Zadara Storage Introduces Integrated Docker Containers and Backup to Amazon S3

Zadara Storage Ltd. has announced advanced features for its Virtual Private Storage Array (VPSA) solution.

These features allow VPSA users to access the enterprise Storage-as-a-Service (STaaS) capabilities available on the market.

During the annual Zadara Summit, a dedicated to the education of and collaboration among company’s customers and partners, Zadara management privately announced and demonstrated several key new features. The Docker-based, Zadara Container Services (ZCS) leverages the modular VPSA architecture to run applications within the storage itself, rather than running code in compute servers. VPSA is an solution to run stateful applications such as databases which require an HA Docker container environment and high-performance persistent storage. The benefit of this approach is high performance, lower latency, reduced traffic between server and storage, and overall efficiency when compared to traditional approaches.

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“We are tremendously excited to deploy the Zadara Container Services,” said Bubba Hines, VP, Signature Tech Studio. “The industry is moving toward a variety of lower latency architectures, and we’re delighted and not at all surprised that Zadara is extending its leadership this way. There’s great value in running tasks within the VPSA storage environment to take advantage of the low latency as well as freeing up server resources for other key applications.“

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Also announced is company’s Backup to Amazon S3 (B2S3) feature, an automatic, snapshot-based, continuous, incremental backup from VPSA storage to low-cost, Amazon S3 object storage. With pent-up demand for enterprise grade backup-and-restore options, Backup to S3 enables a low-cost object storage target, and the flexibility of combining multiple storage vendors in their storage architecture. In keeping with company’s focus on providing its customers ultimate flexibility, data backed up via B2S3 can be restored to any storage medium from any vendor, including Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS).

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In addition, Zadara is making available two more storage hardware options that its customers can specify for their VPSA solutions – 800GB SSDs and 6TB SATA HDD drives. The company was among the first storage service providers to offer 5TB drives several years ago for accounts where SATA-driven cost/performance is desired. Zadara is yet again offering 6TB drives. These state-of-the-art drives offer larger disk capacities, resulting in lower cost and greater configuration flexibility. 

“Our mission at Zadara Storage is to architect and deliver the enterprise storage-as-a-service,” said Nelson Nahum, CEO, Zadara Storage. “Our VPSA storage has much more functionality than any traditional storage array; yet it provides the same reliability and performance while being delivered in an as-a-service model. Additionally, we have designed our solution to enable full elasticity in all directions ensuring users have the flexibility to increase or decrease capacity and performance as needed, and therefore, never have to worry about forecasting their future requirements.“

“We’ve watched Zadara for a long time. The company is a pioneer in the Storage-as-a-Service market, and we’re impressed by the way they continually embrace the latest technologies to stay ahead. In such a fast-moving market, standing still is not an option,” said Simon Robinson, VP, research, 451 Research. “An increasing number of users want an as-a-service model to gain flexibility, cost savings and greater competitive advantage. Zadara’s continual innovation with features like the Zadara Container Services and its approach to enterprise storage as a service has made them an attractive choice for companies of all sizes.“

Availability: All features are available within 30 days.

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