SUSE today announced the general availability of
SUSE
Enterprise Storage 2, the latest version of its self-managing,
self-healing, distributed software-based storage solution for enterprise
customers. SUSE Enterprise Storage 2 is the first and only Ceph-based
solution with heterogeneous operating system support,
giving customers the ability to deploy software-defined storage with
less cost. SUSE is also collaborating with partners to bring SUSE
Enterprise Storage to devices powered by 64-bit ARM technology.
"Software-defined
storage promises to change the economics of enterprise storage
infrastructures," said Roger Cox, research vice president, Data Center
Convergence, at Gartner. "Software-defined
storage addresses the complexity associated with legacy-branded
integrated ECB (external controller-based) storage by delivering
flexibility, simplicity and lower total cost of ownership."
Powered by Ceph,
SUSE Enterprise Storage 2
is a highly scalable and resilient software-based storage solution that
enables organizations to build cost-efficient storage using commodity
off-the-shelf servers and disk drives. SUSE Enterprise Storage 2
supports iSCSI in multipath configurations, enabling
block storage across operating systems and environments including
Linux, UNIX and Windows. Version 2 also adds at-rest data encryption to
increase security for physical assets.
"SUSE's
leadership as the first to provide heterogeneous OS support is an
indicator of our commitment to solving issues customers actually face,"
said Ralf Flaxa, SUSE vice president of engineering.
"With the majority of enterprises planning to adopt software-defined
storage in the next few years, it is emerging as the method of choice
for companies looking for cost-effective,
enterprise-grade storage. SUSE Enterprise Storage provides the best of
the Ceph project, tested and supported for enterprise customers."
SUSE
engineers worked with independent server manufacturer Thomas-Krenn.AG to
develop a series of thoroughly tested, cost-effective turnkey
software-defined storage appliances for midmarket
customers. From entry level to performance or capacity-optimized
solutions, SUSE Enterprise Storage 2 combined with Thomas-Krenn's
hardware gives customers more choice and flexibility.
Dr. David
Hoeflmayr, CEO of Thomas-Krenn.AG, said, "More and more midmarket
companies recognize the value of software-defined storage as a remedy
for their exploding storage costs, so we
are excited about the opportunity to be the first to market with a
series of SDS appliances based on SUSE Enterprise Storage 2."
SUSE
Enterprise Storage is available as an option with SUSE OpenStack Cloud
or as a stand-alone storage solution. For more information, visit www.suse.com/storage.
Pricing and availability information can be found at www.suse.com/products/suse-enterprise-storage/how-to-buy.
Partner Collaboration on ARM for SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE is
collaborating with several partners to bring SUSE Enterprise Storage to
devices powered by 64-bit ARM technology. This collaboration brings
hardware-platform choice for software-defined
storage to enterprise and hyper-scale customers. Partners expect to
ship solutions in the first quarter of 2016.
Cavium Vice
President and General Manager, Data Center Processor Group, Gopal Hegde:
"Cavium is pleased to work with SUSE and our joint
partner, StackVelocity, a business unit
of Jabil Inc., to validate and optimize SUSE Enterprise Storage on
ThunderXTM, Cavium's 48-core ARMv8-based Workload Optimized Processor for
next-generation data centers and cloud. Cavium and SUSE have been
collaborating since 2014 to ensure that cloud applications
such as Ceph running on SUSE seamlessly integrate with and are
optimized for ThunderX SOC. StackVelocity is delivering industry-leading
hyperscale server platforms based on ThunderX. The joint development
between Cavium, SUSE and StackVelocity will result
in solutions which perform and scale well for both enterprise and
hyperscale environments."
SoftIron CEO
Norman Fraser: "The ARMv8 platform from AMD represents a unique
opportunity to build scalable and power-conscious storage solutions, so
SoftIron has been working with SUSE to validate
the 64-bit ARM platform from AMD for Ceph storage deployments. Our
efforts with SUSE involve collaborative testing and tuning activities as
we work to provide a solution that is ready for businesses of any
size."
StackVelocity
Vice President Dan Fitzpatrick: "StackVelocity is pleased to
collaborate with SUSE to validate SUSE Enterprise Storage on 64-bit ARM
solutions from Cavium. SUSE has shown consistent
engineering excellence through our joint design and testing of this
architecture. The result will be the delivery of integrated large-scale
solutions with predictable performance."