QSAN KS1 / KS2 Container Servers

The QSAN KS1 and KS2 are container-native converged nodes — single appliances that run the Kubernetes control plane, host pods, and provide persistent storage in one unit. Running the new KSM operating system, the KS line is a step beyond QSAN's earlier KubeSwift product (which was storage with a CSI driver). KS1 and KS2 are integrated compute-and-storage Kubernetes nodes built for Australian organisations that need on-prem container infrastructure without VMware Tanzu licensing or Nutanix NKP overhead.

KS2 is the enterprise / edge product — "Integrated Container Platform for On-Prem and Edge Computing Cluster". GUI-driven management (no CLI required for daily operations), cluster scale-out up to 8 nodes, enterprise-class data protection from edge to core. The hardware shares manuals with the [XN5 series](/vendors/qsan/products/xn5-series), suggesting the same 26-bay NVMe chassis class. Use cases: regional Kubernetes deployments where managed services (AKS, EKS, GKE) aren't viable due to data sovereignty, on-prem CI/CD pipelines, edge analytics nodes (mining, manufacturing, education), MSPs offering Kubernetes-as-a-Service to clients who want managed infrastructure on-prem.

KS1 is the workgroup / desktop sibling — same KSM software stack, same up-to-8-node cluster scale, smaller form factor and lower price point. Aimed at small DevOps teams and individual developers running HomeLab Kubernetes. Note: the older [KubeSwift](/vendors/qsan/products/kubeswift) product line (KS2204, KS1205) remains in QSAN's catalogue for partners who already have it deployed; new Kubernetes deployments should target the KS1 / KS2 line. In the Australian channel, KS2 lands at noticeably lower price points than Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift, HPE GreenLake for Containers, or Nutanix NX-series with NKP.