Cloudian - For Capacity Intensive Workloads
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use HyperStore respectively with Amazon S3 storage in both Hybrid and Public Cloud solutions. S3 is used for backup/archiving of files coming from both external Storage and Servers. Because data growth can be quite a bit at times, it allows us to scale up or down based on the need.
Pros
- Backup
- Archive
- Supports Multi Tenant Environments
- Security is Very Robust
Cons
- Reporting can be more robust
- Hardware Support Could be Better
- Can be complicated for new users
Most Important Features
- Security
- Pay as you go; choose between HW or SW appliances (virtual)
- Free version is available for customer use
Return on Investment
- Places all of our data in the cloud
- Protects against Cyber-Attacks
- Reliability, Scale and Cost
Alternatives Considered
Nutanix Unified Storage, Cohesity, Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) and Dell PowerScale
Other Software Used
Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service), Amazon CloudFront, Amazon CloudWatch