Inktank Joins Dell Emerging Solutions Ecosystem

Inktank
Storage Inc. has joined
Dell’s Emerging Solutions Ecosystem and will offer Ceph
storage software, professional services and support as a part of
the Dell
OpenStack-Powered Cloud Solution.

The announcement was made at
Dell World 2012 in Austin, TX.

Dell’s Emerging Solutions Ecosystem is
a partnership program designed to deliver complementary and
interoperable hardware, software and services components as part of
its technology solutions such as the OpenStack-Powered Cloud
Solution. 

The OpenStack-Powered Cloud Solution
comes with a validated reference architecture, Crowbar software for
OpenStack deployment and configuration, as well as support,
deployment and consulting services to accelerate customer time to
value.

Ceph consists of a scalable and
flexible platform that enables object, block, and file storage in a
single universal storage system to enable enterprise storage in the
cloud. As a new member of the Dell Emerging Solutions Ecosystem,
Inktank has integrated Ceph into Crowbar software, allowing
customers to deploy the Ceph storage solution in conjunction with
OpenStack components.The company has
completed Dell’s certification process, including testing on
Dell PowerEdge servers and Dell Force10 switches on 10GbE
infrastructure. 

"The industry demand for Ceph
has been extraordinary, and our collaboration with Dell enables us to
bring Ceph’s storage capabilities to more enterprise customers,"
said Bryan Bogensberger, CEO of Inktank. "We are eager to
work with Dell to help make enterprise cloud storage reliable through
open solutions."

"As more enterprises move to
the cloud, our customers are seeking highly scalable and reliable
cloud storage," said John Igoe, executive director of cloud
and big data solutions, Dell. "We are pleased to have
companies like Inktank join the growing Dell Emerging Solutions
Ecosystem to offer our OpenStack-Powered Cloud Solution customers
with new IT capabilities via the cloud."