What is QuantaStor?

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QuantaStor is a unified file, block and object Software Defined Storage platform (iSCSI/FC/NFS/CIFS/S3/SWIFT) designed from the ground up to scale-out and scale-up with ease. QuantaStor SDS is a Linux based OS which installs on all major server hardware converting bare-metal systems into full-featured enterprise storage grid.

Grid Management

QuantaStor's advanced grid scale-out management technology enable the platform to link together over 32 nodes using a heterogeneous mix of server hardware. By following the famous adage "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.", we've engineered out the complexity that historically has burdened storage administrators of traditional storage solutions. Much of this increased management efficiency and ease of use becomes readily apparent the moment you begin using QuantaStor's web management interface via your favorite web browser.

How is it unique from other SDS and storage systems?

QuantaStor has powerful features including remote-replication, thin-provisioning, compression, high-availability, snapshots and SSD caching. What makes QuantaStor unique from other SDS platforms are the QuantaGrid scale-out management technology, multi-tenancy, and the focus on delivering a multi-protocol and extensible platform. QuantaStor is Linux based and integrates with the best of enterprise-grade open storage technologies on like ZFS, XFS, GlusterFS, Samba, NFS, and SCST. QuantaStor does the heavy lifting to elevate these enterprise technologies into a comprehensive SDS platform which delivers the power of open storage without the complexity.

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, through the 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-provision network shares and storage volumes. In addition, our multi-tenancy capabilities allow you to add incremental resources securely to your grid without having to purchase new hardware for a new project or team. Storage cloud users and cloud administrators can log in to a system only they can view, and manage only those 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 OSNEXUS Partner Resellers.

QuantaStor is available for 30-day evaluation with a full-featured, 128TB storage capacity Trial Edition license key. During your evaluation of QuantaStor, please feel free to contact the OSNEXUS Sales team at sales@osnexus.com, regarding specific questions, solution design assistance sdr@osnexus.com or to schedule a consultation.

All paid-for QuantaStor software subscription licenses are inclusive of support, maintenance packs and product upgrades. Subscription Licenses are available in 1, 3, and 5 year duration with discounts to longer duration keys. Subscriptions of 3 or more years are issued as non-expiring but an active subscription is required for support, maintenance and product upgrades. All subscriptions are priced based on raw capacity in terabytes (TB) used for data storage and subscription level.

Subscription Levels

QuantaStor licenses are available with a few different subscription levels including:

  • Enterprise Edition with Platinum Support
    • 24/7 Support with maximum 1hr response
    • All features unlocked
  • Enterprise Edition with Gold Support
    • 24/7 Support with maximum 4hr response
    • All features unlocked
  • Standard Edition with Silver Support
    • 9/5 Support (M-F, 9am-6pm PT)
    • Grid is limited to 4 appliances with some feature limits
    • Excludes: Scale-out File/Block, FC, Infiniband

Expanding Capacity

Appliances can be expanded at any time with additional capacity through expansion subscription licenses. These are pro-rated and are set to expire on the date of expiration for the base subscription license so that the next subscription renewal can roll up the total capacity into a new base subscription license.

Support

Further information on the Support Levels is available in the Support Levels document.

Our network of OSNEXUS 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 advised to build from list of certified components on our Hardware Compatibility List. 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.

Community Edition

We also support the interests of the open source community with our Free/Community Edition with a licensed storage capacity of 10TB (raw data disk size, not including hot spares or boot drives).