DigitalOcean,
provider of the cloud computing platform designed for developers, today
released Block Storage, the number one product request from customers.
Block Storage is a highly available and scalable SSD-based offering that
will enable developers to easily attach extra disk space to
DigitalOcean Droplets (cloud servers). DigitalOcean's Block Storage
costs $0.10/GB per month and is based on provisioned capacity only,
therefore there is no need for complicated formulas to determine the
overall cost for transactions or IOPs limit.
DigitalOcean was founded in 2011 with the mission to simplify the
complexities of infrastructure by offering one simple and robust
platform for developers to easily launch and scale their applications.
The company has taken a "developer first" mentality and is now evolving
its platform to further support the business needs of the developer.
DigitalOcean has become the second largest and fastest growing cloud
computing platform in the total number of public facing apps and
websites, according to Netcraft. More than 700,000 registered customers
have launched more than 18 million Droplets combined on DigitalOcean,
nearly doubling from 10 million six months ago.
"We set out on a mission to build a simple and robust cloud computing
platform so that engineering teams can spend less time configuring and
automating their infrastructure and more time focused on software
development," said Ben Uretsky, co-founder and CEO, DigitalOcean. "By
adding a highly performant Block Storage offering to our platform,
developers can easily deploy and manage their SaaS applications and
businesses as they scale. This is one step closer to building the next
generation platform."
The Easiest Way for Developers to Attach and Scale Storage to Support Their Businesses and Applications
Block Storage is a complementary product to DigitalOcean's Droplets,
which provide compute power and local storage, by making them more
expandable and flexible. By attaching Block Storage to DigitalOcean
Droplets via the control panel or API, developers can achieve the
following benefits:
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High Availability:
Block Storage stores data on hardware that is separated from the
Droplet, replicating it multiple times across different racks and
reducing the chances of data loss in the event of hardware failure.
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Scalable and Flexible:
Developers can easily scale and resize SSD-based Block Storage volumes
from 1GB to 16TB and move it between Droplets. The ability to attach
extra Block Storage to Droplets dramatically increases their
flexibility, enabling developers to scale applications, databases,
binary assets, shared and distributed filesystems and more.
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Reliable and Secure: All the data is encrypted at rest and transmitted to the Droplets over isolated networks.
Mesosphere Co-founder and Chief Architect Benjamin Hindman said:
"Developers across all platforms want simple, high-performance cloud
storage like what DigitalOcean offers with its new Block Storage
service. We're excited to work with DigitalOcean as part of the open
source DC/OS storage interest group, in an effort make Block Storage
available for DC/OS users, and to improve the overall storage experience
for developers."