OSNEXUS and Acromove Inc. Partner to Offer QuantaStor SDS Data Migration Edition on the ServerPack Mobile Platform

LAS VEGAS, April 24, 2017 -- OSNEXUS, the leading developer of Software Defined Storage (SDS) solutions, and Acromove Inc., a manufacturer of unique hyper-converged portable NAS and Thunderbolt RAID equipment, today announced that QuantaStor SDS Data Migration Edition will be offered on the Acromove ServerPack™ mobile hardware platform.

Combining the power of QuantaStor SDS' high-performance SDS platform with Acromove ServerPack™ mobile hardware, companies can securely and cost-effectively migrate large amounts of data between public cloud hosting providers, global datacenters or on-premises sites in lieu of transferring data via the Internet or WANs.

"QuantaStor SDS Data Migration Edition solves the problem of cost-effectively moving large amounts of data into and out of datacenters or cloud environments while making it easy to copy, compress, encrypt and ship data anywhere at any time," said Steve Umbehocker, CEO of OSNEXUS. "Together with Acromove's ServerPack mobile platform, QuantaStor SDS Data Migration Edition is ideal for on-site media and film production or content distribution."

"ServerPack is designed to act as an economical conduit between cloud data sources and datacenter or on premises destinations, especially when web connectivity is a problem," said CEO Artemis Achillopoulos. "By offering QuantaStor SDS with Acromove's mobile hardware platform, we can offer media and entertainment companies a solution that lets them easily and quickly move their data from the field to the cloud."

The Acromove ServerPack is a hyper-converged software-defined system that combines storage, compute, networking and virtualization technologies in one physical unit that is managed as a single system. ServerPack is designed to be portable, can include wireless and GPS capabilities, and is operating system and software application agnostic allowing customers to deploy it in virtually any environment.

QuantaStor SDS allows IT administrators to set up and manage complex open source scale-out file, block and object storage technologies with only a few mouse clicks for use cases including high-performance computing, big data, virtualization and backup and archive. QuantaStor SDS Data Migration Edition appliances can scale to over a petabyte of mobile storage all managed as a single unit to ensure data is safe and secure whether in transit, in the cloud or on-site.

OSNEXUS QuantaStor SDS Enables Global Namespaces for ZFS Scale-out Software Defined Storage

BELLEVUE, Wash., April 10th, 2017 -- OSNEXUS, the leading developer of Software-Defined Storage (SDS) solutions, today announced the addition of Global Namespaces for QuantaStor SDS. Global Namespaces simplify NAS storage management and increase end-user productivity by combining shares into easy-to-access groups that are accessible across a storage grid of appliances.

“High-growth, geographically-distributed storage environments make it increasingly difficult for users to manage their data. That reduces an organization’s agility and slows productivity” said Steven Umbehocker, CEO of OSNEXUS. “With QuantaStor, users get the performance benefits, high-availability, and ease of use that come with Global Namespaces without having to suffer from the latency and network costs that come with typical scale-out NAS solutions.”

QuantaStor implements Global Namespaces using Microsoft DFS and NFSv4 referral technologies to redirect SMB and NFS clients to network shares on specific appliances. The QuantaStor grid and highly-available (HA) storage pool technologies work together so that storage grids can deliver consistent performance, accessibility, and reliability as an environment scales. This effectively transforms the scale-up nature of the OpenZFS technology that QuantaStor utilizes into a scale-out technology. The technique eliminates performance impacts of spindle contention and multiple network hops that scale-out NAS appliances suffer from. With grid scalability to 64 appliances, QuantaStor storage grids can combine any number of network shares into any number of unique Global Namespaces so that finding and accessing storage is made simple.

QuantaStor SDS Global Namespace Highlights:

Ideal for Multiple Workflows including Biosciences, Media Post-Production, and Energy Research – Global Namespaces allow IT managers to distribute files in a way that achieves the best performance and capacity utilization per system.

Available Across Geographies – Researchers, artists, editors and producers are able to access their digital assets via a single, logical namespace, across geographically dispersed storage systems.

