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Achieve high availability, scalability, and long-term adaptability with Apache CloudStack and StorPool Storage.
Accelerate your CloudStack Deployment with Ultra-Fast, Reliable and Scalable Block Data Storage
Cloud builders are always seeking ways to optimize the architecture and cost of their public and private cloud deployments. Many businesses choose Apache CloudStack to deploy and manage large networks of KVM or Xen virtual machines as a highly available, highly scalable Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud computing platform.
With Apache CloudStack and StorPool Storage, companies can deploy a highly automated cloud that delivers the application performance and reliability their users need while easily addressing changes in user requirements over the long term.
Software Defined Storage Built for Modern IT
CloudStack supports several varieties of storage solutions with a range of capabilities. However, with the addition of StorPool Storage, an ultra-fast and effortless block storage platform, CloudStack users gain:
 | Application Acceleration with storage latency under 100µs (0.1 millisecond) and up to 113 million IOPS per single system |
| Fully Managed Dedicated StorPool Experts – StorPool experts design, deploy, tune, monitor, and maintain your storage implementation including the CloudStack integration |
| Unmatched Reliability – StorPool’s unique distributed, parallel, multi-controller system with no single points of failure is delivering proven 99.999% (Five 9s!) uptime with 15 years MTBF |
| Fully Integrated with CloudStack – No changes to common Cloud admin tasks – create and manage volumes, snapshots, VMs – are all managed from the CloudStack User Interface |
| Disaster Recovery Built-In – The Disaster Recovery Engine is built into the data storage and integrated with CloudStack allowing cloud managers to plan, configure, test a disaster recovery process, and failover to another site when necessary, all from within CloudStack |
| Breakthrough TCO – Pay-as-you-go and pay-per-use licensing with no add-ons for maximum transparency, while delivering a Total Cost of Ownership up to 3 times cheaper |
RapidCompute Upgrades its Services with a Primary Storage Solution by StorPool Storage
StorPool Provides More Flexible and Reliable Storage Solution for Pakistan’s First Enterprise-Class Public Cloud Computing Platform
“Our experience with StorPool has been outstanding. We have saved substantial time managing operations and have experienced zero downtime. The solution delivers excellent value for the money and the StorPool team is very professional and goes the extra mile in addressing any concerns we have.”, Imtiaz A. Khan, CTO RapidCompute
StorPool Storage Seamlessly Integrates with CloudStack
StorPool Storage integrates tightly with Apache CloudStack to allow seamless use of the StorPool Storage system through the CloudStack GUI, CLI, and API interfaces.
StorPool integration enables cloned provisioning, instant snapshots, thin provisioning, and backup, disaster recovery, and Quality of Service (QoS) policies per virtual disk or virtual machine (VM). Common management tasks such as cloning VMs, managing snapshots, provisioning VMs, or changing retention or encryption policies can all be handled through the standard CloudStack workflows.
With StorPool, VM provisioning is nearly instantaneous, and data placement policies and other settings can be changed dynamically to address changes in user requirements.
With the deep integration between the two systems, CloudStack administrators can stay within their CloudStack environment and stick to CloudStack workflows, knowing that the interactions with StorPool are completely automated.
The CloudStack and StorPool Technical brief
A blueprint for cloud and storage architects to aid in the design and deployment for a cloud infrastructure with Apache CloudStack working with KVM hosts and StorPool Storage.
The document includes detail on:
- High-level Reference Architecture
- Cloud Management
- Primary and Secondary Data Storage
- Management Network, Guest Network, Primary Storage Network
- Deployment Modes
“Apache CloudStack is a strong player in the open-source cloud management platform world, and with the seamless integration of StorPool Storage with CloudStack, IT teams receive cascading levels of benefits that make their lives easier. From data storage as code, to eliminating the need for scheduled downtime to the insurance of SLAs, through its STaaS delivery – this integration fortifies the advantages of CloudStack while minimizing the risks and headaches of managing data storage.””
Boyan Ivanov, CEO of StorPool Storage
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Frequently Asked Questions
StorPool delivers ultra-fast block data storage, achieving storage latency under 100 microseconds (µs) and system-wide performance of up to 113 million IOPS. This application acceleration allows cloud builders to create more efficient public and private IaaS platforms within CloudStack.
The deep integration allows for seamless management of advanced storage capabilities directly through the standard CloudStack User Interface. Key supported features include cloned provisioning, thin provisioning, and the application of Quality of Service (QoS) policies per virtual machine.
The platform ensures enterprise-level reliability with the following features:
- High Availability: A proven track record of 99.999%+ storage uptime for continuous operations.
- Data Protection: Built-in features like checksums, triple-mirroring, erasure coding, and automated snapshots, backup, and disaster recovery. The built-in Disaster Recovery Engine allows cloud managers to configure and test failover processes directly from the CloudStack environment.
- Non-Disruptive Upgrades: A lightweight, dependency-free plugin allows for storage updates without impacting the virtualization layer. Additionally StorPool Storage’s clustered shared-nothing architecture allows any upgrades to the storage layer to happen with zero downtime.
StorPool delivers a breakthrough Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) that is up to three times cheaper than comparable storage solutions. This is accomplished by a number of factors including its use of commodity servers rather than specialized hardware, the fact that storage vendors add a large margin to any drives purchased from them, and our pay-as-you-grow licensing model where you pay based on the actual data you’re storing, not the amount you have provisioned.
Additionally, StorPool Storage’s distributed, shared-nothing architecture eliminates the need for scheduled downtime, further reducing operational costs.
StorPool provides a fully managed storage solution, but not in the same way a Managed Service Provider (MSP) does. MSPs provide hardware and software housed in their data centers. StorPool Storage runs on the commodity hardware of the customer’s choice, running on-premises in your own data center.
Expert StorPool engineers handle the design, deployment, configuration, monitoring, maintenance, and optimization of the storage layer, allowing internal IT teams to focus on managing their applications and business growth rather than infrastructure maintenance. StorPool Storage is licensed on a pay-as-you-grow model where you only pay based on the amount of data stored on the system. Fully managed services are provided at no additional cost. Request a custom quote today.
StorPool Storage provides a free CloudStack native plugin that allows cloud managers to perform all storage-related tasks for their virtualization infrastructure without ever leaving the CloudStack interface they already know. Foremost, the plugin will automatically create a storage volume and any virtual disks when an admin creates a virtual machine (VM). This also includes cloned provisioning, scheduling per-VM automated snapshots, setting per-VM performance-based quality of service (QoS), and set per-VM replication policies for backup and disaster recovery.
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