OpenShift Storage For Stateful Workloads
Datacore, Monday, April 13th, 2026
When a traditional external storage array isn't enough, it's usually because the infrastructure has evolved faster than the data plane. For years, the industry operated under the assumption that storage was a static entity-a 'black box' sitting outside the compute cluster.
But as Red Hat OpenShift becomes the cornerstone of the modern data center, that separation is no longer just an architectural nuance; it is a performance bottleneck.
Since the beginning of 2024, the momentum behind Red Hat OpenShift has accelerated to unprecedented levels. According to recent data from Red Hat, customer adoption of OpenShift Virtualization alone has surged by 178% since early 2024, with production deployments growing significantly as organizations seek a stable, scalable alternative to legacy hypervisors.
This shift is driven by a need for a unified substrate that handles both containerized microservices and legacy virtual machines. However, as you scale these environments, you quickly discover that while OpenShift can orchestrate a thousand containers in seconds, the underlying OpenShift storage often struggles to keep pace.