Inktank Joins Dell’s Emerging Solutions Ecosystem with Open Cloud Storage
December 16, 2012
Grazed from TalkinCloud. Author: Chris Talbot.
Inktank, which specializes in providing enterprise-level support for Ceph Distributed Storage System, announced at Dell World 2012 it has joined Dell‘s (NASDAQ: DELL) Emerging Solutions Ecosystem.
Through the partner ecosystem, Inktank plans to offer Ceph storage software, professional services and support as part of the Dell ecosystem, designed as a partnership program to deliver complementary and interoperable hardware, software and services components via Dell’s OpenStack-powered cloud. Ceph, on the other hand, was designed to be a highly scalable and flexible platform that enables object, block and file storage in a universal storage system, enabling enterprises in the cloud…
Using Crowbar software for faster OpenStack deployment, Inktank uses Ceph for a highly scalable and flexible platform to enable object, block and file storage in a single storage system to enable enterprise storage in the cloud. According to Inktank, it has integrated Ceph software into Dell’s Crowbar software to enable customers to deploy Ceph storage in conjunction with OpenStack components. "The industry demand for Ceph has been extraordinary, and our collaboration with Dell enables us to bring Ceph’s storage capabilities to more enterprise customers," said Bryan Bogensberger, CEO of Inktank, in a prepared statement…
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