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| − | QuantaStor is | + | QuantaStor is a unified SAN/NAS Software Defined Storage platform (iSCSI/FC/NFS/CIFS/Gluster/Hadoop) designed from the ground up to scale-out and make storage management easy. Built on a Linux Ubutu foundation, QuantaStor installs on all commodity 64bit servers, converting bare-metal hardware into full-featured enterprise storage appliances that perform a wide range of storage management tasks with minimum effort and maximum reliability. |
| − | QuantaStor was designed with advanced grid scale-out management technology (QuantaGrid) | + | QuantaStor was designed uniquely with advanced grid scale-out management technology ("QuantaGrid") to enable the deployment of multiple appliances that can be managed from any location as a single unit. By following the famous adage [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."], we've engineered out much of the complexity commonly burdening storage system administrators of traditional storage solutions. Much of this increased management efficiency and ease of use is readily understood once you begin using QuantaStor's web management interface via your favorite [http://www.osnexus.com/qs-screens/ web browser]. |
== How is it unique from other SANs? == | == How is it unique from other SANs? == | ||
| − | QuantaStor has | + | QuantaStor has many powerful features including remote-replication, thin-provisioning, compression, deduplication, snapshots and SSD caching, but what makes our platform truly unique are QuantaGrid scale-out management technology and QuantaStor's multi-tenancy capabilities. QuantaStor users, depending on their workload requirements, also have the choice of ZFS and XFS storage pool types. |
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=== QuantaGrid Technology === | === QuantaGrid Technology === | ||
| − | + | Expanding capacity does not mean having to increase complexity. With QuantaGrid, you can link a mix of local and remote appliances into a grid and, using our HTML5 QuantaStor Manager user interface, manage the combined pool(s)of storage from any single node in the system. QuantaGrid scales up to 32 nodes and 64PB, capably handling Big Data sets, and facilitates advanced features such as Remote Replication / Disaster Recovery and Gluster Scale-Out NAS. | |
=== Multi-tenancy === | === Multi-tenancy === | ||
| − | + | QuantaStor gives you the ability to allocate resources to groups of users, so they can can securely self-service provision network shares and storage volumes. Rather than having to purchase new hardware for a new project or team, with multi-tenancy you can add more resources to the grid and securely share them among multiple customers. Storage cloud users and cloud administrators will log in to a system only they can view and manage resources within their assigned Storage Cloud(s) while all other resources are protected, invisible, and secured away. | |
== How is it sold? == | == How is it sold? == | ||
| − | QuantaStor is sold through a network of partner resellers, distributors and [http://shop.osnexus.com online as software]. We also support the efforts of the open source community and small | + | QuantaStor is sold through a network of partner resellers, distributors and [http://shop.osnexus.com online as software]. We also support the efforts of the open source community and small businesses with our [http://www.osnexus.com/trynow-iso Free/Community Edition] which supports up storage capacities up to 6TB (raw disk size, not including hot spares or boot drives). For those seeking to test QuantaStor for use in their production environments, [http://www.osnexus.com/trynow-iso Trial Edition] is a full-featured 128TB license key valid for 30 days. |
| − | QuantaStor software licenses | + | All paid-for QuantaStor software licenses are inclusive of support, maintenance packs and product upgrades. Subscription Licenses are valid for 1 year and are an ideal choice for a business looking to fully expense their annual IT investment. Following the third annual subscription, a licensee will receive a Perpetual Key, which never expires. Perpetual key can also be purchased outright and come with 3 years of support, maintenance packs and upgrades. |
| − | + | QuantaStor is available in two versions - QuantaStor Standard Edition with Silver Support and QuantaStor Enterprise Edition with Gold Support. Our Standard Edition comes with all but the most advanced features of QuantaStor and includes 9/5 unlimited phone and email support (U.S. Pacific time zone) - an ideal choice for non-business critical deployments. Our Enterprise Edition includes all of the features of our Standard Edition, plus Gluster support, FibreChannel and Infiniband support, Remote Replication/DR support and QuantaGrid scale-out management for greater than 4 nodes. The Gold Support option is intended for production environments where downtime equals lost business and includes 24/7 unlimited phone and email support, with less than 8 hour response on evenings and weekends. | |
| − | + | Our network of OS NEXUS Partner Resellers are certified experts at integrating QuantaStor into custom hardware solutions and delivering turn-key appliances built to your specifications. For more information on pre-packaged hardware solutions, please see our [http://www.osnexus.com/resellers/ Partner Reseller] page for a reseller near you. | |
| − | + | Customers seeking to build a QuantaStor system for their own use are highly advised to build from list of certified components on our Hardware CL. Please refer to our HCL [http://www.osnexus.com/recommended-configurations/ recommended hardware page] for more details. | |
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| + | == Secure & Customizable == | ||
| + | Although you will almost never need to log in to the system console, QuantaStor's underlying use of Ubuntu Linux integrates the powerful tools and security envelope that come with the Ubuntu platform, simplifying upgrades and system maintenance, and saving you time and energy. Furthermore, by using Ubuntu Server as our core OS, you have the ability to customize your QuantaStor appliance in ways that are not possible with other storage systems. | ||
Revision as of 14:59, 11 December 2013
QuantaStor is a unified SAN/NAS Software Defined Storage platform (iSCSI/FC/NFS/CIFS/Gluster/Hadoop) designed from the ground up to scale-out and make storage management easy. Built on a Linux Ubutu foundation, QuantaStor installs on all commodity 64bit servers, converting bare-metal hardware into full-featured enterprise storage appliances that perform a wide range of storage management tasks with minimum effort and maximum reliability.
