IKE (InfoScale for Kubernetes Enterprise Edition) brings enterprise-grade storage, high availability, and disaster recovery (DR) features into the Kubernetes ecosystem.
It is designed for running stateful workloads in Kubernetes with enterprise-grade performance, resiliency, and manageability.
IKE also supports OpenShift Virtualization, enabling unified management and high availability of both containerized and virtual machine (VM) workloads.
With OpenShift Virtualization, IKE provides:
- Shared block storage and HA for VMs similar to containers.
- Disaster recovery across clusters for VMs.
- Unified CSI-based storage for Pods and VMs.
- Monitoring and management using the same InfoScale tools.
| Component | Role in Kubernetes Cluster |
|---|---|
| Operator | Manages deployment, upgrades, and configuration of InfoScale on K8s |
| CSI Driver | Allows Kubernetes to manage InfoScale volumes as persistent volumes |
| FSS (Flexible Storage Sharing) | Lets worker nodes share their local storage with other nodes |
| DR Manager | Coordinates DR replication and failover across clusters |
| VVR (Volume Replicator) | Performs async/sync volume replication for DR |
| Metrics Exporter | Pushes InfoScale metrics to Prometheus for observability |
- CSI driver enables Kubernetes-native access to InfoScale-managed volumes.
- Supports
ReadWriteOnce,ReadWriteMany, and multi-node access. - Ideal for clustered apps like Oracle RAC and PostgreSQL HA.
- Shared block storage over local disks without SAN.
- Enables low-latency, high-performance, software-defined storage pools.
- Monitors container health and application processes.
- Supports automatic failover or container restart.
DR Managerenables namespace or application migration.- Uses
VVRfor async/sync volume replication across clusters or clouds. - Supports near-zero RPO/RTO with manual or automatic failover.
- Create and manage snapshots for backup/testing.
- Volume cloning for rapid restore or parallel dev/test environments.
- Exposes metrics to Prometheus.
- Integrates with Grafana, Alertmanager, and enterprise monitoring.
- Zero-downtime InfoScale upgrades.
- Deployable on OpenShift, AKS, and upstream Kubernetes.
- VM Workload HA: Automatically failover VMs managed via OpenShift Virtualization.
- VM Storage Replication: Use VVR to replicate VM data volumes between clusters.
- Hybrid App Models: Run VMs and containers in the same namespace with shared storage and DR.
| Use Case | Description |
|---|---|
| Databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle) | Persistent, fast, and highly available block storage across worker nodes |
| SAP HANA in Kubernetes | Certified storage backend with HA and DR capabilities |
| Namespace Migration/DR | Use DR Manager + VVR to failover a namespace to a secondary cluster |
| Multi-cloud Resilience | Replicate apps and volumes between AWS/Azure/on-prem clusters |
| Security-Sensitive Workloads | Use volume encryption and fencing for compliance and integrity |
- Red Hat OpenShift 4.x (OperatorHub Certified)
- Kubernetes (upstream) v1.23+
- Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO)
- Hybrid and Multi-cloud Kubernetes Clusters
- Helm Charts (Draft)
- InfoScale Operators (OpenShift-certified)
- YAML manifests (manual method)
Arctera InfoScale for Kubernetes (IKE) extends Kubernetes into an enterprise-grade platform for storage, HA, DR, and observability — optimized for critical stateful applications, virtual machines, and hybrid/multi-cloud environments.