Increased Efficiency – Global Namespaces reduce human error, improve productivity, and streamline workflows enabling storage administrators to accomplish more at a lower cost while eliminating complexity.

Grid Technology – QuantaStor grid technology redirects NFS/SMB connections dynamically, enabling storage grids to span global data centers and allow hyperscale NAS to over 64 PB per grid.

OSNEXUS Achieves Cisco Compatibility Certification with the Cisco Solution Partner Program for QuantaStor SDS Backup and Archive Storage Solution

BELLEVUE, Wash., March 28, 2017 -- OSNEXUS announced that its QuantaStor SDS Backup and Archive Solution has successfully achieved Cisco compatibility certification with Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers (https://marketplace.cisco.com/catalog/companies/osnexus/products/osnexus-quantastor-backup-archive-sds). The Internet of Everything (IoE) continues to bring together people, processes, data and things to enhance the relevancy of network connections. As a member of the Cisco® Solution Partner Program, OSNEXUS is able to quickly create and deploy solutions to enhance the capabilities, performance and management of the network to capture value in the IoE.

QuantaStor Software Defined Storage appliances are designed with the high-availability and scale-out features required for business-critical environments while simplifying the archive, backup and recovery process. The QuantaStor SDS Backup and Archive Solution protects critical data in the event of a major hardware or software failure that could be caused by events ranging from human error to a natural disaster. With OSNEXUS grid technology, QuantaStor can also be deployed as a highly-available grid of appliances to deliver up to 64PB of storage in a single scale-out filesystem accessible via major protocols including NFS and CIFS/SMB.

"One of the most compelling use cases for QuantaStor SDS is automating the backup and archiving of business-critical data," said Steve Umbehocker, CEO of OSNEXUS. "The combination of the QuantaStor SDS Backup and Archive Solution with Cisco's UCS C-Series Rack Servers enables OSNEXUS to offer customers a highly-available data storage and protection solution for any use case."

The Cisco Solution Partner Program, part of the Cisco Partner Ecosystem, unites Cisco with third-party independent hardware and software vendors to deliver integrated solutions to joint customers. As a Solution Partner, OSNEXUS offers a complementary product offering and has started to collaborate with Cisco to meet the needs of joint customers. For more information on OSNEXUS go to: https://marketplace.cisco.com/catalog/companies/osnexus.

* Compatibility certification via Interoperability Verification Testing and Cisco Validated Design is designed to simulate typical customer configurations and does not replace the need for on-site testing and interoperability validation in conjunction with actual implementation.

OSNEXUS Announces Capacity-as-a-Service for Software Defined Storage

BELLEVUE, Wash., Feb. 16, 2017 -- OSNEXUS, the leading developer of Software Defined Storage (SDS) solutions, today announced a new Capacity-as-a-Service (CaaS) license for SDS enabling enterprises to dynamically manage and provision their storage license capacities online through a new QuantaStor Cloud License Service portal.

The CaaS license combines the power of QuantaStor's high-performance software defined storage platform with the OSNEXUS Cloud License Service (CLS) to help automate, install and provision software defined storage for Cloud Service Providers, higher-education, and enterprise customers.

"One of the big challenges facing enterprise and higher-education customers with large storage environments is business agility and the need to not only forecast storage demand but also cost effectively scale their storage assets," said Steven Umbehocker, CEO of OSNEXUS. "Our new Capacity-as-a-Service offering solves these agility issues by letting customers dynamically retire and redeploy licensed storage capacity at will."

QuantaStor SDS Capacity-as-a-Service Highlights:

Online Licensing – QuantaStor SDS license keys can now be dynamically provisioned and retired for self-service management of license capacities, enabling easy expansion, contraction, and deployment of new appliances on demand.

Internal Capacity Provisioning and Billing - Partners and customers using the Cloud License Service (CLS) are billed at standard subscription rates plus a fee for the CLS portal simplifying internal chargeback accounting and automation activities.

License Quotas - CLS instances are pre-configured with quota(s) indicating the purchased subscription license key capacity. The available capacity can be divided up to meet the storage capacity needs of few or many appliances of any size with a minimum license key size of 32TB per appliance. Previously deployed QuantaStor SDS appliances can be retired at any time and returns its capacity so it can be redeployed elsewhere as a new key or to expand an existing deployment.

