This article is written by Product Marketing Manager at StorPool, Dave Henry.
The shift from legacy data centers to the Cloud Era is complete. Organizations now navigate a complex world of private, public, and hybrid clouds, often managed by Virtual Data Centers (VDC). At the core of every modern cloud project is storage, yet traditional, monolithic storage arrays are failing to meet current demands for:
- Petabyte-scale scalability.
- 24 / 7 / 365 availability and non-disruptive operations.
- Flexible deployment options.
- Unmatched performance.
- Simplified management.
- Reduced costs.
Why Software-Defined Storage is the Answer
To address these challenges, organizations are moving to Software-Defined Storage (SDS). By leveraging commodity off-the-shelf servers, SDS delivers massive cost savings, flexible architecture, and eliminates storage silos by creating a multi-purpose, on-premises cloud storage pool.
StorPool Storage is built on this advanced SDS architecture.
- Non-Disruptive Uptime: Our cluster architecture and non-disruptive operations (including hot fixes, patches, and upgrades) eliminate all planned downtime, delivering 99.999% uptime across our entire customer base, as measured on production systems.
- Extreme Scalability and Performance: StorPool is designed to scale beyond 1 PB in a single cluster. Its distributed architecture, efficient use of NVMe/SSD, and low computational overhead deliver unmatched speed: latency under 200 μs to VMs and applications, even under sustained high workloads.
- Simple, Fully-Managed Service: StorPool is provided as a fully-managed service. This eliminates the need for dedicated, deep-dive storage expertise on your IT staff, freeing them from routine day-to-day maintenance.
Seamless Integration with Apache CloudStack
For CloudStack environments, StorPool’s native plugin allows for the automatic handling of all storage tasks during the creation and configuration of VMs, ensuring seamless integration and simplifying your cloud management workflow.
The Amito Success Story
Amito, Ltd., a global provider of enterprise-grade IaaS solutions, manages hundreds of TBs across 28 data centers. They needed to replace multiple legacy storage systems with a single solution that met all the modern requirements listed above while continuing to use CloudStack.
Following their migration to StorPool, Amito realized significant ongoing cost savings and efficiencies. Specifically, the same data they previously housed now required 35% less storage space. This dramatic reduction was a direct result of StorPool’s highly efficient implementation of snapshots, superior data density, and the complete elimination of storage silos.
To learn more about how StorPool elevates Apache CloudStack, visit our website and be sure to check out the full Amito / StorPool case study.
