Alliance Between Coraid and Splunk

Coraid, Inc. announced a technical partnership with Splunk Inc. to enable large-scale machine
data analytics in Coraid enterprise and cloud data centers through Splunk
Enterprise.

Splunk Enterprise and Coraid EtherDrive are qualified to interoperate for performance
data collection, indexing and analytics. The combination of the data
collection, indexing and analytical capabilities of Splunk software and the
flexible scale-out storage architecture offered by EtherDrive allows
customers to deploy analytics
capabilities for their machine data.

Coraid’s ‘Virtual DAS’ (VDAS)
technology enables simplicity for connecting multiple storage arrays
over Ethernet to Splunk software, allowing customers to scale storage
independently from compute resources. EtherDrive arrays can mix SATA,
SAS and SSD drives to handle a variety of workloads and performance
requirements.

"We’re pleased to be working with
Coraid to help organizations collect, monitor, analyze and visualize
machine-generated data. Splunk and Coraid combine to deliver a solution for
organizations that need a scalable, comprehensive, cost-effective approach to
operational intelligence," said Bill Gaylord, SVP of business
development, Splunk. "Advanced
operational intelligence software combined with a scale-out, flexible storage
infrastructure ensures that even complex data center environments can be
managed effectively. Making advanced storage-performance analytics available to
Splunk users further enriches their experience."

Coraid and Splunk platforms
Coraid offers a range of block, file and storage management products that
deliver elasticity and simplicity at scale using a new generation
of Ethernet-based storage networking. EtherDrive storage arrays deliver
scale-out capabilities and provide an alternative to
controller-based storage architectures, growing to multiple petabytes without
expensive forklift upgrades. The versatility of EtherDrive allows
customers to mix and match SATA, SAS and SSD drives in each storage array and
use the same building blocks for a range of application needs. VDAS technology allows customers to deploy and scale their
storage infrastructure as needs grow, combining the simplicity of local storage
with the flexibility and scalability of shared storage.

Splunk Enterprise collects, indexes, monitors, analyzes and visualizes any
machine-generated data from virtually any source, format or location in real
time. This includes data streaming from packaged and custom applications, app
servers, web servers, databases, networks, VMs, telecoms equipment, OSs,
sensors and more.

"Splunk users generate large data
volumes, which needs storage that can be scaled up as data grows, or as new
Splunk applications are developed," said Tim Stammers, senior analyst,
451 Research, LLC. "Coraid’s storage has been designed to meet
both of those needs, and at an aggressive price point that also suits Splunk
deployments."

"The partnership of Coraid and
Splunk demonstrates the flexibility and power of an open system architecture,"
said Doug Dooley, VP product management, Coraid. "We are excited to work with Splunk to deliver scale and superior
price-performance to customers deploying operational analytics solutions for
their infrastructure. The joint solution will allow enterprise and cloud
customers to efficiently deliver improved service, uptime and security while
managing the cost of exploding data volumes."