CeBIT: Huawei Unveils Storage as a Service Solution

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. announced its Storage as a Service (STaaS) solution at CeBIT 2017.

The solution delivers a consistent on- and off-premise cloud experience in storage services and intelligent data and O&M management to help enterprises move to the cloud, while protecting increasing volumes of data.

Today’s digital era is creating huge surges of enterprise data fueled by technologies such as the IoT, big data, analytics, mobility and social media. Enterprises are challenged to find effective storage and management solutions to keep pace with this data growth while eliminating complexity and costs and preparing for cloud adoption.

The STaaS solution manages SAN, NAS, object, and other storage equipment in a single pane, to support a ‘Data on Demand’ approach. The consolidation of storage assets into resource pools, on-demand allocations, and improved resource utilization help enterprises reduce TCO by 20%. In addition, self-help service catalogs, a high-level of automation in resource allocation, intelligent prediction capabilities, and decision-making support are integrated to improve data management efficiency by as much as 50%. The solution introduces a unified architecture that enables users to choose from rich service catalogs and SLAs, while delivering a consistent on- and off-premise experience and enabling a smooth migration to the cloud. Enterprises can also avoid vendor lock-in by embracing an open architecture which includes a high-level of collaboration within a robust ecosystem.

In Gartner, Inc.’s 2016 Magic Quadrant for General-Purpose Disk Arrays, the company was named as a leader, with nearly 7,000 customers worldwide choosing firm’s innovative offerings to address their complex storage needs.

Meng Guangbin, president, IT, storage product line, Huawei, said: “As cloud enablement continues to accelerate, there is no doubt that IT services will become a more prominent part of data center operations. Our STaaS solution consolidates on- and off-premise resources and delivers standardized, automated, and on-demand storage services to increase agility in enterprise cloud transformations.“

OceanStor Dorado V3 system

All-flash arrays are becoming the preferred choice for many enterprises to build their cloud platforms and core service systems and at the launch, the firm demonstrated its all-flash OceanStor Dorado V3, purpose built to handle data-intensive enterprise applications. The array lineup keeps response times down to 500μs with high levels of performance and 99.999% reliability to address enterprise storage needs of the digital era.

StaaS solution will be launched from today onwards. OceanStor Dorado V3 is being globally launched.