
Panzura announced Panzura Inside, a new program that enables
enterprises to easily combine Panzura's market leading hybrid cloud NAS
software with leading flash arrays and hyperconverged systems to deliver
high performance storage for block and file workloads. Together, the
modern hybrid cloud-based architecture eliminates the need for outdated
NAS systems, reduces costs by up to 70% and unlocks the power of data by
taking advantage of unlimited cloud computing for analytics, search,
index, virtual desktop and other services. The Panzura Inside virtual
controller is currently tested with Nimble, Nutanix, Tegile, and
Simplivity.
With Panzura Inside, a Panzura virtual controller is deployed
beside a flash array or on a hyperconverged system using SSD capacity
from the array or system for caching active unstructured data. In both
cases, all unstructured data in the enterprise is moved to public or
private cloud storage while only the active data is cached on the
Panzura virtual controller. Active data is cached automatically on the
Panzura virtual controller while inactive data is moved to cloud storage
where it is protected by 11 nines of durability and redundant copies in
multiple datacenters. This modern cloud plus cache model with the flash
array or hyperconverged system not only enables customers to eliminate
the NAS or file server, but also backup, DR, replication, and archiving
infrastructure and operations at each location.
"We implemented Nimble as we needed high performance for our
block-based workloads and Panzura so that we could collapse all of our
unstructured data into the cloud with Panzura caching active data
on-premise," said Simon Johns, IT Director at Sheppard Robson. "This
powerful combination gives us the best of both worlds and not only
enables us to replace the gamut of systems and processes for all of that
unstructured data, but also allowed our distributed teams to
collaborate on technical applications like they were in the same
office."
With the overwhelming success of flash arrays and
hyperconverged systems, enterprises now more than ever need a
complimentary solution to handle the hyper growth of unstructured data.
Unstructured data makes up 80 percent of all data and is growing at 60
percent a year. 70 percent of that unstructured data has not been
accessed in two months and a massive 90 percent of unstructured has not
been accessed in six months. At the same time, the shift from on-premise
to cloud storage is well underway with spending on public cloud storage
almost doubling between 2015 and 2017 with AWS and Azure becoming two
of the top five enterprise storage providers in 2017.
With the exponential growth in unstructured data and the rate
at which it quickly becomes inactive, a different approach to manage
unstructured data is required. Panzura plus hyperconverged and flash is
the complete solution for the complete data set.
"The Nimble Storage Predictive Flash platform gives users the
fastest, most reliable access to data while radically simplifying
operations," said Suresh Vasudevan, chief executive officer, Nimble
Storage. "Many of our over 8,500 customers are looking to hybrid cloud
solutions for unstructured data. The combination of a Nimble all flash
array and a Panzura virtual controller provides a solution that blends
the high performance storage enterprises need for block data with hybrid
cloud storage for file data. This solution eliminates the need to have
both an all flash array and a traditional NAS."
"We are excited to announce the Panzura Inside program and
help customers eliminate the storage status quo of high costs and
brittle, 30-year old storage architectures," said Patrick Harr, chief
executive officer, Panzura. "With Panzura Inside and our great partners,
customers can seamlessly replace their aging NetApp and EMC
environments with a modern, high performance cloud-based architecture
for all their workloads."
Panzura Inside Program and Availability
Panzura Inside virtual controllers are available
immediately and have been tested with Nimble and Tegile flash arrays as
well as with Nutanix and Simplivity hyperconverged systems. Panzura's
patented software is also available on the recently announced 5000
series hybrid cloud controllers or as cloud controllers running in AWS
and Azure for new cloud services including analytics, search, index and
VDI-as-a-service.