Red Hat Ceph Storage Storage Servers

Red Hat Ceph Storage

Red Hat Ceph Storage is a massively scalable storage solution that is ideal for handling modern workloads like data analytics, backup and restore systems, cloud infrastructure and media repositories.

It features a very easy-to-use graphical user interface, greatly boosting the systems overall usability. The entire storage cluster life cycle can be managed from the Red Hat Storage Console GUI, and troubleshooting can be enabled to give you detailed statistics on every cluster component.

Installation is manageable if you have some technical knowledge, however if you would like you can have one of our talented Broadberry engineers perform the ideal installation for you.

Scalability

This operating system was designed for huge scalability. Built on scale-out architecture, with this software you can grow a cluster from a single node all the way up to thousands. You won’t need to go through any forklift upgrades or data migration projects.

This software features rolling software upgrades, allowing you to upgrade clusters in phases with very little down time.

The peer-to-peer architecture aids in the automatic rebalancing that comes into effect to handle failures. Data distributed is ensured throughout the cluster.

Security

There are a number of security features that make Red Hat Ceph a secure and reliable operating system to run on your CyberStore Storage Appliance.

Policies give you the ability to limit accessibility at differing levels. Accessibility can be limited at the pool, user, bucket or data level. Cluster-level, at-rest encryption can be utilised to further secure the system.

The software can be integrated with Active Directory and KeyStone v3. Allowing for more secure authentication and authorisation.

Availability and Reliability

Ceph excels in its constant availability and consistent reliability. It takes advantage of erasure coding technologies to enhance data durability. You can replicate data across nodes, ensuring higher availability. With dynamic block resizing, Ceph block devices can be expanded or shrunk with no downtime. The snapshot capability allows you to take snapshots of block devices or even entire pools. Letting you return to a previous unaffected state should anything happen to your system.

Disaster Recovery

The software features effective disaster recovery methods that allow you to return from the brink of catastrophe. Multisite replication can be enabled for disaster recovery or archiving.

Cost-Effectiveness

Ceph has a number of features that contribute to its cost-effective nature. Thin provisioning allows you to get the most out of your storage space. Sparse block images can be created, allowing you to be able to over-provision the cluster. With erasure coding you can enjoy a cost-efficient data durability option.

CyberStore Storage Appliance

Our range of CyberStore Storage Appliances are the latest step in the ever-evolving world of storage technology. As open hardware, they have been created through a similar transformational approach to that used by the likes of Amazon, Facebook and Google.

Where our storage servers stand apart from the competition is their special feature. CyberStore Storage Appliances are fully compatible with all major storage server software. With the majority of storage server providers, you only get one operating system per box with no ability to switch to another system. Your only choice is to buy a whole new box. With us you will never have that problem. All the major storage server software is available to you and you can make a switch at any point, all within the one box.

In addition to possessing this wide range compatibility, our CyberStore Storage Appliances are never vendor locked. Vendor locking is rife in this industry, with most storage server providers not allowing you to use 3rd party hardware with their storage servers. The only accessory hardware that would be compatible with your storage server is their chosen and branded items. Which are often a lot more expensive than the 3rd party hardware you could find elsewhere. We never vendor lock, and our CyberStore Storage Appliances are compatible with 3rd party hardware, giving you the freedom to find the perfect hardware for your needs and your budget.

Our belief is in delivering our customers the very best prices possible for our storage servers. When you buy one of our CyberStore Storage Appliances, you get a storage server that is at the very highest level in terms of performance, reliability and consistency. All the while being available for extremely competitive prices.

Broadberry has a built an excellent reputation of being one of the most cost-effective and reliable server providers in this industry. Through almost three decades of superb service, we have managed to work with some of the largest organisations on the planet. These include the likes of Toyota, Sky, ESPN, Disney, Virgin, Toshiba, the University of Cambridge, the University of Oxford, ITV, Sony, the BBC and many more.