Alluxio announced the integration
of NetApp StorageGRID, software-defined scalable object storage for
distributed data with security and disaster recovery, with Alluxio's Data
Orchestration Platform that simplifies the delivery of data to a wide variety
of data-driven applications. The combined solution helps
enterprises accelerate adoption of the cloud and optimize their resource spend
for a modern data platform ready for enormous scale.
Large enterprises have a myriad of
data-driven applications with complex dependencies and data platforms which
span multiple regions across a private, public, hybrid or multi-cloud. The
joint solution addresses two key aspects for such a platform: storing data and
serving data across geographical regions. A
wide range of use cases across industries benefit from the joint solution with
the agility needed to cater to evolving requirements, avoiding data silos across
business units and optimizing storage cost while
maximizing performance.
"NetApp StorageGRID promises to
provide reliable storage for analytics and AI solutions spanning regions for
some of our largest customers," said Adit Madan, Sr. Product Manager, Alluxio.
"This joint solution will help data platform teams architect for a hybrid and
multi-cloud strategy, manage capacity for overloaded analytics infrastructure
or expand their usage of a modern data platform for additional analytics and
ML."
"More and more, enterprise
applications and workloads span across growing hybrid multi-cloud environments,
and as such organizations face increasing complexity to manage
business-critical data," said Duncan Moore, General Manager, Object Storage at
NetApp. "These enterprises require simple, robust and reliable solutions to
meet their needs. With Alluxio, we're accelerating the adoption of NetApp
StorageGRID to new workloads and architectures and delivering an
enterprise-grade data management solution for analytic workloads on on-premises
object stores."
Data platform teams using engines like
Presto, Spark, PyTorch and Tensorflow will benefit from the joint solution for
all data storage and management needs when data is segregated across regions
for load balancing or high availability. Key highlights of the joint
integration include:
- Unified
Namespace to Break Down Data Silos. The solution provides a unified view
of data spread across regions for agility across applications.
- Transparent
Data Tiering. Hot and cold data is managed across expensive and
cheaper storage tiers transparently to applications with a single data
management interface.
- Data
Caching Across Regions. The solution maximizes data availability for compute
spread across regions while optimizing space utilization.
NetApp StorageGRID integration with
the Alluxio Data Orchestration Platform is immediately available.