A screenshot of SoftLayer's QuantaStor Storage Servers page
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider SoftLayer Technologies (www.softlayer.com) announced on Tuesday it has partnered with OS Nexus (www.osnexus.com) to launch QuantaStor Storage Servers.
The new servers provide dedicated mass storage appliances with high level of cost-effectiveness, control, and scalability, according to the press release.
They are ideal for a range of high performance storage solutions, including private cloud storage, eliminating CAPEX requirements that often hinder deployments.
QuantaStor Storage Servers offer the OS NEXUS QuantaStor Storage Appliance OS, the industry’s first virtual storage solution designed for global manageability, on SoftLayer Mass Storage dedicated servers.
The SAN + NAS storage system offers a range of advanced storage features including thin-provisioning, and remote-replication, making it well suited for a broad set of applications including VM application deployments, virtual desktops, as well as web and application servers.
“When you need massive storage, having the right amount is just one part of the equation,” said Nathan Day, chief scientist for SoftLayer. “The more storage you have, the more you need location independence, global access, and robust tools to manage it. The QuantaStor Storage Server provides the perfect combination of performance economics, scalability and manageability that our customers deserve.”
Other key features include hard disk or solid state drive support, storage management through a simplified interface, iSCSI support for 1GbE and 10GbE client support for Windows XP, 7, 2003 Server, 2008 Server, VMware ESX/ESXi, Windows Hyper-V; Macintosh OS X, XenServer 5.x, and Linux (all major distributions, open-iSCSI, and hardware initiators), NFSv3 and NFSv4 support, and thin provisioning/over provisioning to allocate volumes without having to dedicate storage until needed.
QuantaStor Mass Storage Servers starts at $1,039 per month for up to 12 drives and $1,139 per month for up to 24 drives.
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