OSNEXUS Announces QuantaStor SDS Data Migration Edition for Easy and Cost-effective Cloud Data Transport

BELLEVUE, Wash., Jan. 12, 2017 -- OSNEXUS, the leading developer of Software Defined Storage (SDS) solutions, today announced QuantaStor SDS Data Migration Edition to help enterprises migrate and transport multiple terabytes of file, block and object storage between datacenters and on-premises sites using mobile hardware and a custom licensed edition of QuantaStor SDS.

Combining the power of QuantaStor SDS' high-performance software defined storage platform with a secure mobile server, QuantaStor SDS Data Migration Edition can scale to over a petabyte of storage simply by linking appliances together as a grid for on-site data import and export. The data migration appliance also includes QuantaStor SDS' end-to-end security coverage with protocol-level encryption, hardware and software disk drive encryption with Intel AES-NI technology and advanced user security featuring role-based access controls.

"QuantaStor SDS Data Migration Edition solves the problem of cost-effectively moving large amounts of data into and out of datacenters or cloud environments while making it easy to copy, compress, encrypt and ship data anywhere at any time," said Steve Umbehocker, CEO of OSNEXUS. "With our grid technology, data migration appliances scale to over a petabyte of mobile storage all managed as a single unit to ensure data is safe and secure whether in transit, in the cloud or on-site."

QuantaStor SDS allows IT administrators to set up and manage complex open source scale-out file, block and object storage technologies with only a few mouse clicks for use cases including high-performance computing, Big Data, virtualization and backup and archive.

QuantaStor SDS Data Migration Edition Highlights:

Cloud Migration - For migrating large amounts of data into or out of global datacenters or on-premises sites, QuantaStor SDS Data Migration Edition is a fast, secure and cost-effective solution in lieu of transferring data via the Internet or WANs.

Datacenter Consolidation - QuantaStor SDS Data Migration Edition ensures that data is securely and cost-effectively transferred when consolidating under-performing data centers or optimizing existing data centers with new servers and storage infrastructure.

Disaster Recovery - For offline or online backups of large data quantities stored in datacenters or on-premises, QuantaStor SDS Data Migration Edition appliances can retrieve or move large amounts of data more quickly than over high-speed Internet or WANs.

Content Distribution - QuantaStor SDS Data Migration Edition can be used for sharing large amounts of data with customers or partners. Ideal use cases include on-site media and film production or content distribution.

OSNEXUS QuantaStor SDS Achieves VMware Ready™ Status

BELLEVUE, Wash., Dec. 8, 2016 -- OSNEXUS today announced that its QuantaStor Software Defined Storage (SDS) solution has achieved VMware Ready™ status. This designation indicates that after a detailed validation process QuantaStor SDS version 4.0 has achieved VMware's highest level of endorsement and is supported on VMware vSphere® 6.5 for production environments.

"We are pleased that OSNEXUS QuantaStor SDS qualifies for the VMware Ready™ logo, signifying to customers that it has met specific VMware interoperability standards and works effectively with VMware cloud infrastructure. This signifies to customers that QuantaStor SDS can be deployed in production environments with confidence and can speed time to value within customer environments," said Kristen Edwards, Director, Technology Alliance Partner Program, VMware.

"By using QuantaStor SDS with vSphere 6.5, organizations can deploy highly-available block storage that delivers consistent performance with minimal downtime for mission-critical desktop and server virtualization deployments as well as databases and online transaction processing applications," said Steve Umbehocker, CEO of OSNEXUS.

The VMware Ready program is a co-branding benefit of the Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program that makes it easy for customers to identify partner products certified to work with VMware cloud infrastructure. Customers can use these products and solutions to lower project risks and realize cost savings over custom built solutions. With thousands of members worldwide, the VMware TAP program includes best-of-breed technology partners with the shared commitment to bring the best expertise and business solution for each unique customer need.

OSNEXUS QuantaStor SDS can be found within the online VMware Solution Exchange (VSX) at https://solutionexchange.vmware.com/store/products/quantastor-sds-virtualization-solution-for-block-storage. The VMware Solution Exchange is an online marketplace where VMware partners and developers can publish rich marketing content and downloadable software for our customers.

