You probably know that i am a big fan of software defined storage. It also provides a common interface to data services regardless of the storage hardware used, lowering. Although i agree that a vsa virtual storage appliance could potentially be a software defined storage solution i do not really agree with idc quote used for the basis of this article and on top of that i think some crucial factors are left out. Hp news hp makes softwaredefined storage available to the world. With software defined storage we have a similar approach.
Idc market analysis, worldwide hyperconverged systems 2015 2019 forecast, april 2015. According to a list price comparison of the cs 250 and the idc price book list price of nutanix 3360 g4, each with 24x7 support. How to qualify simply purchase your qualifying storevirtual vsa product from the part code listed below between 1st november 2015 31st december 2015, and hp will. Storevirtual vsa delivers softwaredefined storage by virtualizing up to 50tb of disk capacity per server running vmware vsphere. In reality there are so many other factors to consider, the wheel size is almost irrelevant, as is whether or not storage is provided inkernel or via a virtual. The good, the bad and the ugly about software defined storage. And they arent the only ones with a virtual san appliance vsa. The nexentastor vsa for tintri is optimized to leverage the data reduction efficiencies and performance optimization inherent when storing data on tintri infrastructure. Purchasers of intel xeon e5 v3 processorbased servers can now get a nocost 1tb hp storevirtual virtual storage appliance vsa license. Best software defined storage vendors it central station. The product had already been officially supported on a vm. Apr 9, 2019 storage, storevirtual aka lefthand hpe introduces stormagic svsan as storevirtual vsa replacement bitcon it consultants year hpe decided to eol the storevirtual vsa portfolio leaving a big gap in the software defined storage portfolio. Vsa is a solution with a set of specifically defined use cases that can and should still be used where it fits depending on the requirements.
Bitcon it consultants rip storevirtual vsa, long live storevirtual vsa. At its most basic level, software defined storage is enterprise class storage that uses standard hardware with all the important. Hp news hp makes softwaredefined storage available to. Softwaredefined storage converged infrastructure comparison. Hyperconverged, nas, san, sds, softwaredefined storage, sofware, storage, vsa, vsan posted in cloud, nas, softwaredefined storage, uncategorized, virtualization raise your sds iq 5 of 6. This is a press release edited by on march 14, 2017 at 2. Based on shipment data and distributions of storevirtual vsa license with proliant servers.
Softwaredefined storage sds is an approach to data storage in which the programming that controls storagerelated tasks is decoupled from the physical storage hardware. Hp becomes the latest vendor to join the hyperconverged infrastructure market with two new appliances, one based on its own softwaredefined storage stack and the other on vmwares upcoming evo. Enterpriseclass storage software functionality and leading virtualization software integration are builtin. The best software defined storage sds vendors are starwind virtual san, nutanix acropolis, red hat ceph storage, datacore sansymphony sds, and ibm spectrum virtualize. Softwaredefined storage products hpe storevirtual vsa setting up vsa for replication to bladesystem blueprint 5. Softwaredefined storage design and integration services are available now. How cisco and nexenta software defines storage for. Saying inkernel or vsa is faster than the other just because of where the software runs is like saying my car with 18. Nexenta open source software defined storage featured in. However, it is not as featurerich as some of the other softwaredefined storage sds solutions available, and the company has not been around for very long.
Enterprise class storage software functionality and leading virtualization software integration are built in. Hp bundling storevirtual vsa with new proliant purchases. Once again, i want to thank david k nguyen from dell for providing me with all the fx2 server platform gear. You can use your existing 2 supermicro nodes and the third node can be a simple 1u server with very minimum storage. The addition of the storevirtual vsa to proliant servers at no cost is a good way to talk to customers about hps softwaredefined storage offerings, said gary hutchins, director of solutions. Use cases scalable capacity options flexible licensing broad hypervisor support free 1tb vsa smbs looking for comprehensive data protection solution enterprises wanting to centrally manage their robo backup managed backup, backup as a service. Founded in 2015, hiveio is one of the youngest softwaredefined storage vendors in the market. All this is for us replacing an old hp eva 4400, and we want to have a scale out software defined solution that provides easier scalability, but with good performance too. We are now moving to a new project, upgrading one o. See how nexentas virtual storage appliance software, nexentastor vsa, can now run within a hyperflex environment without additional hardware or. The following diagram, describes software defined storage and converged. Learn how the hp storevirtual vsa solution enables openstack workload deployment within hp helion openstack in a faster, costeffective, scalable and flexible way.
