Scality takes its RING file and object storage software a step further with the release of RING9. A solution designed to make it easier for IT teams to build a more modern hybrid cloud data storage infrastructure.
RING9 also includes new capabilities such as advanced monitoring in Prometheus tools and APIs; greater use of flash media through dynamic data protection policies; and further streamlined integration with API extensions to ecosystem partners like Veeam and VMware Cloud Director (VCD).
This latest version of RING has as purpose of further simplifying the storage of files and objects at scale for companies building private and hybrid cloud storage services with comprehensive support for AWS S3 and IAM. Some improvements, in addition, that are based on the deployments of service providers and first-rate companies made since 2010.
“As IT teams embrace modern architectures they need solutions that remove the challenges in enterprise data management and hybrid cloud storage. Scality RING9 represents a game changer for the entire storage industry,” says Paul Speciale, Scality Marketing Director
The advantages of using Scality
Scality RING software is used in industrial x86 servers to store objects and files. Among its advantages, it offers a high performance and storage efficiency as it increases the use of the latest generations of flash media through the Storage Accelerator (SA).
This helps fine-tune data protection policies and dynamic classification for lightning-fast IO reaching hot storage tiers via low-latency NVMe flash. thanks to a automated movement of data to increasingly profitable levels in lower cost flash.
RING also offers a innovative full stack management by bringing monitoring to the modern cloud-native data center, with integration based on Prometheus and AlertManager. In addition to helping further and better integration of its partner ecosystem products into the customer architecture, with support for new APIs, improved VMware vCloud (vCD) integration, and more comprehensive AWS IAM-compliant bucket policies to enforce security and access control