VMware, vSphere and VMware Ready are registered trademarks or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.

OSNEXUS Announces Shared Storage Solutions for End-to-End Media Production Workflows

QuantaStor SDS v4.1 Provides Microsoft DFS and NFS Global Namespace Capabilities with Avid Media Composer Integration

BELLEVUE, Wash., Nov. 23, 2016 -- OSNEXUS, the leading developer of Software Defined Storage (SDS) solutions, today announced that QuantaStor SDS v4.1 now provides advanced storage solution features for media professionals in TV, film, video, graphics, VFX, animation, virtual reality, audio and broadcast production.

QuantaStor SDS' high-performance and flexible software defined storage infrastructure supports workflows including media ingest and acquisition, media staging, search and logging, editing, asset management, and broadcast delivery via file, block, and object storage in one platform on commodity hardware.

"Our SDS platform is unique in that we've developed grid technology linking appliances together across sites enabling the entire storage environment to scale up and out while simultaneously being managed as a single unit," said Steve Umbehocker, CEO of OSNEXUS. "QuantaStor SDS uses the most advanced and mature open storage technologies so that our media customers can archive for the long term while ensuring integrity of the data for decades to come."

QuantaStor SDS enables IT generalists to set up and manage complex, open source, scale-up and scale-out file, block, and object storage technologies with only a few mouse clicks, letting media and entertainment professionals focus on what they do best: content creation, production and distribution.

QuantaStor SDS Shared Storage Solutions for Media Editing and Workflows Highlights:

Global Namespaces – Global Namespaces group shares together into a globally accessible folder across selected appliance groups. The appliance groups can include all appliances in a grid or only a subset of QuantaStor SDS appliances and storage systems. Global Namespaces utilize Microsoft DFS technology to redirect SMB/CIFS clients to network share locations and can work together with Highly-Available (HA) storage pools via DFS or NFSv4.

Universal Shared Digital Media Storage - QuantaStor SDS enables media production and editing teams to create and share digital media folders across storage networks via Global Namespaces to participate in media production, editing and broadcast workflows.

Avid Media Composer Integration – QuantaStor SDS provides SMB storage to Avid Media Composer environments with Avid awareness. Leveraging MediaHarmony, an open source (GPL) VFS extension module for Samba, QuantaStor SDS lets editors and artists collaborate using the same content simultaneously by providing dedicated copies of Avid Media Composer metadata files on shared storage.

OSNEXUS Achieves Cisco Compatibility Certification with the Cisco Solution Partner Program

BELLEVUE, Wash., Sept. 13, 2016 -- OSNEXUS announced that its QuantaStor SDS Virtualization Solution has successfully achieved Cisco compatibility certification with Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers (https://marketplace.cisco.com/catalog/companies/osnexus/products/virtualization-with-sds). The Internet of Everything (IoE) continues to bring together people, processes, data and things to enhance the relevancy of network connections. As a member of the Cisco® Solution Partner Program, OSNEXUS is able to quickly create and deploy solutions to enhance the capabilities, performance and management of the network to capture value in the IoE.

QuantaStor Software Defined Storage appliances are designed with high-availability and scale-out features required to deliver block storage for mission-critical desktop and server virtualization environments. The QuantaStor SDS Virtualization Solution is VMware 5 and 6 certified with VAAI support, ideal for virtualized database and OLTP applications, supports all flash and hybrid-flash accelerated storage configurations and delivers consistent performance with minimal downtime.

"Enterprises deploying modern applications need flexible and scalable IT solutions that can meet the ever-growing demand for storage both on premises and in the cloud," said Steve Umbehocker, CEO of OSNEXUS. "The combination of the QuantaStor SDS Virtualization Solution with Cisco's UCS C-Series Rack Servers enables OSNEXUS to offer customers an easy-to-manage, secure, hyperscale block storage solution for any virtualization use case."