This is the softwaredefined data center in a small form factor, molina told crn. Storage simulators and vsa virtual storage appliances. Hp storevirtual vsa and hp storeonce vsa provide data services for primary storage and data protection. Many offerings available today like those from hp storevirtual and storeonce vsa, maxta maxta storage platform, tarmin gridbank datadefined storage and nexenta nexentastor are crossplatform, global and more gridlike solutions that can be provisioned and. Project nitro brings hp, arrow together on hp software. The power of softwaredefined storage sds lies in separating hardware. New hp hyperconverged appliance delivers enterprise. Some softwaredefined storage vendors take aim only at the virtualization environment e. Hp storage views softwaredefined storage as a hardware and hypervisoragnostic abstraction that. After three and a half years at nexenta, i joined another storage software company, an early stage start up.
Hp offers nocost vsa software with intel xeon processor e5 v3based servers and singleclick installation on new hp proliant gen9 server models. Vmware vsan puts the sds functionality inside its kernel of esxi, microsoft calls it windows storage spaces, others hp, emc, mellanox, nutanix, etc implements sds by creating a vsa virtual san appliance approach which is actually a vm running on top of a hypervisor. Top 12 softwaredefined storage sds companies technavio. Rail is slated to ship in the first quarter of 2015, with pricing to be. The convergence of hpe storevirtual vsa software and hpe synergy provides a great value to any type or size of business by focusing on cost optimization and maximum flexibility within the data center. Weve been using storevirtual vsa software for several years, and currently have four vsa systems on some of our esxi hosts, with two hp d2220sb storage blades, each with 12tb of storage. Cisco and nexenta have partnered to extend advanced softwaredefined storage features to ciscos hyperflex hci platform. Vsan is an advanced storage solution that can be used for some of the same use cases as vsa, but vsan provides a greater level of flexibility, scalability, performance, and ease of management. What i like in particular of the hp storevirtual vsa is that it is 100% sds. Founded in 2015, hiveio is one of the youngest softwaredefined. By integrating red hats inktank ceph enterprise storage software with fujitsu server and storage technology into a multinode appliance, fujitsu will make softwaredefined storage based on ceph enterpriseready by delivering endtoend maintenance and professional services for the complete appliance.
It starts with the right storage architectures softwaredefined storevirtual. The gold standard hp has owned the left hand storage system since late 2008, and has made steady improvements since then. Nexenta launches nexenta vsa for vmware horizon view. The new offer, announced november 12, is available with 10 models of proliant and includes a 1tb entitlement for storevirtual vsa that license can be combined on up to 3 nodes for a total capacity of 3tb of total storage in a. Nutanix, simplivity and vmware lead softwaredefined. Hp storevirtual vsa virtual storage appliances free software defined storage oneaffiniti. Hp storevirtual is the original softwaredefined storage, it has evolved to be well positioned across multiple use cases with flexibility spanning hyperconverged, vsa, helion openstack and. Vmware vsphere storage appliance vsa for shared storage united states. Lefthand networks, acquired by hp, has been creating enterprise class storage out of standard servers for a long time. It was all very exciting and seemed like an amazing opportunity for me to share my softwaredefined storage skills and knowledge to help customers be successful and grow the company. Nutanix, simplivity and vmware lead softwaredefined storagehyperconved infrastructure market whatmatrix while microsoft, cisco, and hpe lag behind. The datacore hciflex appliance includes the simplicity of hci with the ultimate flexibility of softwaredefined storage sds along with datacores deep sds expertise and awardwinning customer service.
I was reading this article on the hp blog about the future of software defined storage and how the vsa fits perfectly. Hp gives away free 1tb vsa with new hp proliant gen 9 purchases. Servers with internal shared storage, backup, and central management. Nexenta blog global leader in softwaredefined storage. Its compatible with the hypervisor of your choice, be it microsoft hyperv, vmware vsphere esxi, linux kvm, or xen. Hp is bringing software defined storage to the masses by bundling the storevirtual vsa virtual storage appliance with the purchase of new proliant hardware. Easily deployable, the nexentastor vsa for tintri is built on a matured stack providing both nfs and smbcifs file services for windows and mac clients. Dell emc data domain virtual edition community edition. To deliver on these promises, sds typically enables the use of commodity storage which should lower storage acquisition costs.
Open source softwaredefined storage chalktalk duration. For future updates on virtual san vsan, vsphere virtual volumes vvol and other storage and availability technologies, as well as vsphere integrated openstack vio, and cloudnative apps cna be sure to follow me on twitter. Softwaredefined storage for flexible data storage for. Hp makes softwaredefined storage available to the world. Starwind virtual san vsan is a software that eliminates any need for physical shared storage by simply mirroring internal hard disks and flash between hypervisor servers. Transforming your servers internal or directattached storage into a full. Software defined storage sds promises to reduce storage capital and operational costs by abstracting data services from the storage hardware. Hps leading software defined storage solution, storevirtual vsa, offers robust data services with the inherent flexibility to be hardware agnostic and hypervisor independent. Hp storevirtual vsa virtual storage appliances free. Do you think the vsa is fit for purpose for such scenarios, or have any of you been bitten and would recommend alternatives vsan, nutanix, storevirtual 4335, etc.
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