#21 of 25 shared storage platforms for virtualization · Updated October 2026
Virtuozzo Storage review 2026
Virtuozzo Storage (inside Virtuozzo Infrastructure) · Sharp opportunist in a rebrand year
Virtuozzo Storage ranks #21 of 25 shared storage platforms for virtualization in the Virtualization Storage Ledger 2026, with a Ledger Index of 50.3 out of 100. Virtuozzo Storage offers replicas or erasure coding up to 17+3 inside Virtuozzo's own KVM and OpenStack platform, renamed and repriced in 2026.
Scores
Source: Virtualization Storage Ledger 2026, edition 2026-10-16. How each score works: methodology.
Pros
- Resilience and HA4/5
Cons
- Security2/5
- Hypervisor integration2.5/5
- Kubernetes and containers2.5/5
What the Ledger says
Virtuozzo Storage scores on resilience: replicas or erasure coding up to 17+3 across failure domains, with degraded behaviour written down in the admin guide. It scores low on hypervisor integration because it serves the vendor's own KVM and OpenStack hosts, and the only guidance for vSphere is an older iSCSI recommendation. Commercial risk is raised by the 2026 changes: a rename, one pricing model now measured on logical terabytes where it used to be physical, a new CEO and a lifecycle policy that could not be read. A buyer should ask how logical TB is measured before comparing quotes.
Virtuozzo's AI work sits in the platform around the storage: GPU virtualization in 7.0, GPU metering in 7.3 and NVIDIA vGPU 20 support announced with 8.0. The storage layer has no AI-assisted operations and no agent interface beyond the OpenStack APIs.
Capability by area
Buying, lock-in and release record
Buying and licence (commercial risk)(lower is better)
- Price and licence volatility3.5
- New single pricing in 2026 and a move from usable physical TB to logical TB
- Purchase constraints3
- Subscription per core and per TB, storage only inside the platform; a freemium self-install exists
- Channel and access2.5
- Direct sales and an exclusive North American distributor; partner terms and patch access not found
- Owner stability3
- Private with undisclosed investors; new CEO and board changes in 2026 alongside a product re-bundle
- Cost of staying supported3
- Lifecycle policy unread; several lines maintained in parallel
Technical lock-in(lower is better)
- Formats2
- KVM VM disks on Virtuozzo's own distributed storage layout; exports as iSCSI, NFS and S3
- Export path2
- Standard protocols out; no export tool found
- Stack coupling3.5
- Storage is a component of the platform and is no longer positioned standalone
- Hardware / cloud coupling1.5
- Commodity x86 servers; no cloud attach found
- Skills and tooling coupling2.5
- OpenStack plus the Virtuozzo admin panel
Release credibility
- Cadence4
- 7.3.0 (2026-03-31), 7.3.1 (2026-05-15) and 7.4.0 (2026-07-09) with about 20 hotfixes in 2026; 7.1 and 7.2 dates not found; no published rhythm
- Roadmap transparency2
- Advisory index and legacy guides public; new documentation blocked to automated reading; 2026 plans only in press releases
- Say-do3
- Unification announced 2026-02-26, rename delivered with 7.3, pricing detail published only on 2026-10-15; single kernel pending
- Velocity3
- Storage changes are incremental (erasure coding speed, healing dashboard, S3 features); new work is mostly GPU and packaging
- Lifecycle stability2
- Renamed twice in 2026, several minor lines maintained in parallel, lifecycle policy not read
Partners and services
- Partner programme openness2.5
- Distributors and a service-provider focus; programme terms not found
- Multi-tenancy and self-service3.5
- Native multi-tenancy and self-service through OpenStack projects (vendor claim); S3 project tenancy in 7.3 is CLI only
- API and infrastructure-as-code3
- OpenStack APIs and CLI; Terraform through the OpenStack provider is an inference
- Skills and certification1.5
- No training or certification programme found
Alternatives to Virtuozzo Storage
Questions about Virtuozzo Storage
Is Virtuozzo Storage any good?
Virtuozzo Storage ranks #21 of 25 shared storage platforms for virtualization in the Virtualization Storage Ledger 2026, with a Ledger Index of 50.3 out of 100. Its strongest areas are resilience and ha. Its weakest are security, hypervisor integration, kubernetes and containers.
What are the best alternatives to Virtuozzo Storage?
The closest by Ledger Index are simplyblock (51.3), StarWind VSAN (49.1), StorMagic SvSAN (48.6), Blockbridge (52.8).
How is Virtuozzo Storage licensed and sold?
New single pricing in 2026 and a move from usable physical TB to logical TB.
How much lock-in does Virtuozzo Storage bring?
Virtuozzo Storage scores 11.5 out of 25 on technical lock-in (lower is better). Export path: Standard protocols out; no export tool found.
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