SwiftStack 2.0 Accelerates Enterprise Object Storage Adoption - Seite 2

Software Defined Storage Controller: SwiftStack 2.0's software defined storage (SDS) Controller provides improved visibility and control into a storage system even when it spans multiple data centers. The enhanced user interface enables operators to manage and scale their storage environment from a single "pane of glass." This creates a cohesive SDS platform to orchestrate upgrades, utilization reporting and gain key insights into how the storage systems are performing.

Enterprise Authentication Integration: The SwiftStack 2.0 object storage platform provides easy plug-and-play integration with enterprise management systems such as LDAP and Active Directory, providing seamless secure, authenticated access to their object storage, easily.

Global Data Distribution: In SwiftStack 2.0, data can be distributed across multiple regions in a single cluster which reduces latency for data access and ingest while providing high availability. This eliminates the drag on applications with global storage footprints making them much more flexible, and provides a much better user experience. Customers are not required to spend additional budget on two identical systems dedicated exclusively to disaster recovery.

Flexible Storage Policies: With SwiftStack 2.0, IT will have unprecedented freedom to provide the storage services their users and applications need. IT can deploy storage policies that segment across geographically dispersed data centers, different storage hardware performance or by number of replicas. This simplifies and consolidates different tiers of storage under a single storage system -- simplifying management and lowering costs of overall storage infrastructure.

Heterogeneous Hardware Support: IT can now get the most out of their capital investments while also making users as productive as possible. IT can build a durable, scalable object storage system while utilizing hardware from multiple vendors -- mixing storage node density and even storage device size. The appropriate amount of data is distributed across all available capacity turning a multitude of disparate hardware into a cohesive storage system.

"Object storage is ideal for applications at eBay. Software-defined storage powered by open source technology provides the best value by leveraging commodity infrastructure. SwiftStack and Swift are key to our object storage roadmap," said Russ McElroy, Manager, Storage Engineering and Strategy, eBay Inc. "SwiftStack's products and expertise have been key to our ability to scale eBay to the multi-petabyte level. Not only can we control how our storage is configured, but our storage platforms can be consolidated, so it's easier to manage and scale our data."