The Cisco Solution Partner Program, part of the Cisco Partner Ecosystem, unites Cisco with third-party independent hardware and software vendors to deliver integrated solutions to joint customers. As a Solution Partner, OSNEXUS offers a complementary product offering and has started to collaborate with Cisco to meet the needs of joint customers. For more information on OSNEXUS go to: https://marketplace.cisco.com/catalog/companies/osnexus.

OSNEXUS Recognized on 2016 Emerging Vendors List

BELLEVUE, Wash., July 20, 2016 -- OSNEXUS, the leading developer of Software Defined Storage (SDS) solutions, announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named OSNEXUS to its 2016 list of Emerging Vendors. This annual list recognizes recently founded, up-and-coming technology suppliers who are shaping the future of the IT channel through unique technological innovations. In addition to celebrating these standout companies, the Emerging Vendors list also serves as a valuable resource for solution providers looking to expand their portfolios with cutting-edge technology.

OSNEXUS focuses on continuous Software Defined Storage innovation with a strong focus on product quality and industry leading support. Software Defined Storage enables enterprises to use commodity server hardware interchangeably for compute and storage as opposed to traditional storage solutions that lock IT organizations into proprietary hardware and filesystems with limited protocol support. OSNEXUS, with its QuantaStor SDS platform, is the only SDS vendor that delivers a unified, scale-out file, block and object platform on open filesystems to form storage grids up to 64 physical or virtual storage appliances and 64 PB locally or dispersed across geographies.

"The select group of companies on our Emerging Vendors list have already made a name for themselves in their short time in the IT community, introducing leading-edge technologies with the potential to transform their segments of the IT market," said Robert Faletra, CEO of The Channel Company. "These tech suppliers are quickly making their mark on the industry and are the ones solution providers should watch in 2016."

"It's an honor to be recognized as a top emerging technology vendor by CRN," said David Feldman, vice president of worldwide sales of OSNEXUS. "Our mission at OSNEXUS is to help partners achieve mutual wins with our innovative software defined storage solutions that drive growth, and hardware margins, as well as ensure customer and partner satisfaction with every deployment."

The Emerging Vendors list will be featured in the August 2016 issue of CRN and online at www.crn.com/emergingvendors.

OSNEXUS Announces End-to-End Software Defined Storage Security for Enterprise and Cloud Deployments

BELLEVUE, Wash., June 14, 2016 -- OSNEXUS, the leading developer of Software Defined Storage (SDS) solutions, today announced the inclusion of end-to-end security coverage for QuantaStor SDS enabling multi-layer data protection "on the wire" and "at rest" for enterprise and cloud storage deployments.

Combining protocol-level encryption with SMB, IPsec and HTTPS across any storage grid, hardware and software disk drive encryption with Intel AES-NI technology and advanced user security featuring role-based access controls, QuantaStor SDS End-to-End Security is ideal for industry applications ranging from energy, healthcare, financial services and education to government.

"Our SDS end-to-end security coverage, one of the most advanced storage security architectures in the industry, helps enterprises meet strict data security and encryption compliance requirements for both the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission," said Steve Umbehocker, CEO of OSNEXUS. "QuantaStor's multi-layer security model ensures that critical information assets are secured across heterogeneous physical or virtual storage grids scalable to 64 nodes and 64 Petabytes, on-premises or in the cloud."

QuantaStor SDS allows IT generalists to set up and manage complex open source scale-out file, block and object storage technologies with only a few mouse clicks for use cases including high-performance computing, Big Data, virtualization and backup and archive.

QuantaStor SDS End-to-End Security Highlights:

User Security - QuantaStor goes beyond basic Role Based Access Control (RBAC) with Advanced User Security by masking user permissions and allowing administrators to grant permissions for users at the storage object level, to all objects in the user's associated cloud(s) or to the entire storage system.

Data Security – For data-at-rest, QuantaStor features "one-click" full drive software encryption with Intel AES-NI technology and FIPS 140-2 self-encrypting drive support with certified hardware.

Client Security – For data on-the-wire, QuantaStor provides encryption via SMB3, IPSec, and HTTPS. For iSCSI storage, QuantaStor uses Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) supporting CHAP for storage volumes, user levels and storage clouds providing easier management and SAN security.

