Portworx adds OpenShift console controls for data recovery

Everpure has introduced new Portworx features for Red Hat OpenShift users, bringing storage and data management functions into the OpenShift console.

The update centres on Portworx Plugin 2.2 for Red Hat OpenShift, which allows teams to manage storage, data protection and disaster recovery from within the platform's interface instead of through command-line tools. The changes are aimed at organisations running AI workloads, containers and virtual machines on Kubernetes-based infrastructure.

The plugin also works with Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management, enabling users to orchestrate disaster recovery for virtual machines and containers across multiple sites through a single management view.

Edge support

Everpure also said Portworx for Edge is supported on Red Hat OpenShift at the Edge. The product is designed for smaller Kubernetes deployments at remote or distributed sites, supporting clusters of two to five nodes with automated data protection and encryption.

The announcement reflects continued demand among large organisations for tools that reduce the operational divide between traditional virtual machine environments and container-based applications. Vendors have increasingly focused on integrating storage, backup and recovery tools into Kubernetes platforms as businesses move a broader mix of workloads, including AI systems, across cloud, on-premises and edge environments.

Greg Muscarella, General Manager of Portworx, outlined the rationale for the move. "Enterprises shouldn't have to juggle separate platforms for VMs and containers as they scale existing applications and emerging workloads like AI and edge," he said. "Portworx and Red Hat simplify this challenge by enabling enterprises to manage Portworx storage and disaster recovery capabilities from within the OpenShift UI. Together, Red Hat and Everpure deliver a single, powerful platform for all their workloads at scale."

Unified management

Red Hat described the integration as part of a broader push to make OpenShift the operational layer for a range of enterprise applications across hybrid environments.

"Red Hat OpenShift is at the core of modern enterprise transformation, delivering a hybrid application platform that can manage any workload across any environment with consistency," said Steve Gordon, Senior Director of Product Management for Hybrid Cloud Platforms at Red Hat. "By bringing Portworx's comprehensive data management, including storage, protection, and disaster recovery, directly into the Red Hat OpenShift console, we are providing a unified experience for customers to accelerate their infrastructure modernization and confidently run AI, containers, and VMs at scale."

Product rollout

The new functions are available immediately through Portworx Enterprise 3.6, Portworx Plugin 2.2 for Red Hat OpenShift and Portworx Backup 2.11. Pricing was not disclosed.

For technology buyers, the significance lies less in a standalone product launch than in how infrastructure software is being packaged for operations teams. Kubernetes has become a common layer for containerised software, but many businesses still manage storage, protection and recovery through separate tools or specialist interfaces, particularly where virtual machines remain in use alongside newer cloud-native applications.

Bringing those controls into the OpenShift console could reduce the number of systems administrators must switch between when handling routine tasks or responding to outages. It also points to a broader industry effort to make disaster recovery and data governance more visible within application platforms rather than leaving them as back-end disciplines managed in isolation.

Edge computing is another part of that shift. Businesses in sectors such as retail, manufacturing and logistics often run small clusters in branch or field locations where data must stay local for operational or regulatory reasons. Support for compact two-to-five-node Kubernetes clusters suggests Everpure is targeting those deployments, where conventional storage management products can be harder to justify or operate.

The partnership also underlines Red Hat's importance as a route to market for infrastructure software suppliers seeking enterprise customers standardising on OpenShift. By embedding in that console, vendors can position their software closer to day-to-day platform administration and potentially reduce the complexity of adopting additional data services.