{"id":2837,"date":"2013-11-07T12:18:42","date_gmt":"2013-11-07T04:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=2837"},"modified":"2013-11-07T12:18:42","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T04:18:42","slug":"new-seagate-platform-slashes-cost-cloud-storage-systems-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2013\/11\/07\/new-seagate-platform-slashes-cost-cloud-storage-systems-50\/","title":{"rendered":"New Seagate platform slashes cost of cloud storage systems by 50%"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seagate Technology plc has unveiled its internally developed Seagate Kinetic Open Storage platform which is designed to simplify data management, and improve performance and scalability while lowering total cost of ownership (TCO) of average cloud infrastructures by up to 50 percent.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWith the Seagate Kinetic Open Storage platform, our internal R&D teams have designed an unique, first-of-its-kind storage architecture to enable cheaper, more scalable object storage solutions that free up IT professionals from having to invest in hardware and software they don\u2019t need\u2014 while empowering them with the most innovative storage technology available,\u201d said Rocky Pimentel, Seagate executive vice president and chief sales and marketing officer. \u201cThis technology optimizes storage solutions for a new era of cloud storage systems, while drastically reducing overall costs.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Seagate Kinetic Open Storage platform eliminates the storage server tier of traditional data center architectures by enabling applications to speak directly to the storage device, thereby reducing expenses associated with the acquisition, deployment, and support of hyperscale storage infrastructures. Companies can realize additional cost savings while maximizing storage density through reduced power and cooling costs, and receiving potentially dramatic savings in cloud data center build outs.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt Yahoo, we\u2019re always looking for new ways to improve efficiency and simplicity of our infrastructure and we\u2019re excited about Seagate\u2019s Kinetic Open Storage platform. Industry has proven time and again that Ethernet always wins\u2014 seeing this down to the drive level is a fantastic optimization,\u201d said Kevin Graham, principle storage architect, Yahoo Infrastructure Group. \u201cTo that point, we\u2019ve been engaging with Seagate for the past several months on how we can leap ahead of the architectural status quo to provide the most efficient, reliable storage for our users.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSeagate’s ambitious move into the storage platform space is a natural extension to their core storage business and their new Kinetic Open Storage platform is one that could redefine how data centers are architected going forward,\u201d said, Laura DuBois program vice president IDC Storage Systems, Software and Solutions. \u201cImplementing this technology will empower data centers with more scalable solutions at an industry-low TCO\u2014 driving change in the world of storage.\u201d<\/p>\n

The platform leverages Seagate\u2019s expertise in hardware and software storage systems to integrate a new key\/value API \u2013 which will be open sourced – and Ethernet connected with Seagate hard drive technology.<\/p>\n

Designed for rapid implementation and deployment in any cloud storage software stack, this technology can be deployed across a portfolio of storage devices enabling system builders and software developers to design new solutions that will deliver against a full array of cloud data center use cases.<\/p>\n

Redefining hardware and software capabilities, the platform enables cloud service providers and independent software vendors to optimize scale-out file and object-based storage\u2014 simply and effectively. With the Kinetic Open Storage platform, applications can now manage specific features and capabilities and rapidly implement and deploy in any cloud storage software stack. The technology also increases I\/O efficiency by removing bottlenecks and optimizing cluster management, data replication, migration, and active archive performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seagate Technology plc has unveiled its internally developed Seagate Kinetic Open Storage platform which is designed to simplify data management, and improve performance and scalability while lowering total cost of ownership (TCO) of average cloud infrastructures by up to 50 percent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[706,208,209],"class_list":["post-2837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biz-solutions","tag-cloud-storage","tag-seagate","tag-storage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}