OpenEBS

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OpenEBS is ranked #5 of 23 in software-defined storage software on Inferse. It runs on API, Linux, Self-hosted. There is a free plan.

Compared on software-defined storage software

Free plan: Yesopenebs.io
Volume types: Hostpath, LVM, ZFS, Rawfile, Replicated PV Mayastoropenebs.io
Snapshots: Yesopenebs.io
Multi-attach: Yesopenebs.io
Encryption: Yesopenebs.io

Facts

Purpose: OpenEBS helps developers and platform SREs deploy Kubernetes stateful workloads requiring fast, reliable container-native storage.openebs.io · 1 Oct 2026
Storage types: OpenEBS turns storage on Kubernetes worker nodes into local or distributed Kubernetes persistent volumes.openebs.io · 1 Oct 2026
Architecture: OpenEBS operates exclusively in userspace, avoiding Linux kernel-dependent software.openebs.io · 1 Oct 2026
Storage engines: OpenEBS v4.6 includes Replicated PV Mayastor, Local PV Hostpath, Local PV LVM, Local PV ZFS, and experimental Local PV Rawfile.openebs.io · 1 Oct 2026
Replication: Replicated Storage can synchronously replicate volumes across Kubernetes zones for high availability.openebs.io · 1 Oct 2026
Snapshots and clones: OpenEBS provides copy-on-write snapshots and clones using Kubernetes-native kubectl operations.openebs.io · 1 Oct 2026
Backup: OpenEBS backup and restore works with Velero through OpenEBS Velero plugins and can target AWS S3, GCP Object Storage, or MinIO.openebs.io · 1 Oct 2026
Observability: OpenEBS volumes expose metrics such as IOPS, throughput, latency, and traffic patterns for Prometheus and Grafana monitoring.openebs.io · 1 Oct 2026
Integrations: OpenEBS documents integrations with Prometheus, Grafana, Alert Manager, ELK, Loki, Logstash, Velero, OpenShift, EKS, DigitalOcean, Rancher, MicroK8s, and KubeSphere.openebs.io · 1 Oct 2026
API: OpenEBS exposes declarative APIs through Kubernetes custom resources.openebs.io · 1 Oct 2026
Security: Replicated PV Mayastor supports TLS for its public REST API, while JWT authentication and internal TLS are listed as planned; plaintext communication is the default.openebs.io · 1 Oct 2026
Installation: OpenEBS can be installed with Helm 3.2 or newer, and the default chart installs Local PV Hostpath, Local PV LVM, Local PV ZFS, and Replicated Storage.openebs.io · 1 Oct 2026
Platform limitation: The OpenEBS kubectl plugin is available for Linux.openebs.io · 1 Oct 2026
Support: DataCore offers OpenEBS support services led by program managers and engineers with Certified Kubernetes Administrator and Developer qualifications.datacore.com · 1 Oct 2026
Governance: OpenEBS was originally built by MayaData, donated to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, and is a CNCF sandbox project.openebs.io · 1 Oct 2026
Open source: The OpenEBS homepage describes the project as 100% open source.openebs.io · 1 Oct 2026
Purpose: OpenEBS provides local or distributed persistent volumes for Kubernetes stateful workloads.openebs.io · 2 Oct 2026
Container-native storage: OpenEBS is an open-source implementation of the Container Native Storage pattern and uses Kubernetes to orchestrate volume services.openebs.io · 2 Oct 2026
Replication: Replicated Storage can synchronously replicate volumes across Kubernetes zones for high availability.openebs.io · 2 Oct 2026
Snapshots and clones: Replicated Storage supports instantaneous copy-on-write snapshots and clones managed with standard kubectl commands.openebs.io · 2 Oct 2026
Backup integrations: OpenEBS volume backup and restore works with Velero and object-storage targets including AWS S3, GCP Object Storage and MinIO.openebs.io · 2 Oct 2026
Observability: OpenEBS volumes expose IOPS, throughput, latency and data-pattern metrics for Prometheus and Grafana monitoring.openebs.io · 2 Oct 2026
Installation: OpenEBS can be installed with Helm, and the default chart installs Local PV Hostpath, Local PV LVM, Local PV ZFS and Replicated Storage.openebs.io · 2 Oct 2026
Security: Replicated PV Mayastor REST API TLS is available but security features are opt-in and plaintext communication remains the default.openebs.io · 2 Oct 2026
Encryption: OpenEBS supports data-at-rest encryption for Mayastor disk pools using user-defined AES-XTS keys.openebs.io · 2 Oct 2026
Support: Users can file GitHub issues or ask questions in the Kubernetes Slack #openebs channel.openebs.io · 2 Oct 2026
Audience and use cases: OpenEBS is used for self-managed databases, observability stacks, CI/CD, object storage and scalable websites or ML pipelines on Kubernetes.openebs.io · 2 Oct 2026
Current limitation: Replicated PV Mayastor DiskPools are limited to a single block device and data-encryption keys cannot be rotated.openebs.io · 2 Oct 2026