Mpstor Open-Platform and Block-Based Storage Management Software

Providing storage integrators and OEMs a platform to build flexible, enterprise class storage systems for a range of vertical storage markets, MPSTOR Ltd., located in Cork, Ireland, released the latest version of its open-platform and block-based storage management software, MPStackware.

With new support for integration into standard x86 and PowerPC (PPC) based hardware, MPStackware V2.10 provides an unified storage management platform at a fraction of the cost of proprietary solutions.

"MPStackware is an open-platform software product, which turns low cost, commodity disk arrays into fully featured, high value, data storage systems," said William Oppermann, founder, MPSTOR. "In addition to supporting a wide range of host interconnects, disk protocols and media types, MPStackware supports multi-tenant storage virtualization and it federates all commands and status indicators to a single pane of management."

MPStackware V2.10 can be downloaded from the MPSTOR website for integration with a range of x86 and PPC hardware platforms and is priced accordingly, from low to high-end usage models. Because it is designed with open application and management APIs, MPStackware also integrates with third party storage software applications.

"It’s hard to imagine a storage software platform that offers more flexibility, freedom and value than MPStackware," said Stu Fisher, vice president, U.S. Sales and Business Development, MPSTOR. "When combined with MPSTOR’s expertise and customer-focused support, MPStackware offers system integrators and OEMs an excellent base on which to design and build differentiated storage solutions."

For data centers or enterprises who wish to offer a reliable, massively scalable and price competitive cloud computing service, MPSTOR has also leveraged MPStackware to vertically integrate with OpenStack, an open-source cloud operating system. The result is Orkestra, operationally efficient cloud computing software platform that also provides a means of accurately tracking and charging end users for resources they consume.