VAST Data announced the latest versions of
Universal Storage, bringing enhanced enterprise security features, performance
and scale to its flagship software offering. With an install base of multiple
exabytes and an annual growth rate of 300%, customers are continually
challenging VAST with new feature requests to power their data-intensive use
cases. This release, in total, represents more than 30 new features that have
been directly requested by VAST customers. Testament to VAST's distinguished
R&D team, the average turnaround of "feature request to code" is four
months.
"Since our founding, we have always maintained
a customer-first mindset, continuously adding new features and functionality at
a rapid pace to solve their ever-growing and changing application needs," said
Jeff Denworth, co-founder of VAST Data. "Ultimately, we work to foster a close
collaboration with our customers whose use cases are our product's North Star.
This level of agility is never seen from legacy providers of data
infrastructure. Our responsive approach not only helps our customers manage
their data easier, it also creates long-term business partnerships with
customers and the broader market that is good for VAST."
VAST's Universal Storage data platform provides
customers with a cloud-native containerized storage architecture, and
eliminates storage tiering to unleash insights on their massive reserves of
data. Versions 4.2 and 4.3 expand on an already stellar feature set, while
continuing to deliver increased functionality, scalability and security
features - and still improving system performance. Notable features in the
latest release include:
Enhanced Security
- VAST expands
protection against ransomware attacks with Object Locks. Customers can set policies on
buckets and objects to make them immutable, preventing users and
applications from deleting or modifying an object before its expiry.
Admins can also use S3 bucket policies to define permissions, enabling
secure identity and access management.
- Now generally
available in Universal Storage, Indestructible Snapshots provide an additional layer of protection
that safeguards immutable snapshots and policies from sophisticated
external or internal attackers.
- Compliance
with Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2, using
validated cryptographic libraries for encryption at rest.
Flexible Cloud Data Management
- One platform
that integrates S3 bucket management for integrated file and object
storage. Customers can easily share data between file and object storage
protocols - Universal Storage is the only platform that provides this
functionality, giving customers the best of both worlds. Check out this blog post and deep-dive demo.
- Further
improvements to VAST's centralized Uplink Cloud Management system include
integration with Zendesk, providing customers with a smooth and intuitive
support experience to create, track and manage their support tickets. For
more information about VAST's Uplink Cloud Management service, check out
this blog post and deep-dive demo.
Enhanced Performance for Secure Protocols
- Support for NFS4 over RDMA,
delivering a performance boost for NFS4. By extending NFS4 over RDMA, VAST
is increasing speed while providing customers with an enhanced security
blanket via a Kerberized connection. VAST is the only vendor to accelerate
NFS4 with RDMA, making it possible to power high-performance high-scale
HPC, AI, media and analytics workloads with a simple and secure client
interface.
Universal
Storage versions 4.2 and 4.3 are available now.