Violin Memory Joins OpenStack Foundation

Violin Memory, Inc. has joined the OpenStack Foundation as a corporate member to collaborate with other industry leaders and promote open standards for cloud computing.

As a new OpenStack Foundation corporate member, Violin offers its all flash storage arrays with an iSCSI plug-in option for customers running business applications on the OpenStack platform. Currently in beta is a FC plug-in supporting OpenStack that will be available in the second quarter of the calendar year.

For enterprise compatibility and rapid customer implementations in OpenStack environments, Violin is also participating in the Red Hat OpenStack cloud Infrastructure Partner Network. The Partner Network ensures that the Violin all flash storage array technology has been thoroughly tested and certified by Red Hat as a supported OpenStack solution.

“Red Hat is excited to work with Violin Memory and offer their flash storage array solutions that OpenStack users consider a critical piece of their infrastructure,” said Mike Werner, senior director, global ecosystems, Red Hat.

“As customers venture into the cloud, Violin offers market leading solutions such as the Violin all flash array with extremely high performance and low TCO to our customers on the OpenStack platform. We look forward to advancing the OpenStack mission in collaboration with the Foundation members,” said Erik Randles, VP business development, Violin.