Diamanti appliance is purpose-built for containerized applications that combines the ease of hyperconverged infrastructure with the unparalleled performance and efficiency of bare-metal containers. Diamanti addresses the unique requirements of containerized applications, ensuring network interoperability and persistent storage. Diamanti virtualizes network and storage for containers using a built-in PCIe converged I/O controller in every appliance to guarantee application performance without code changes or customization. The PCIe architecture delivers order-of-magnitude latency improvement compared with traditional shared-storage systems and software overlays.