Platform9 and MayaData in Partnership

MayaData, Inc. and Platform9 Systems, Inc. announced a collaboration for the deployment and operation of performance-sensitive stateful workloads on Kubernetes.

Through the partnership, users of Platform9’s managed Kubernetes offerings are able to deploy and operate MayaData’s Kubera Propel, which provides a validated enterprise edition of the CNCF project OpenEBS.

“Our collaboration with MayaData on the newly released OpenEBS based Kubera Propel for storage and management on Kubernetes further improves our leadership position in providing managed Kubernetes for the edge and related use cases,” said Madhura Maskasky, VP of product, Platform9.

Platform9’s Managed Kubernetes as a service (PMK) manages Kubernetes across any cloud provider or on-premise deployment. OpenEBS is validated in the freedom tier of Managed Kubernetes and is popular for those users running performance-sensitive workloads at the edge. 

“Platform9 has earned a great reputation as a provider of managed Kubernetes, eliminating operational deployment and management complexity,” said Evan Powell, CEO, MayaData. “We are extremely proud of their selection of OpenEBS as a recommended option for their users. Together we deliver an unmatched solution especially for the operation of stateful workloads with performance requirements at the edge. Key vertical markets that can leverage the solution include retail, ISV, and telcos deploying new 5G applications.“

Interested users can find and utilize the OpenEBS based Kubera Propel via the Platform9 freedom tier solution by registering.

Users interested in learning more about OpenEBS can find resources including guides for increasing the performance and simplicity of operations of popular workloads such as Cassandra, MinIO, Kafka, and Percona here.

Platform9 is a managed Kubernetes provider for private and edge clouds. With a mission to enable freedom in cloud computing, the company delivers cloud-native technologies with SaaS that are easy to operate and scale, while supporting broad cloud capabilities that run on any infrastructure. The company’s SaaS management model eliminates management complexity and costs through automated cluster upgrades, security patches, and fully-managed monitoring and troubleshooting across multiple points of presence, edge sites, and data centers with guaranteed SLAs.

For additional information visit the Platform9 blog and download the Forrester Wave: MultiCloud Container Development Platforms, Q3 2020 report (registration required).

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