Avnet Unit Rorke Global Solutions Offers Petabyte-Scale Cold Storage Solution

Rorke Global Solutions (RGS), a business unit of Avnet, Inc., announced the RGS Cold Storage solution.

Developed by the company in conjunction with storage software provider Storiant (formerly SageCloud), it is available through RGS’ network of VARs, MSPs and integrated software vendors in the Americas.

It is designed to enable end customers to optimize and manage petabyte-scale data and cost as they see a massive influx of data, including rich media, images, video, archives and more. Storage solutions like this will be an element for the data center of the future as customers look for low-cost options that address the pure volume of data.

It is an integrated, certified and tested rack-level storage solution for cold or infrequently accessed, data, archives, backups and big data analytics. It combines object storage software from Storiant with open standards hardware and provides businesses in markets such as financial services, healthcare, media and entertainment, government and cloud services with a storage option that has the scalability, control and security benefits of storage on disk, with the cost efficiency of storage on tape.

It includes:

• Object storage software from Storiant

• Integrated rack-level appliance

• Petabyte-scale cold storage and long-term archival

• Reduced TCO with low cost per terabyte

• On-demand cold storage or archival

• Hot serviceable drives

“The rate at which data is being generated and consumed today is far greater than what even the most bullish analysts predicted. Managing this ‘data tsunami’ requires an entirely new approach to archival and backup storage,” said Scott MacDonald, VP and GM, RGS. “RGS is working with Storiant to create a fully integrated solution that provides superior data access, security and flexibility at a price point that is more competitive than traditional storage systems. This solution offers resellers the opportunity to differentiate their business while providing their customers a cost-effective storage solution with scalability.“

The solution is supported by Avnet, including installation and support by RGS technicians. The system gives RGS VARs a set of options to satisfy growing customer demand for more scalable and reliable storage at a lower cost.

“Companies are finding that data is doubling every eighteen months, and that retaining it with traditional storage is simply too costly,” said Jeff Flowers, co-founder and CEO, Storiant. “That’s why many are exploring the scalability and economics of cloud storage, and in particular secure private clouds. That’s where RGS Cold Storage delivers; it combines the security, control, and compliance capabilities of private cloud storage, but with the economics and scalability of a public cloud.“