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Nirvana Accelerated Block Storage (ABS) is Live

Sustained IOPS for Always-Hot Blockchain Data

Nirvana Accelerated Block Storage (ABS) is officially live.

ABS is a high-performance, crypto-tuned block storage layer built for always-hot blockchain data, delivering sustained IOPS, high throughput, high availability, and predictable costs for I/O-intensive Web3 workloads.

As a core pillar of the Nirvana Cloud, ABS completes our compute, storage, and networking cloud stack, delivering a performance cloud designed for continuous execution at Web3 scale.

TL;DR

Sustained IOPS: 20,000 baseline (unlimited) IOPS with 600,000 burst;
Latency: sub ms (~0.3 to 1.5 ms)
Throughput: Up to ~1.6 GB/s writes with strong sustained reads.
Parallel read/write operations with near zero queue depth.
Scalability: 32 GB to 4 Petabytes
Access: Node-level colocation in major hubs (i.e Silicon Valley)
P99 latency guarantees and durability, without fluctuation during usage spikes.

The Challenge: Web3 Workloads Is Always Hot

The cloud was designed over 20 years ago for bursty, shared workloads. Web2 applications spike briefly, then cool down. This assumption shaped everything: shared infrastructure, burst credits, and statistical performance guarantees.

Blockchains don’t behave this way.

Blocks keep coming. State keeps growing. Nodes, indexers, archives, and observability stacks operate under continuous load for hours or days at a time, with no recovery window.

When traditional cloud storage is pushed into this environment, burst credits drain, I/O limits are hit, and performance degrades — not because the workload changed, but because the architecture was never designed for sustained execution.

ABS is built for this reality by default.

What is Accelerated Block Storage (ABS)?

ABS is a high-performance, crypto-tuned block storage layer for always-hot blockchain data.

It delivers sustained IOPS via highly available storage decoupled from compute, while remaining tightly integrated with Nirvana’s bare-metal compute and private network. The result is a storage layer that stays fast under continuous load and scales naturally with blockchain growth.

ABS: Stay fast under load

1. Always-Hot Data with Sustained I/O

Most storage systems perform well briefly, then degrade once load becomes continuous. Queues grow, throughput falls, and latency rises, not due to workload spikes, but due to time-based throttling and shared contention.

ABS is engineered to stay fast under sustained pressure.

20K baseline IOPS, indefinitely
600K+ burst capacity with no metering
Up to ~1.6 GB/s sustained read/write throughput
No performance cliffs, or gradual degradation

2. Storage That Scales with Blockchain Data

Blockchain data never stops growing. Storage shouldn’t impose artificial ceilings.

ABS scales seamlessly from 32 GB to 4 PB+, with no hardware changes or downtime. It supports large archives, ClickHouse and Postgres clusters, OpenSearch, and ETL pipelines without re-architecture or disruption.

3. Predictable Costs Without Burst-Credit Economics

Traditional cloud storage charges separately for performance. IOPS and throughput are metered, capped, or time-limited.

ABS uses flat, TB-based pricing with performance included. Sustained IOPS are available by default, so always-on blockchain workloads run at stable, predictable cost even under continuous I/O pressure.

4. High Availability by Design

ABS is built as highly available, shared block storage, decoupled from individual machines.

Data is never tied to a specific server. If a node fails or scales, workloads can migrate instantly without rebuilds or data loss. This eliminates host-level I/O ceilings and single-server failure domains, enabling fast recovery and consistent availability.

Performance per Dollar

Nirvana ABS delivers significantly better performance per dollar under sustained load. It’s up to

20× faster than gp3 at 60%+ lower cost, and
~1.5× faster than io2 while being over 80% cheaper.

With no burst credits or throttling, ABS offers flat, predictable pricing built for always-on blockchain workloads.

Performance Highlights

When paired with Nirvana’s node-level colocation, ABS delivers one of the tightest data paths in Web3.

Latency: sub ms (~0.3–1.5 ms)
Throughput: ~1.6 GB/s writes, 260–380 MB/s sustained, ~600 MB/s reads
IOPS: 20K baseline (unlimited), 600K+ burst
Queue depth: near zero under sustained load
Scale: 32 GB to 4 PB+

Ideal for: nodes, indexers, MPC engines, rollups, observability stacks, and multi-chain data platforms.

Rebuilding the cloud from the metal up

Modern Web3 workloads don't stop.

It needs a cloud built on dedicated resources, designed for sustained I/O, and organized around blockchain nodes and their supporting systems - not retrofitted abstractions from Web2.

Nirvana ABS is that storage layer.

ABS is live today.
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