Red Hat announced the release of Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4.5, which delivers Kubernetes-based data services for modern, cloud-native applications across the open hybrid cloud. Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4.5 enables a more seamless data services architecture for applications and also it is tightly integrated with Red Hat OpenShift container Platform. New version of Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage offers a new external mode deployment option with Red Hat Ceph Storage.
Expanded workload support for data at rest

Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4.5 provides benefits of highly available persistent storage, including shared read-write-many (RWX) block access for enhanced performance and a single, integrated, storage solution for both containers and virtual machines. Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4.5 is able to support data types commonly used in container-based applications, all within a single control plane. It reduces the complexity and increasing choice for customers. Mike Piech, vice president and general manager, cloud storage and data services, Red Hat said,
“As organizations continue to modernize cloud-native applications, an essential part of their transformation is understanding how to unlock the power of data these applications are generating. With Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4.5, and its unparalleled integration with OpenShift, we’ve taken a significant step forward in our mission to make enterprise data accessible, resilient and actionable to applications across the open hybrid cloud.”