QuantaStor was designed uniquely with advanced grid scale-out management technology ("QuantaGrid") to enable the deployment of multiple appliances that can be managed from any location as a single unit. By following the famous adage "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.", we've engineered out much of the complexity commonly burdening storage system administrators of traditional storage solutions. Much of this increased management efficiency and ease of use is readily understood once you begin using QuantaStor's web management interface via your favorite web browser.
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How is it unique from other SANs?
QuantaStor has many powerful features including remote-replication, thin-provisioning, compression, deduplication, snapshots and SSD caching, but what makes our platform truly unique are QuantaGrid scale-out management technology and QuantaStor's multi-tenancy capabilities. QuantaStor users, depending on their workload requirements, also have the choice of ZFS and XFS storage pool types.
QuantaGrid Technology
Expanding capacity does not mean having to increase complexity. With QuantaGrid, you can link a mix of local and remote appliances into a grid and, using our HTML5 QuantaStor Manager user interface, manage the combined pool(s)of storage from any single node in the system. QuantaGrid scales up to 32 nodes and 64PB, capably handling Big Data sets, and facilitates advanced features such as Remote Replication / Disaster Recovery and Gluster Scale-Out NAS.
Multi-tenancy
QuantaStor gives you the ability to allocate resources to groups of users, so they can can securely self-service provision network shares and storage volumes. Rather than having to purchase new hardware for a new project or team, with multi-tenancy you can add more resources to the grid and securely share them among multiple customers. Storage cloud users and cloud administrators will log in to a system only they can view and manage resources within their assigned Storage Cloud(s) while all other resources are protected, invisible, and secured away.
How is it sold?
QuantaStor is sold through a network of partner resellers, distributors and online as software. We also support the efforts of the open source community and small businesses with our Free/Community Edition which supports up storage capacities up to 6TB (raw disk size, not including hot spares or boot drives). For those seeking to test QuantaStor for use in their production environments, Trial Edition is a full-featured 128TB license key valid for 30 days.
All paid-for QuantaStor software licenses are inclusive of support, maintenance packs and product upgrades. Subscription Licenses are valid for 1 year and are an ideal choice for a business looking to fully expense their annual IT investment. Following the third annual subscription, a licensee will receive a Perpetual Key, which never expires. Perpetual key can also be purchased outright and come with 3 years of support, maintenance packs and upgrades.
QuantaStor is available in two versions - QuantaStor Standard Edition with Silver Support and QuantaStor Enterprise Edition with Gold Support. Our Standard Edition comes with all but the most advanced features of QuantaStor and includes 9/5 unlimited phone and email support (U.S. Pacific time zone) - an ideal choice for non-business critical deployments. Our Enterprise Edition includes all of the features of our Standard Edition, plus Gluster support, FibreChannel and Infiniband support, Remote Replication/DR support and QuantaGrid scale-out management for greater than 4 nodes. The Gold Support option is intended for production environments where downtime equals lost business and includes 24/7 unlimited phone and email support, with less than 8 hour response on evenings and weekends.
Our network of OS NEXUS Partner Resellers are certified experts at integrating QuantaStor into custom hardware solutions and delivering turn-key appliances built to your specifications. For more information on pre-packaged hardware solutions, please see our Partner Reseller page for a reseller near you.
Customers seeking to build a QuantaStor system for their own use are highly advised to build from list of certified components on our Hardware CL. Please refer to our HCL recommended hardware page for more details.
Secure & Customizable
Although you will almost never need to log in to the system console, QuantaStor's underlying use of Ubuntu Linux integrates the powerful tools and security envelope that come with the Ubuntu platform, simplifying upgrades and system maintenance, and saving you time and energy. Furthermore, by using Ubuntu Server as our core OS, you have the ability to customize your QuantaStor appliance in ways that are not possible with other storage systems.
