This document provides the supported platform and compatibility details for RackWare SWIFT. It helps users understand which Kubernetes platforms, OpenShift versions, cloud environments, and operating systems are supported for SWIFT. The purpose of this support matrix is to help you verify environment compatibility before starting SWIFT deployment, migration, replication, backup, or disaster recovery activities.
Please review the supported matrix carefully before planning or deploying SWIFT in your environment.
Support Matrix for SWIFT
1. Supported Operating Systems
SWIFT supports the following Linux distributions:
| Category | Supported Operating System |
| Linux OS | CentOS 9 Stream |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9 | |
| Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) 9 |
2. On-Premises Kubernetes / OpenShift Platforms
SWIFT supports the following container orchestration platforms.
| Platform Type | From Version | Up to Version |
| Kubernetes | 1.14 | 1.35 |
| Rancher Kubernetes RKE | 1.14 | 1.35 |
| VMware Vsphere | 6.5 | |
| Redhat OpenShift | 4.5 | 4.21 |
3. Cloud Kubernetes / OpenShift Platforms
SWIFT supports major public cloud Kubernetes services, including:
| Cloud Provider | Kubernetes / OpenShift Service | Version Supported | Migration | DR | Multi-Cloud Migration | Registry Replication | Dynamic DR Provisioning |
| AWS | Amazon EKS | 1.14-1.35 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Google Cloud | Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) | 1.14-1.35 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Azure | Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) | 1.14-1.35 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Oracle Cloud | Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE) | 1.14-1.35 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| IBM Cloud | IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service (IKS) | 1.14-1.35 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Red Hat | ROSA, ARO, OpenShift on Cloud, OpenShift on OCI | 4.5-4.21 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Linode | Linode Kubernetes Engine | 1.14-1.35 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Huawei Cloud | Cloud Container Engine (CCE) | 1.14-1.35 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
4. Image Registry Support
Supported Container Image Registries
| Cloud / Vendor | Supported Image Registry |
| AWS | Amazon ECR |
| Oracle | Oracle Container Image Registry (OCIR) |
| Microsoft Azure | Azure Container Registry (ACR) |
| Docker | Docker hub |
| Huawei | Huawei Container Registry |
5. Artifact Registry Support
Supported Artifact Registries
| Platform | Supported Registry |
| Google cloud | Google Artifact Registry (GAR) |
6. Platform Certifications
SWIFT is officially certified by:
| Certified By | Certification scope |
| Redhat | OpenShift & Enterprise Linux |
| OCI | Oracle Cloud |
| Microsoft Azure | Azure Kubernetes & Platform Validation |
| Rancher RKE | Rancher Kubernetes Platform |
These certifications ensure platform-level validation for enterprise-grade reliability.
8. SWIFT Storage Compatibility Matrix (Source Platforms)
The storage support matrix listed below applies to the source-side storage platforms. On the target side, SWIFT is generally forward compatible with supported deployment environments.
Note: However, target storage class is important for Disaster Recovery (DR) policies where fallback operations may be required. During fallback, the target environment becomes the source environment. Therefore, the target storage should also be from the supported storage list to avoid issues during DR fallback operations.
Supported Cloud and On-Prem Storage Platforms
| Platform | Supported Storage Types | Known Provisioners / CSI Drivers |
| Google GKE / OpenShift (Dedicated) | GCP Block Storage (CSI & non-CSI) GCP Cloud Object Storage | pd.csi.storage.gke.io, kubernetes.io/gce-pd |
| Azure AKS / OpenShift (ARO) | Azure Block Storage (CSI & non-CSI) Azure File Storage (CSI & non-CSI) Azure Cloud Object Storage | disk.csi.azure.com, file.csi.azure.com, kubernetes.io/azure-disk, kubernetes.io/azure-file |
| Amazon EKS / OpenShift (Dedicated) | Amazon EBS (CSI) Amazon EFS (CSI) FSx for Lustre (CSI) GP2 (All variants) AWS Cloud Object Storage | ebs.csi.aws.com, efs.csi.aws.com, fsx.csi.aws.com, kubernetes.io/aws-ebs |
| DigitalOcean Kubernetes | DigitalOcean Block Storage (CSI) | dobs.csi.digitalocean.com |
| Linode Kubernetes Engine | Linode Block Storage (CSI & non-CSI) | linodebs.csi.linode.com |
| Oracle Cloud (OKE) | Oracle Block Storage (CSI & non-CSI) Oracle Cloud Object Storage | blockvolume.csi.oraclecloud.com |
| IBM Kubernetes Service / OpenShift Cloud | IBM Cloud Block Storage (VPC & Classic) IBM Cloud Classic File Storage IBM Cloud Object Storage | vpc.block.csi.ibm.io, ibm.io/ibmc-file |
| Huawei Cloud | Huawei EVS Disks (CSI & non-CSI) Huawei SFS (CSI) Huawei SFS Turbo (CSI & non-CSI) Huawei Object Storage (CSI) | everest-csi-provisioner, disk.csi.everest.io |
| NFS-Based Storage | NFS Storage (CSI & non-CSI) | nfs.csi.k8s.io, kubernetes.io/nfs |
| Other Kubernetes / OpenShift Storage | OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF) Ceph Rancher Longhorn VMware Storage (NFS, VMFS, CSI, Flex) Any CSI-based storage with snapshot support | openshift-storage.rbd.csi.ceph.com, openshift-storage.cephfs.csi.ceph.com, rbd.csi.ceph.com |