Longhorn Alternatives

Longhorn is described as 'Cloud native distributed block storage built on and for Kubernetes. Longhorn is lightweight, reliable, and powerful. You can install Longhorn on an existing Kubernetes cluster with one kubectl apply command or using Helm charts' and is an app. There are three alternatives to Longhorn for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, CentOS, Fedora and Kubernetes apps. The best Longhorn alternative is OpenEBS, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Longhorn are StorPool and simplyblock.

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    OpenEBS

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    OpenEBS is an open source storage platform that provides persistent and containerized block storage for DevOps and

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Kubernetes
     

    • OpenEBS is the most popular Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to Longhorn.

    • OpenEBS is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Longhorn.

    • OpenEBS is Free and Open SourceLonghorn is also Free and Open Source
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    StorPool

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    StorPool is an intelligent software-defined storage solution that allows service providers, enterprises and other Cloud builders to run data storage on standard x86 servers, instead of on expensive and inefficient storage arrays (SANs).

    41 StorPool alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise
    • CentOS
    • Fedora
    • VMware vSphere Hypervisor
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Ubuntu Server
    • Microsoft Hyper-V Server
    • Red Hat
    Snapshot from the StorPool presentation at the OpenStack Summit - Some performance figures of StorPool
     

    • StorPool is the most popular commercial alternative to Longhorn.

    • StorPool is Paid and ProprietaryLonghorn is Free and Open Source
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    simplyblock

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    Simplyblock is a software-defined high-performance data storage technology that could be deployed in your own cloud account.

    18 simplyblock alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    • simplyblock is the most popular Web-based alternative to Longhorn.

    • simplyblock is Paid and ProprietaryLonghorn is Free and Open Source
    • simplyblock is Privacy focused and LightweightLonghorn is not according to our users
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