on-premises deployment.Read 7 Oct 2026 · lightbitslabs.com
Security
The pricing page lists end-to-end encryption at rest, snapshot policies for ransomware protection, multi-tenancy with RBAC, and ADFS authentication integration.Read 7 Oct 2026 · lightbitslabs.com
Support
The private-cloud offering includes premium technical support and a dedicated customer success manager; the public-cloud offering includes Lightbits technical support.Read 7 Oct 2026 · lightbitslabs.com
Founded
2016Read 28 Sep 2026 · lightbitslabs.com
Architecture
It separates compute and storage and uses standard Ethernet with NVMe/TCP.Read 7 Oct 2026 · lightbitssds.lightbitslabs.com
Data services
Listed capabilities include thin provisioning, inline compression, snapshots, clones, quality of service, and NVMe/TCP persistent volumes.Read 7 Oct 2026 · lightbitslabs.com
Management
Lightbits lists multi-cluster management UI, gRPC, REST and CLI programmatic control, zero-downtime scalability, and automated load rebalancing.Read 7 Oct 2026 · lightbitslabs.com
Resilience
Listed capabilities include automatic cluster node failure recovery, ElasticRAID, user-defined failure domains, rolling upgrades, and per-volume replication policies.Read 7 Oct 2026 · lightbitslabs.com
Target workloads
Lightbits describes disaggregated storage as suited to cloud-native environments, large-scale databases, and real-time analytics.Read 7 Oct 2026 · lightbitssds.lightbitslabs.com

Plans and prices

Private Cloud & Service Providers $17.25 a month per TB/Month On-premises · hardware of your choosing · dedicated customer success manager · premium technical support · all product features Read 7 Oct 2026 · lightbitslabs.com
Public cloud $17.25 a month per TB/Month AWS or Azure account · installed on your VPC instance · portable software license · Lightbits technical support Read 7 Oct 2026 · lightbitslabs.com

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