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April 17, 2026 7:16 pm

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The New Migration Readiness Assessment in Your Journey to SUSE Virtualization

The SUSE Virtualization: Migration Readiness Assessment is a Predefined Consulting Service designed to assist with the transition from VMware environments to a unified, hyperconverged SUSE Virtualization platform through a formal assessment methodology. By leveraging SUSE’s technical expertise to audit existing vSphere inventory, network topologies, and storage architectures, the service provides organizations with a readiness […]

Categories: SUSE Consulting Services, SUSE Storage, SUSE Training, SUSE Virtualization, SUSECON

By: Ivan Tarin

March 24, 2026 12:00 am

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10x More Powerful Cloud Native Storage, Fully Open Source, and Ready to Transform

What is Kubernetes persistent storage Persistent storage enables Kubernetes workloads such as databases, AI pipelines, and enterprise applications to retain data reliably across distributed environments. Cloud-native storage solutions provide scalable and resilient block storage for containerised infrastructure. Persistent storage has long been one of the hardest problems in Kubernetes. Teams successfully modernize applications with containers […]

Categories: Containers, Kubernetes, Rancher Kubernetes, Rancher Kubernetes Engine (RKE), SUSE Blog, SUSE Storage

By: swu@suse.com

January 21, 2026 6:15 am

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Limit Volume Replica Actual Space Usage

Overview Prerequisite Why a volume replica's actual space usage can be greater than the spec size How to rely on existing volume settings to limit the space usage Why snapshot deletion and purge will consume extra space Ideal Case If we choose snapshot max count for volume If we choose snapshot max size for volume […]

Categories: Kubernetes, Rancher Blog, SUSE Blog, SUSE Storage

By: Phan Le

December 12, 2025 2:21 am

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UBLK Frontend Support for SUSE Storage (Longhorn) v2 Data Engine

Longhorn’s v2 data engine (SPDK-based) can expose volumes as Linux block devices using different frontends. By default, v2 volumes use NVMe-oF, but you can also choose the UBLK frontend, which exposes a v2 volume as a local block device using the Linux ublk driver plus SPDK’s ublk framework. Prereqs (and a quick warning) […]

Categories: Kubernetes, SUSE Blog, SUSE Storage

By: Chin-Ya Huang

November 13, 2025 1:32 am

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Introducing longhornctl: The Command-Line Interface for SUSE Storage

Why a CLI? In the world of Kubernetes storage, reliability is essential — but flexibility and automation are what make a system shine. SUSE Storage already provides a powerful UI and a CRD-driven control plane. Yet for routine operations like troubleshooting, installation prep, or maintenance, many users still find themselves editing YAMLs, navigating the UI, […]

Categories: Kubernetes, Products, SUSE Blog, SUSE Storage, Website

By: Ivan Tarin

November 11, 2025 12:00 am

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Escape proprietary VMs with cloud native virtualization, introducing Advanced Networking flexibility & security

At KubeCon North America 2025, we’re proud to unveil SUSE Virtualization Advanced Networking Preview, introducing NSX-like capabilities powered by Kube-OVN, and supported by over 7 enterprise CSI storage partners. Expanding your choice with Advanced Networking Preview, software-defined networking flexibility, and new NSX-like capabilities through an open, cloud native platform. Built on Kube-OVN, this SUSE […]

Categories: Ceph, Channel Partner, Cloud Computing, Cloud-native Transformation, Containers, DevOps, Digital Transformation, Featured Content, Fujitsu, Hitachi, HPE, Hybrid Cloud IT, IBM, Intel, Kubernetes, Lenovo, Oracle, Partners, Rancher Kubernetes, SUSE Blog, SUSE Hybrid, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, SUSE Storage, SUSE Virtualization, Technology & Software, Virtualization, VMware, Website

By: Phan Le

September 8, 2025 8:01 pm

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Backup Applications with SUSE Storage (Longhorn) V2 Volumes using Velero

Overview Setup SUSE Storage (Longhorn) Setup Velero Deploy Application with Longhorn V2 volume Deploy the application Generate some data Backup Restore Restore to different cluster and different storage provider Conclusion Overview When running stateful applications on Kubernetes with Longhorn as the storage provider, a common requirement is the ability to back up the entire application […]

Categories: Kubernetes, SUSE Blog, SUSE Storage

By: Meike Chabowski

August 13, 2025 2:12 pm

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Persistent Block Storage for Kubernetes: SUSE Storage, powered by Longhorn

This article was written by Sushant Gaurav, Technical Engineer Writer at the SUSE Documentation Team. When you run applications on Kubernetes, you need persistent storage. This storage retains data even if a pod restarts, crashes, or reschedules to another node. Kubernetes manages this through Persistent Volumes (PVs) and Persistent Volume Claims (PVCs), which allow applications […]

Categories: Cloud-native Transformation, Kubernetes, Rancher Kubernetes, SUSE Documentation, SUSE Storage, Technical Solutions

By: Ivan Tarin

July 24, 2025 7:13 pm

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SUSE Storage Joins SUSE Application Collection Ushering a New Era of Enterprise Software

We’re excited to share that SUSE Storage is now available on SUSE Application Collection. It’s the first SUSE-developed commercial application in the collection and marks a major step in how we deliver SUSE Cloud Native software to enterprise customers. With this release, it becomes faster and easier for platform teams to deploy production-grade […]

Categories: Containers, Digital Transformation, Interoperability, Kubernetes, Products, Rancher Blog, Rancher Kubernetes, SUSE Storage, SUSE Virtualization, Virtualization, Website

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The New Migration Readiness Assessment in Your Journey to SUSE Virtualization

10x More Powerful Cloud Native Storage, Fully Open Source, and Ready to Transform

Limit Volume Replica Actual Space Usage

UBLK Frontend Support for SUSE Storage (Longhorn) v2 Data Engine

Introducing longhornctl: The Command-Line Interface for SUSE Storage

Escape proprietary VMs with cloud native virtualization, introducing Advanced Networking flexibility & security

Backup Applications with SUSE Storage (Longhorn) V2 Volumes using Velero

Persistent Block Storage for Kubernetes: SUSE Storage, powered by Longhorn

SUSE Storage Joins SUSE Application Collection Ushering a New Era of Enterprise Software

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