Grid Security – All data replication and storage grid management communications are encrypted using SSL/TLS 1.2 with strong ciphers.

OSNEXUS Joins the Cisco Solution Partner Program

BELLEVUE, Wash., June 2, 2016 -- OSNEXUS announced that it has joined the Cisco® Solution Partner Program as a Solution Partner. The Internet of Everything (IoE) continues to bring together people, processes, data and things to enhance the relevancy of network connections. As a member of the Cisco Solution Partner Program, OSNEXUS is able to quickly create and deploy solutions to enhance the capabilities, performance and management of the network to capture value in the IoE.

"Enterprises today need flexible and scalable IT solutions for modern applications that can meet the ever-growing demand for storage both on premises and in the cloud," said Steve Umbehocker, CEO of OSNEXUS. "With Cisco's Unified Computing System and OSNEXUS' QuantaStor Software Defined Storage (SDS) platform, we offer customers an easy-to-manage, secure, hyperscale file, block and object storage solution. This solves storage challenges across a broad set of use cases including cloud applications, Big Data, virtualization and high-performance computing (HPC)."

The Cisco Solution Partner Program, part of the Cisco Partner Ecosystem, unites Cisco with third-party independent hardware and software vendors to deliver integrated solutions to joint customers. As a Solution Partner, OSNEXUS offers a complementary product offering and has started to collaborate with Cisco to meet the needs of joint customers. For more information on OSNEXUS, go to: https://marketplace.cisco.com/catalog/companies/osnexus.

OSNEXUS Announces Hyperscale File, Block and Object Software Defined Storage Solution for Enterprise and Cloud Deployments

QuantaStor v4 Grid Technology Enables Scale Up and Out to 64 Nodes and 64 Petabytes of Storage

BELLEVUE, Wash., March 22, 2016 -- OSNEXUS, the leading developer of Software Defined Storage (SDS) solutions, announced today the availability of QuantaStor v4, a hyperscale SDS platform that enables organizations to turn commodity hardware into globally scalable storage grids with file, block and object protocol access.

Supporting up to 64 storage appliances and petabytes in a single grid, QuantaStor v4 dynamically provides encrypted storage across all standard protocols, with support for all major server vendors (HP, Dell, Cisco, IBM/Lenovo and SuperMicro), all managed as a single grid storage system.

"With the release of QuantaStor v4 our goal is to help enterprises reach new levels of efficiency.  QuantaStor enables deployment, allocation and management of their storage assets worldwide and addresses the needs for encryption and hyperscale," said Steve Umbehocker, CEO of OSNEXUS. "QuantaStor v4's use of open technologies and our hardware neutral approach enables OSNEXUS to offer a unified SDS solution on a heterogeneous mix of enterprise server hardware with a rich software feature set bundled into one solution."

QuantaStor v4 allows IT generalists to take advantage of complex open source file, block and object SDS technologies with only a few mouse clicks for use cases including high-performance computing, media and entertainment, life sciences, financial services, Big Data and virtualization.

QuantaStor v4 Highlights:

File, Block and Object Storage - QuantaStor v4 adds support for scale-out object storage via the S3 and SWIFT compatible REST based protocols with scalability to 64PB of storage and 64 appliances per grid. In addition, QuantaStor v4 integrates Ceph-storage technology to deliver scale-out block storage (iSCSI, Ceph RBD) and GlusterFS technology for scale-out NAS and file storage.

Security and Encryption – QuantaStor v4 features "one-click" full drive encryption with AES-256 as well as on-the-wire encryption via SMB3, IPSec, and HTTPS. Encryption and decryption performance is accelerated by much as eight times through the use of Intel's AES-NI technology found on Intel Xeon® processors.

High Availability - Multi-node scale-out configurations are highly available with near instant failover. Additionally, native protocol support enables scale-out storage to be used for a wide range of use cases and platforms including VMware.

Remote Replication - Replicate storage volumes over a LAN or WAN to another QuantaStor v4 system with remote replication. Ideal for replicating critical workloads to a disaster recovery site. Replication integrates with snapshots providing minimal data across on-premises or cloud storage deployments.