Nexenta NexentaEdge 2.0 Scale-out Block, File and Object Storage Platform

Nexenta Systems, Inc. introduced the latest version of its scale-out block, file, and object storage platform, NexentaEdge.

Purpose-built for enterprise IT environment with expanding application needs, NexentaEdge 2.0 is a flexible and multi-service storage platform.

According to Gartner, Inc., by 2021 more than 80% of enterprise unstructured data will be stored in scale-out system and object storage systems in enterprise and cloud data centers, which is an increase from 30% today. ^(*) The release of NexentaEdge has a feature set to support this market growth, including performance object storage and integration with Docker and OpenStack environments. In addition, the company has rounded out their multi-service platform to include a shared namespace between file and object storage as well as container-converged capabilities to support next generation applications.

NexentaEdge 2.0 enhancements include:

• Multi-service scale-out platform delivering iSCSI block, NFS file and S3 and Swift object services

• Simple to manage web-based GUI for daily management and service provisioning

• Patent-pending quick erasure coding technology, manage both active and cold object archives with storage speed and efficiency

• Data protection with cluster-wide inline deduplication, compression and unlimited snapshots/clones

• Scale-out platform for Docker Container-Converged infrastructure with integration with Docker Universal Control Plane for single pane of glass management of containerized applications

• High performance, all-flash deployment profiles with support for SSD SATA, SAS and NVMe-based storage SSDs

• Shared namespace between file and object storage

“NexentaEdge scale-out block, file, and object storage delivers performance optimizations for all-flash and hybrid configurations, and is tightly integrated with both OpenStack cloud and Docker environments,” said Oscar Wahlberg, director, product management, Nexenta. “With the introduction of NexentaEdge 2.0, features like Quick EC allow customers to build multi-petabyte, capacity-optimized object archives without sacrificing performance and use the same solution to create a container-converged storage infrastructure with tight integration and seamless management.“

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High-performance object storage capabilities are one of the key differentiators of NexentaEdge in archive environments. This performance is powered by data reduction technologies and enhanced by the newly added feature, quick erasure coding NexentaEdge’s quick erasure coding (Quick EC) technology reduces the storage overhead required to maintain the redundancy of data across servers, without affecting read or write performance. Quick EC eliminates the performance penalty usually associated with accessing objects in traditional erasure coded solutions and is beneficial for large capacity S3 object clusters.

NexentaEdge 2.0 also extends functionality to containerized applications with Docker Engine volume plug-ins and integration with Docker Universal Control Plane (UCP). NexentaEdge enables complete integration into any Docker Enterprise Edition deployment and allows users to deploy storage and application services as containers across servers that provide both storage and compute in a container-converged model.

Container Converged architecture can create an enterprise scale-out compute, network, and storage infrastructure powered by NexentaEdge and is for consolidating applications and storage for maximum hardware utilization. With data reduction and container awareness with multi-tenancy capabilities, it is simple to deploy, manage and scale your containerized applications with NexentaEdge 2.0.

Additionally, a feature-rich, web-based GUI is available to all NexentaEdge customers, streamlining daily management and operations, and integrating directly with Docker Datacenter for management of container storage.

“NexentaEdge is an ideal storage solution optimized for Canonical OpenStack clouds and can be purchased and deployed via our Juju Charm Store,” said Dustin Kirkland, head, product and strategy, Ubuntu. “Nexenta is a proud partner of Canonical’s, resolving the petabyte-scale storage challenges of our customers with a complete, scale-out storage solution.“

“Software-defined storage is an important component of OpenStack and containerized cloud platforms,” said Kevin Deierling, VP marketing, Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. “We’ve integrated the Mellanox end-to-end Ethernet solutions with the NexentaEdge scale-out storage solution to simplify these deployments and achieve both high-performance and cost efficiency for customers.“

“The Pluribus Networks Adaptive Cloud Fabric provides the scale-out network foundation that enhances the value of NexentaEdge deployments. Our joint solution delivers customers the elasticity, high-performance and resiliency needed for storage to achieve the promise of the Software-Defined Data Center with a high time-to-value and low TCO,” said Robert Drost, co-founder and COO, Pluribus Networks, Inc. “We are excited to share the enhanced offerings of NexentaEdge 2.0 with our customers and believe that our joint solutions continue to enable the scalable infrastructure needed to meet growing data demands.“

“Together, Nexenta and Supermicro have formed a long-standing partnership to help customers free themselves of legacy shackles by partnering Nexenta’s OpenSDS solutions with our leading server system and storage hardware,” said Michael McNerney, GM, marketing and solutions, Super Micro Computer, Inc. “NexentaEdge furthers this objective, providing unparalleled block, file, and object services, accelerated by our appliances, to deliver a scalable, high-performance storage infrastructure.“

^(*) Gartner: 2017 Strategic Roadmap for Storage Report, March 8, 2017 (ID G00324339)