Oct 26, 2010 : Scality Partners with CommVault

📅 October 26, 2010 - Scality RING object storage platform enables private and public cloud storage deployments and now supports backup from CommVault Simpana.

Scality, a developer of scalable object storage software for email and cloud storage applications, today announced a technology partnership with CommVault, a data management solutions provider. The company claims that enterprises throughout Europe are now in a position to set up a full, in-house backup and data management solution benefiting from CommVault's Simpana software and its scalable, always available object storage platform, Scality RING. Web hosters already using Scality RING to facilitate public cloud storage can now offer a strong backup product offering with CommVault.

It states that the adoption of CommVault's innovative backup technology has been hindered in Europe by the legal and social roadblocks of storing data offsite or in another country. By partnering with the company, CommVault Simpana can now be provided in the country of operations by local cloud storage providers using the Scality RING platform, or even onsite for customers wishing to deploy their own private clouds with the same technology from Scality.

The company lists the key benefits of the partnership:

• Complete data management solution with unwavering reliability, security and carrier-grade SLA-backed availability
• Private cloud storage deployments enable enterprise customers to secure all the backups on their own premises, resulting in better performance, privacy and security of the data
• For private deployments, it brings home all the benefits of the cloud: autonomic system, no volume management, no stepwise investments, and elastic scale out
• Drastically reduces storage costs with CommVault Simpana's deduplication and Scality RING's disk utilization optimization features
• Renders data management a fluid process in which backup and restore are not cumbersome
• The company and CommVault both have teams in Europe providing technical support
  

It further states that the Scality RING platform creates a series of nodes that are built using off-the-shelf servers. Each node on the RING controls its own segment of the overall storage pool. By monitoring other segments and constantly replicating - as well as load balancing - the data, the storage becomes self-healing in the event that a drive or segment of the pool fails for whatever reason. As well as supporting a 'no single point of failure' storage pool, the resulting cloud storage service is available 24x7 to end user businesses with no service interruptions whatsoever.

According to the company, CommVault defines modern data management as:

• With Simpana 9 software, CommVault has reinforced its heritage of providing one common software platform with centrally managed, scalable and automated capabilities to deliver the ultimate in data management
• New migration tools and reporting capabilities dramatically ease the process of converting from legacy configurations to Simpana 9 software
• Additionally, this latest release raises the bar in backup and recovery by enabling customers to slash backup windows by more than 30 percent and restore data in minutes with enhanced backup and recovery, snapshot technology and deduplication functionality
• Simpana 9 software also protects hundreds of virtual machines (VMs) in minutes while seamlessly scaling to accommodate thousands of VMs without forcing customers to make any compromises on data access or availability
  

"We are proud to announce a partnership with CommVault to provide a powerful data management platform with Scality RING storage technology in Europe," said Bradley King, Scality's Director of Customer Architecture and Partnerships. "Our technologies are a great fit. For web hosters, Scality's inexpensive and vastly scalable object storage is now supported by a great backup offering, and for end users, there is now more choice about where their data is stored. Together, Scality and CommVault help European enterprises make the cloud more secure, reliable, scalable and cost-effective."

Andreas Sturm, CommVault's Regional Managing Director, Central Europe, echoed King's enthusiasm for the partnership. Sturm said, "CommVault is delighted to have Scality as our local partner to handle the full data management solution across Europe. Enterprises can now enjoy the cost-efficiency and security of the private cloud underpinned by Scality RING object storage and supported by Simpana data management and backup."