SwiftStack, the leader in a new breed of object storage, today announced
SwiftStack 4.0,
the latest version of its object storage software with new
customer-driven capabilities that deliver scale and metadata search as
well as plans for file native access and cloud synchronization. These
new features are designed to further simplify and accelerate customer
journeys from traditional file systems to more flexible, scalable cloud
infrastructures.
The new SwiftStack 4.0 software features dramatically increase
operations at scale and provide analytics-ready search integration,
fulfilling object storage's full potential. With its modern scale-out
architecture, SwiftStack in 2016 will introduce universal access to
scale-out object storage as well as synchronization with any Amazon
S3-based public cloud, making it easier for applications, users and
their customers to access data regardless of where it is created.
"The world's business models require the benefits of cloud
infrastructure of some kind for every industry and sector - from life
sciences and digital media to government and enterprise environments,"
said Joe Arnold,
chief product officer and co-founder of SwiftStack. "Organizations
continue to demand storage that is easier to consume and to pay for
storage as they grow. SwiftStack was founded to help customers on this
journey from the infrastructure they've had to the architecture they
need. Our product enhancements in 2016 give them storage for today's
applications and sets them on the path to scale their applications of
tomorrow."
"After years of being dismissed as an archival storage platform,
object-based storage is re-emerging as the technology of choice for
massive cloud storage platforms and media delivery systems as well as
for enterprises that are finally becoming aware of the power and
flexibility that a metadata-rich storage environment can provide. Object
storage such as SwiftStack's latest platform is proving to be the
multi-tool of the modern storage industry, offering the ability to
deliver file and object-based front end capabilities while providing
exceptional data protection, analytics and policy management in the
background," said Steven Hill, 451 Research senior storage analyst.
"Our customers are attracted to the ease of use and simplicity around
our offerings with SwiftStack, and we're seeing a lot of excitement,"
said Gary Hutchins Director of Architecture for VeriStor.
"As data grows at a furious pace, most customers find it difficult and
expensive to increase storage agility and efficiency while keeping cost
down, at or below other offerings. With SwiftStack we can do that, and
the added features in the 4.0 launch will help our customers get even
more benefit from using object storage."
Enterprise private cloud storage with public cloud consumption and simplicity
By taking advantage of greater scale and policy-based data movement,
SwiftStack customers are transforming their private IT infrastructure
with the greater access and cost effectiveness of public cloud.
"Going into our project, we wanted a partner we could continue
working with after the deployment happened. SwiftStack is a leader in
object storage, and when we met them for our project, we left the room
feeling it wasn't a typical vendor meeting. SwiftStack has really taken
care of us, and they know what they are building," said Suchisubhra
Sinha, Infrastructure Architect at Autodesk.
New SwiftStack 4.0 innovations introduced today include:
- Integrated load balancing reduces the need for
expensive dedicated network hardware and minimizes latency and bandwidth
costs while scaling to larger numbers of nodes
- Metadata search increases business value by integrating with third-party indexing and search services to make stored object data analytics-ready
- SwiftStack Drive is an optional desktop client that enables access to cluster data directly from desktops or laptops
- Enhanced management with new IPv6 support, capacity planning and advanced data migration tools
As the use of cloud storage grows, ongoing software releases from
SwiftStack will provide constant access to unstructured data regardless
of how the files are created and as applications evolve. SwiftStack is
currently leading open-source community development efforts to integrate
scale-out file services alongside S3 and Swift-based object APIs,
without the need for additional gateways. The company will also
introduce centralized policies that replicate object data stored
on-premises with any AWS S3-compatible cloud, allowing enterprises to
access and protect data in private and public clouds using the same
methods.