Pure Storage CloudSnap Integrates With Cloudian For Fast, Efficient Data Protection
Posted by Jon Toor on September 18, 2019

Today at the Pure Storage user conference, Cloudian® announced the integration of its HyperStore® object storage platform with Pure Storage CloudSnap. This lets Pure users automatically move snapshot data between FlashArray and Cloudian, providing multiple cool benefits: Offloads Pure FlashArray Disk-based data repository for fast access On-prem for security, low-latency Exabyte scalable storage pool Policy-based, … Read More

Cloudian Joins milCloud 2.0
Posted by Jon Toor on July 31, 2019

Cloudian is proud to be part of milCloud 2.0, a program that allows authorized government administrators to easily “shop” for services that match their needs from a variety of commercial cloud providers. About milCloud 2.0 MilCloud describes their value succinctly: With the Department of Defense mandate to accelerate cloud adoption, defense agencies are ready to … Read More

Hybrid Cloud Storage: Everything You Need to Know
Posted by Jon Toor on July 31, 2019

Hybrid cloud combines cloud and on-premises computing environments to create a more efficient operating model. This post looks at what a hybrid cloud is, how it helps, and the architectures that enable seamless storage interaction between public and private clouds. According to a recent survey of VARs (conducted by William Blair and Associates), “customers are … Read More

Economic Advantages of On-Premises Object Storage vs. Public Cloud for Enterprise Data Protection, Backup, and Archive
Posted by Grant Jacobson on July 24, 2019

Much has been written about the benefits and growing adoption of public cloud by enterprises for their IT application workloads.  What hasn’t received a lot of attention though is how this move to cloud is impacting data storage strategy and associated costs.  This topic should become increasingly important given the surge in enterprise data volumes and the need for its protection. 

Survey: Object Storage Top Priority for IT Investment
Posted by Jon Toor on July 11, 2019

New survey findings validate object storage growth. Analyst firm IHS Markit today released results from a survey of IT professionals showing strong uptake for object storage in data-intensive applications. Findings from this IHS Markit survey include:  56% of survey respondents indicated that they plan to increase investment in object storage Expect total storage capacity to … Read More

Getting a handle on data growth.
Posted by Laura Kelly on June 28, 2019

We all know we are in the era of big data. What we’re still trying to get our hands around is the astonishing rate of growth of this data. Consider these sample statistics: Genomics data is growing faster than almost all other data creators, including astronomical data, and will need 40EB of storage capacity by … Read More

S3-Compatible Storage for VMware Cloud Director
Posted by Jon Toor on June 18, 2019

We’re excited to announce Cloudian Object Storage for VMware Cloud Director, an integrated storage platform that enables VMware Cloud Providers and their customers to deploy, manage and consume S3-compatible storage within their services environment. Read the datasheet View the demo View the VMware lightboard video Read about the integration Scalable, Cost-Effective Storage for Unstructured Data … Read More

Object Storage vs. Block Storage: What’s the Difference?
Posted by Grover Righter on June 15, 2019

Block storage is the oldest and simplest form of data storage. Block storage stores data in fixed-sized chunks called — you guessed it — ‘blocks’. By itself, a block typically only houses a portion of the data. The application makes SCSI calls to find the correct address of the blocks, then organizes them to form the complete file. Because the data is piecemeal, the address is the only identifying part of a block — there is no metadata associated with blocks. This structure leads to faster performance when the application and storage are local, but can lead to more latency when they are farther apart.

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