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Western Digital Foundation for ovationdata, enabling Cloud-Scale solution
August 2016 by Marc Jacob
Western Digital Corporation announced that Ovation Data Services, Inc. (“OvationData”) has selected the joint HGST Active Archive System and Versity Storage Manager solution to build a private storage cloud for media and entertainment and oil and gas industries as these organizations require fast and frequent access to their current and historical file-based data assets. This cloud-scale storage solution helps improve data management with single pane copy management, automatic tiering to both object storage and tape, while lowering data operational and management cost through reduced system complexity and CAPEX costs. OvationData chose the HGST Active Archive System and Versity Storage Manager joint solution for its easy-to-deploy, file capable, Amazon S3™-compliant, scale-out object storage solution.
The HGST Active Archive System combined with the Versity Storage Manager archiving software makes it possible for data management service providers – like OvationData – to offer multi-tenant storage-as-a-service environments that easily and transparently integrate with existing POSIX applications and can scale to hundreds of petabytes (PB). It also allows Ovation to enhance its Data Stewardship program and services, where it geographically spreads (GeoSpread) digital assets to multiple sites and mediums for ultimate data protection.
This enterprise-grade, cloud-scale solution from Western Digital and Versity delivers the following features:
• Extreme scalability and durability – File and object storage features enable legacy applications to operate as cloud applications, sharing a scale-out storage pool that will make data immediately accessible across all levels of the organization.
• Automated tiering and consistency checking – Policy-driven data management from Versity migrates, copies, verifies, tiers, and retains data automatically to the HGST Active Archive System, enabling a near-limitless private cloud.
• Open APIs (S3) for long-term access – S3-compliancy ensures that the HGST Active Archive System integrates quickly and easily with the Versity Storage Manager. Additionally, the Versity API is POSIX-compliant and supports standard storage interfaces. There are no changes to applications required so the solution can be easily and seamlessly integrated into existing environments.
“File-centric customers like OvationData are seeking faster time to archived data in a solution that is easy to manage, easy to scale, and cost effective,” said Bruce Gilpin, cofounder and CEO, Versity Software. “Western Digital’s object storage technology has the scalability, durability and density to replace traditional archive media, while making data readily-accessible in a private cloud. Together with Western Digital, this solution will change the way organizations look at data archiving, enabling enterprises and service providers to make all data readily accessible across any environment.”
“Organizations that are able to capture and harness the power of their data have an advantage in today’s hyper competitive environment,” said Dave Tang, senior vice president and general manager of the Data Center Systems Business Unit at Western Digital. “The HGST Active Archive System enables rapid deployment of a cloud-scale data archiving solution that can transform silos of data into globally accessible information. Combined with Versity, the solution is a multi-tenant private cloud that can be accessed on demand, anytime and anywhere.”
