Schuberg Philis Picks Nexenta

Nexenta
Systems, Inc., specialist in Software-defined Storage solutions for the
enterprise, announced that Schuberg Philis, provider of outsourcing
services, has selected a 1.1PB Nexentastor solution to underpin part of its
cloud service.

Based in Schiphol and with revenues of more
than €48.6 million, Schuberg Philis provides its customer with 100% uptime for applications
that support large organisations’ IT operations. Schuberg Philis takes
end-to-end responsibility for its customers’ applications providing 100%
availability.

Traditionally Schuberg Philis used
customer-dedicated IT infrastructure as a foundation for these application
landscapes. In early 2011, it decided to look at creating an
alternative service for its customers and prospects, based on cloud technology.
With a reputation for customer service and performance, it
needed a storage solution to underpin its new cloud service, one that could
handle the performance requirements and could scale cost effectively.

After researching the market Schuberg
Philis opted for a Nexenta solution. After testing they decided
on several NexentaStor HA clusters which they built on 10 HP DL380s, 24 DataON
shelves and 16 STEC SSDs combined with 552 Toshiba nearline SAS HDDs.

Schuberg Philis explains: "Nexenta’s
software, which is based on the open source ZFS file system, fitted perfectly
into our cloud design. Not only is it a robust platform with data protection
features that all of our technical team love using, but it also offers very
high performance that that will support our customers’ needs whilst still
giving us the ability to easily scale up and out when needed."

Schuberg Philis has installed multiple
NexentaStor HA clusters, thereby providing the company with 1.1PB of raw capacity.
In addition to unlimited snapshots, other important features include hybrid
storage pooling, deduplication, thin provisioning and the ability to find,
detect and recover silent data corruption through NexentaStor’s airtight
end-to-end data integrity.

Funs Kessen, Mission Critical engineer at Schuberg Philis, concludes:
"With its interoperability and
scalability, Nexenta was an important component for our cloud platform. We
expect a lot of our customers to take up the opportunity, and if this leads to
exploding data growth rates, Nexenta is our secret weapon."

Evan Powell, CEO of Nexenta says: "Innovative storage technologies have become
vital for cloud-based services, which need to scale without the worry of
escalating costs. As an alternative to traditional legacy storage systems from
big vendors, Nexenta helps service providers, like Schuberg Philis, meet its
client needs effectively while remaining competitive in the current climate."