StorPool introduces major updates to boost customer innovation

Storage solution now includes backup and recovery feature alongside support for Microsoft Windows and VMware hypervisors.

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StorPool Storage, the distributed storage software specialist, has introduced the 13th major update to its software-defined storage solution. The updated software, also called StorPool, offers a native back-up and disaster recovery feature for data protection. In addition, it will allow a greater share of the market to consider the solution thanks to a wider operating system compatibility; in fact the software, which was originally designed for Linux-based platforms, now includes support for wide range of environments, including VMware hypervisors and Microsoft Windows. StorPool is designed for both public and private cloud architects: the updates will simplify data storage management, and free up time to focus on core business activities.
 
StorPool now includes the following new features:
 
1.       StorPool native data backup and disaster recovery (DR) and geo-replication
·         This functionality eliminates the need for a separate data protection solution, simplifying a customer’s storage infrastructure and reducing costs.
·          StorPool clusters in remote locations are now able to asynchronously transfer encrypted snapshots over the public internet. This enables accelerated long-distance data backup and virtual machine migration from one geographical region to another, e.g. from the UK to the US, delivering vital business continuity to companies.
After the first sync, StorPool only backs up new or changed data, rather than entire data sets. These incremental backups reduce data transfers and shorten back-up and recovery times by up to 60%. This impressive performance enables users to set ambitious recovery point objectives and safeguard business continuity.
 
2.       iSCSI support
StorPool has added high-performance, scale-out iSCSI support. The iSCSI implementation is highly available, which means that StorPool’s iSCSI target has automatic fail-over: switching to a redundant target and ensuring business continues as usual in the event of a hardware failure. StorPool is now compatible with all operating systems and hypervisors (including, but not limited to, VMware hypervisors and Windows / Hyper-V). It also brings StorPool’s high-performance and scalable shared block storage to dedicated and bare metal servers. This means the software is much more versatile and accessible for many more end users, who now overpay for expensive and inflexible alternatives.
 
3.       Multi-core processing
StorPool’s multi-threaded software concurrently executes multiple processes, which means customers can now achieve even higher performance and return on investment from their underlying hardware. The update allows per-node performance figures to increase by up to 80% from approximately 100,000 to up to 180,000 IOPS. This, added to the improved hardware performance, allows customers to build storage systems at well below $0.1/IOPS.
StorPool’s storage systems scale beyond 1PB in a single cluster with performance of millions of IOPS and throughput of tens of GB/s per cluster. The distributed storage software’s standard use of two CPU cores, 8 GB RAM and 0.2 ms latency makes it the prime solution for companies building clouds.
 
This update comes on the back of StorPool’s new partnership with UK-based Vesper Technologies which enables StorPool to further develop its European channel and will allow the reseller to bring StorPool’s innovative software-defined storage solutions to its customer base in the UK.
 
StorPool CEO Boyan Ivanov said: “Business is changing: we are seeing an unprecedented move towards the cloud. That is down to cloud’s advantages – its high performance, its scalability and its simplicity. This shift means there’s more pressure on our customers – cloud builders – than ever before. Our latest release focuses on innovation. Innovation within our own technology, yes, but also the power it gives customers to innovate for themselves. Because it is this that helps a company stay ahead of its competition and thrive.”
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