ownCloud Releases Performance Testing With Red Hat Storage

ownCloud, Inc. released its performance testing for ownCloud Enterprise Edition with Red Hat Storage, the open, software-defined storage offering, running on x86 servers that demonstrate the cost and performance efficiency gained by running ownCloud with Red Hat Storage on servers.

The performance testing benchmarked 25,000 concurrent users of ownCloud Enterprise Edition and Red Hat Storage running on x86 servers. The configuration used illustrates a 2x TCO improvement by converging the application server and storage server tiers onto the same servers, compared to traditional solutions with separate storage server appliances. This enables businesses to scale with user demand like a public cloud with greater control of data and without subsidizing free cloud vendor users.

Both companies used two twin-node x86 storage servers and four standard 2-socket servers for the performance benchmark. The solutions were installed and benchmarked on first one, and then two twin storage servers, serving as converged storage and application nodes. In addition, a MySQL NDB cluster was installed on two of the 2-socket servers, with another used as a load balancer out front with the final 2-socket server used as a load generator.

The results show linear scalability when adding converged servers with a sustained load per server of 25,000 active users, demonstrating an architecture that can scale to meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of users.

ownCloud Enterprise Edition – based on ownCloud Community Edition, is deployed on premises, enabling integration into existing user management tools, governance processes, and security, monitoring, and backup tools. It can also leverage nearly all on site storage, and can be deployed with cloud storage as well – such as S3 and Swift – to create a centrally controlled hybrid deployment model.

“Red Hat Storage is a perfect environment for businesses looking to keep control of their data while lowering storage costs and still giving employees file sync and share that they will use,” said Matt Richards, VP, products, ownCloud. “The combination of Red Hat Storage and ownCloud Enterprise Edition gives businesses an open, secure and private way for their employees to sync and share secure corporate data.“

Enterprises customers can take more control of their files with on-site application servers and storage to manage large big data workloads while integrating into existing IT environments. The solution gives IT manageability with enterprise documents while providing the file sync and share experience they demand.

“ownCloud gives enterprise users the ability to share and sync files in an open source and secure way,” said Brent Compton, director, ecosystem, storage and big data, Red Hat. “As illustrated by these benchmark results, the combined ownCloud solution with Red Hat Storage and leading x86 storage servers is very attractive to customers looking for similar scalability and TCO benefits available from public cloud solutions but with increased control and security.“

The combination of Red Hat Storage and ownCloud 6 Enterprise Edition offers organizations a custom-built way to deploy and manage centrally managed file sync and share capabilities.