# Cloud Native Storage - [OpenEBS](https://openebs.io/) extends the benefits of software-defined storage to cloud native through the container attached approach. - [StorageOS](https://storageos.com/) - [Rook](https://rook.io/) - [Longhorn](https://longhorn.io/) - [thenewstack.io: Rancher Donates its ‘Longhorn’ Kubernetes Persistent Storage Software to CNCF](https://thenewstack.io/rancher-donates-its-longhorn-kubernetes-persistent-storage-software-to-cncf/) Gluser and Ceph were “designed to be run by some storage admin. In the Kubernetes world, a lot of these things tend to be deployed by DevOps teams, so (the storage layer) needs to be a lot more lightweight and a lot simpler.” — Rancher Labs CEO Sheng Liang. ## OpenShift Container Storage - [State of OpenShift Container Storage](https://www.openshift.com/blog/state-of-openshift-container-storage-eran-tamir-and-duncan-hardie-red-hat)