Cloudian and Veristor,
a trusted provider of transformative business technology solutions, outlined their expanded partnership which delivers advanced storage services to
help enterprises manage, protect and leverage their growing data volumes.
Veristor, a managed services provider recognized for its business excellence in
both the CRN MSP500 and the Channel Futures NextGen 101 lists, uses Cloudian's
HyperStore object storage platform as the foundation for its range of managed
storage and archive services. This partnership has enabled Veristor to deliver
ever-greater value to its customers while profitably growing its business.
Overcoming SAN Storage Cost and Scale Challenges
Veristor enables organizations to accelerate
the time-to-value for the software, infrastructure and systems it deploys. The
company's expertise includes advanced data center, security, networking, hybrid
cloud and big data technologies.
Veristor previously relied on a SAN-based
data archive platform but was faced with increasing scalability challenges as
data volumes continued to grow along with its expanding customer base. The
company was spending increasing time managing its storage resources, and
maintaining complex storage hardware was becoming expensive.
Seeking a more efficient and scalable storage
platform, Veristor evaluated all the major object storage solutions in the
market and ultimately selected Cloudian's HyperStore, deploying multiple
appliances across redundant data centers.
"Beyond its infinite scalability, we were
particularly attracted to Cloudian's software-defined storage approach and
centralized management," said Nick Martino, solutions architect at Veristor.
"It meant we would no longer have to manage what seemed like thousands of
different storage nodes or custom-builds. The TCO with Cloudian was also about
60% less than the nearest competing solution."
Providing a Foundation for Modern Service
Offerings
Veristor first deployed Cloudian's solution
as the basis for its stand-alone Storage-as-a-Service (STaaS) offering.
"While we previously provided storage within
our overall managed services offerings, Cloudian enabled us to provide S3-based
STaaS on its own," said Martino. "As a result, we've expanded our business by
giving customers that don't want full managed services the ability to store
data from the growing ecosystem of S3 application workloads."
Cloudian's cost efficiency and
geo-distribution have also been key to the STaaS offering.
"We're able to include the cost of bandwidth
and two copies of data in geo-dispersed locations as part of our overall
offering-all while remaining competitive on pricing," said Martino. "This makes
it extremely attractive to customers that want to use public cloud compute. We
can provide additional availability with ‘cloud adjacent' storage technology
inclusive of ingress and egress fees."
Where needed, Veristor also takes advantage
of Cloudian's HyperFile software for file connectivity. For example, one
customer using Veristor STaaS for archiving video footage has an application
that isn't S3 compatible, so the customer uses HyperFile as a front-end to move
data to the HyperStore platform.
In addition to STaaS, Veristor has leveraged
Cloudian's integration with Commvault as the foundation for its
Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS) offering and a core part of its Disaster
Recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS) solution.
Veristor also recently deployed Cloudian's S3
Object Lock feature in its backup and archive services. Object Lock makes
backup data copies immutable and, therefore, invulnerable to hacker encryption
or deletion. This data immutability-certified in government testing-ensures
availability of an uninfected copy for reliable recovery in the event of a
ransomware attack.
Looking forward, Veristor is exploring other
Cloudian-based services, including video archives, compliance and-through
HyperStore's integration with Splunk SmartStore-big data.
"Our partnership with Cloudian has been
great," said Jason Grant, director of storage and data solutions at Veristor.
"It's enabled us to pursue new market opportunities, deliver enhanced value to
our customers and drive more profitable growth."
"Veristor has done a terrific job helping its
customers ensure they have the storage infrastructure to efficiently and
cost-effectively manage and protect their data and maximize its strategic
value," said Jon Toor, chief marketing officer at Cloudian. "Veristor's leadership
in enhancing and expanding the services it provides is an excellent example of
the vital role MSPs can play in today's ever-evolving digital world."
The Cloudian storage solution is a central
component of the Veristor offerings for agile and resilient BaaS, DRaaS and
STaaS managed services. For more information visit: https://veristor.com/services/managed-services.