Norwegian Purity IT Deploying Cloudian for Public Cloud Service

Cloudian, Inc. announced that Purity IT AS, a storage and cloud services provider in Norway, has deployed its HyperStore solution as a key component of its new S3-based public cloud offering.

Based in Oslo, Purity IT is a regional provider of backup, DR and cloud storage services. They have built a public multi-site S3 service based on HyperStore. The service, which also offers local SAN cache and tiering to tape, is intended for use cases including primary storage, archiving and backup.

HyperStore was selected ahead of technology from Scality, S.A., Red Hat, Inc., and Quantum Corp., following a five month proof of concept comparison project. The competing solutions were tested on the following criteria: ease of use, data tiering capabilities, storage policy support, S3 API interoperability, scalability, security, and cost.

Cloudian was selected due to its storage policy flexibility, S3 API interoperability, file support, and data tiering capability. Also important to Purity was the availability of a fully-turnkey appliance, rather than software only. The service enters full production availability this month.

Purity also plans to integrate HyperStore into its own cloud portal to deliver an automated, self-service, tiered storage solution. Options available to customers will include local VM appliances, Cloudian-based S3 storage services, and tape-based storage for archive.

“We have seen growing demand for object storage as a reliable and cost-effective solution for big data requirements,” said Lars Olav Habberstad, CEO, Purity. “We tested Scality, Red Hat, and Quantum, but found that only Cloudian object storage delivers the features and S3 interoperability we need. Cloudian HyperStore is now a key part of our Storage as a Service solution.”

“Purity has joined service providers throughout Europe by investing in Cloudian HyperStore to create high performance, flexible cloud services,” commented Jon Toor, CMO, Cloudian. “Enterprise customers are choosing service providers like Purity because they can offer the most flexible, cost-effective cloud storage to meet their specific needs.“