David Scott is hardly going to declare that StoreAll is an inferior solution.
Two-timing HP snubs Scality's RING, organises object threesome
It’s a laugh a minute in the object storage business. Not content with reselling Scality’s RING object storage software alongside its own StoreAll product, HP is now two-timing Scality by reselling Cleversafe’s object storage software as well. It’s best to be sure – to be sure. Once again it’s HP’s hyperscale server group …
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Thursday 23rd October 2014 21:09 GMT cloudguy
Two might be better than one for HP
Well, Cleversafe relies entirely on erasure coding to store objects and usually only addresses customers needing petabyte scale from the get-go. Scality does both replication and erasure coding, so it would appeal to customers who would not necessarily choose Cleversafe. The part that doesn't compute is HP's Proliant server gear is top shelf and not like the "industry standard" storage servers that object storage providers usually promote to keep the capital costs low(er). It would be interesting to know the cost of a fully-loaded HP Proliant SL4540 G8 or SL4545 G7 and the annual operating and support cost for either Cleversafe dsNet or Scality RING.