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.

Cloudian Achieves Veeam Ready – Object Qualification
Posted by Jon Toor on May 16, 2019

Cloudian Achieves Veeam Ready – Object Qualification Today Cloudian was honored to be among the first to receive Veeam’s new object storage certification. Called Veeam Ready – Object, this qualification gives storage administrators a worry-free, out-of-the-box integrated path to employ Cloudian object storage as a backup target for Veeam. Veeam and Cloudian have been working … Read More

S3 Compatible Storage Solutions Compared
Posted by Jon Toor on May 6, 2019

S3 Compatible Storage, On-Prem Today’s emerging on-prem enterprise storage medium is S3 compatible storage. Initially used only in the cloud, S3 storage is now being extended to on-prem and private cloud deployments. The term “S3 compatible” means that the storage employs the S3 API as its “language.” Applications that speak the S3 API should be … Read More

Cisco & Cloudian Create Scale-Out Object Storage Solutions
Posted by Jon Toor on February 7, 2019

Cisco and Cloudian have partnered to create integrated scale-out Enterprise Object Storage Solutions, combining Cisco UCS Servers with Cloudian HyperStore software. This new solution is available today and just in time for the data-driven enterprise as the world’s data is now doubling roughly every two years.

Cloudian Mobile Video Surveillance Solution for Montebello Bus Lines
Posted by Jon Toor on January 22, 2019

Mobile video surveillance can do a lot to ensure safety on transit systems. After all, bus and train operators must focus on operating their vehicles, not on policing riders. Real-time mobile video surveillance would allow one staff member to monitor multiple vehicles, which could save cost and increase safety. The problem is this: traditional technologies … Read More

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