New release of Red Hat Storage Server now fully supports OpenStack,
raises the bar in performance, scalability and manageability
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red
Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, today announced the general availability of a new release of
Red Hat Storage to help enterprise customers further realize the true
potential of deploying an open software-defined storage solution without
compromising on enterprise grade capabilities, performance, and
manageability. Also announced today is the new Red
Hat Storage Test Drives on AWS to give enterprise customers a free
hands-on experience with Red Hat Storage Server on Amazon Web Services
(AWS).
The pronounced shift in enterprise storage infrastructure has been
caused by the movement to cloud, explosive growth of unstructured data
and big data applications. Capacity requirements have climbed from
terabytes to petabytes and enterprises need an agile and cost-effective
approach to support this unprecedented data growth.1
IDC has determined that Red Hat's approach to scale-out storage can
present a significant value. In a recently published IDC white paper,
sponsored by Red Hat, on the Economics
of Software-based Storage, IDC states Red Hat open software-defined
storage servers can generate up to 52 percent in storage system savings
and an additional 20 percent in operational savings.2
Red Hat Storage Server 2.1 combines the reliability and enterprise-grade
features of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 with the latest GlusterFS
community release, oVirt, the open source virtualization platform, and
XFS File System to deliver the next generation of open software-defined
storage. Red Hat Storage Server 2.1 is designed and rigorously tested to
meet exacting performance and scale demands for enterprise storage
workloads and lays the data foundation for cloud and big data
applications.
Highlights of the new features of Red Hat Storage Server 2.1 include:
Comprehensive OpenStack Support
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Customers benefit from access to the full private cloud stack with Red
Hat Storage Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
that is integrated, engineered, and supported by a single vendor.
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Integration with the latest OpenStack release with object storage
capabilities are now accessible using the Object Storage (Swift) API
layer in the OpenStack Grizzly release.
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Storage back-end for OpenStack's Block Storage (Cinder) and Image
Service (Glance).
Geo-Replication Performance for Data Protection
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Geographical replication technology enhances global data protection
and availability by providing timely replication of vast amounts of
unstructured data over a WAN link to a disaster recovery site to
support stringent data recovery objectives. Internal Red Hat testing
demonstrated a 38 times increase in performance compared to existing
versions of Red Hat Storage.
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Geo-replication also enables proactive fault handling through
integrated monitoring and deep insight into the health of replication
operations.
Enhanced Interoperability and Security for Microsoft® Windows®
Workloads
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Full Server Message Block (SMB) 2.0 protocol compatibility,
integration, and support for Microsoft Active Directory™ and
performance enhancements make Red Hat Storage a compelling choice for
Microsoft Windows file serving, sharing, and enterprise "synch and
share" capabilities. Internal Red Hat testing resulted in three times
the performance with SMB 2.0 and enhanced Active Directory when
compared to SMB 1.0.
New Server Management & Supportability Capabilities
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Red Hat Satellite integration to easily install, provision, and
maintain Red Hat Storage Servers and provide a solution to enterprises
requiring absolute control over and privacy of the maintenance and
package deployments.
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Updated technology preview of Red Hat Storage Console provides greater
functionality and flexibility for managing the entire Red Hat Storage
cluster lifecycle.
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Red Hat Customer Portal integration with Red Hat Storage Console
enables customers to access relevant support information,
knowledgebase articles, technology briefs, videos, and other assets.
In addition, Red Hat offers the Storage Server Administration course to
teach storage administrators and system administrators how to install,
configure, and maintain a cluster of Red Hat Storage Servers with a
focus on high availability with CIFS/SMB and NFS using CTDB, unified
file and object storage and geo-replication. Red Hat also offers the Red
Hat Certificate of Expertise in Hybrid Cloud Storage which is earned by
passing a rigorous, hands-on exam in these same areas.
Virtual Event and Announcement Webcast
To learn more about this announcement and to hear from Red Hat
executives and partners about Red Hat Storage 2.1, join Red Hat for its
"Storage for the Modern Data Center" virtual launch event beginning at
11:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. The keynote and presentations
will also be available on demand following the live event. To register
for and join the live event or to access the on-demand replay content,
visit https://vts.inxpo.com/Launch/QReg.htm?ShowKey=15453.
