OpenIO SDS V19.04 Storage Software

OpenIO SAS announces SDS Version 19.04 storage software.

This version of the storage software  brings many performance and ergonomic improvements, as well as a consolidation of compatibility with S3, the standard API for object storage.

The firm’s software command line administration (CLI) interface has been redesigned to ensure standardization. Enriched, more intuitive and ergonomic, the CLI offers a simplified experience to users of the firm’s SDS solution.

The architecture of the administration interface (Web UI) has also been redesigned, making it lighter and more scalable. It now relies on the Ansible orchestrator to manage rollouts and version updates. In addition, it is possible to perform common administrative tasks from the web UI, such as adding a node, making integrity checks, etc.

Responding to new uses
The SDS 19.04 accelerates the S3 listing phase, which is crucial for big data processing with Spark/Hadoop and which allows OpenIO to be substituted for HDFS to store the datasets of a Hadoop cluster. In addition, more and more companies are deploying their infrastructures on two or even three sites, as part of their DR and BC Plans. As a result, the latest release contains an optimized version of the ‘Replicator,’ the multi-site asynchronous replication service, as well as a new service to optimize the placement of data in the background after a site has been temporarily unavailable.

Consolidation of technical foundations
This release is also the result of work done to consolidate the technical bases of the firm’s SDS, necessary to stabilize the performance and further increase the robustness of the system. This release also facilitates updates and enriches the product with new functionalities. This consolidation was done in light of a development phase for the company, in France and internationally. With equal performance, this version of SDS consumes less RAM – a streamlining, since the firm’s technology is already known for its design.

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‘Conscience’, the system that manages the placement of data on the platform to dynamically optimize the load, is distributed and continuous. An indicator gives alerts for objects that are not sufficiently secure. Compatibility with the S3 API has also been made more reliable, with regard to versioning and life cycle rules management. Finally, the development team continued its efforts to industrialize the deployment of OpenIO SDS, to reduce the time needed to install a new platform.

“With this release, we have simplified the ownership, management and administration of an OpenIO cluster,” said Laurent Denel, co-founder and CEO, OpenIO. “These new developments, which aim to improve OpenIO’s performance for big data applications, are in line with our customers’ requirements.“

OpenIO SDS 19.04 is available on Github.