For more information about the event and its agenda visit www.redhat.com/virtual/storage.
Supporting Quotes
Ranga Rangachari, vice president and general manager, Red Hat Storage
"Red Hat Storage continues to work to redefine and revolutionize the way
enterprises manage their unstructured data, while setting the open
source standard for software-defined storage. The new features in Red
Hat Storage servers are designed to help customers optimize business
continuity service levels, drive business agility, and further simplify
and improve operational efficiency across private, public, and open
hybrid clouds."
Iain Gray, vice president, Services, Red Hat
"The new Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Hybrid Cloud Storage
provides a credential that validates a technology professional's skills
and knowledge in setting up, fine-tuning and deploying flexible,
scalable and reliable software-defined storage solutions using Red Hat
Storage Server. Similar to all other Red Hat certifications and
Certificates of Expertise, technology professionals earn this credential
by passing a rigorous, hands-on exam in which real-world skills and
knowledge must be applied."
Katsumi Nagata, board director and executive director, Technology and
Engineering Division, NTT Plala Inc.
"We provide a wide range of entertainment services, such as TV channels,
Video on Demand (VOD), music, and games on the cloud. It is important
for us to choose appropriate storage for each service offering. Red Hat
Storage delivers high availability and scalability with low cost, which
takes advantage of GlusterFS technology. We are thus able to build
robust platforms to meet the requirements of service providers."
Dan Bretherton, High Performance Computing manager, Department of
Meteorology, University of Reading
"My priorities are to ensure not only that the department can store
hundreds of terabytes of research data efficiently and securely, but
that good performance is maintained as the I/O load from our growing
compute cluster increases. When I started talking to Red Hat, I received
the assurances I needed that the challenges I'd experienced with
managing scale-out NAS could be solved. I also knew I'd get the extra
help I needed from Red Hat to fine-tune the product for our academic,
data-intensive HPC environment."
Jeff Echols, senior director, Product Marketing and Business
Development, CommVault
"Red Hat's innovative approach runs parallel to CommVault's Solving
Forward vision to deliver a modern approach to data management. The
integration of CommVault Simpana 10 software with Red Hat Storage server
2.1 delivers an enterprise-class, scale-out backup and archive solution
that increases resiliency and up-time to the business — all from a
single software platform."
John Gromala, senior director, Hyperscale Server Product Management,
HP
"HP has a long history of working with Red Hat to provide the platform
infrastructure for leading, open-source based solutions and has
continued this collaboration to deliver a compelling scale-out storage
solution for big data workloads. For organizations looking for a
solution to manage growing amounts of data in a cost-effective fashion,
Red Hat Storage running on HP ProLiant® SL4500 Gen8 servers offers
greater scalability, high performance and volume economics for storage
of unstructured data."
Bev Crair, General Manager, Storage Division, Intel Corporation
"Intel and Red Hat have a long-standing collaboration to bring
innovative open source solutions to our customers. We share a vision for
software-defined storage and its ability to enable more scalable,
automated, and cost-effective data center infrastructure. Intel® Xeon®
and AtomTM processor-based servers, together with
Red Hat Storage Server 2.1, provides enterprise customers with the
intelligent, agile and efficient platform required to effectively
support today's cloud and data center workloads."
Charles Liang, president and CEO of Supermicro
"Supermicro's leadership in server and storage solutions is based on
technology innovation coupled with an extraordinarily wide selection of
high performance, energy efficient, server building block solutions. Our
collaborative efforts with Red Hat extend our platform advantages
offering customers unprecedented economic advantages with best-in-class
open software-defined storage solutions. With the launch of Red Hat
Storage 2.1, our integrated, Red Hat certified solutions address a range
of new and emerging workload needs including backup and archive,
enterprise drop box, backend video processing applications, and more."
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1 November 2012, IDC #238044, Volume: 1 Executive
Information: Top 10 Predictions, download here
2 IDC White Paper, sponsored by Red Hat, The Economics of
Software-based Storage, July 2013, download here
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