StorPool Storage powering Apache CloudStack Environments
Topics: Apache CloudStack, Cloud automation, Distributed storage, IaaS
Pages: 2
Company: StorPool
This document outlines the benefits of using StorPool Storage to power Apache CloudStack environments. The combination allows managed services providers, hosting providers, enterprises, and SaaS vendors to deploy a highly automated and high-performing cloud that can compete with hyperscale service providers. The integrated solution supports a variety of workloads, including latency or IOPS-sensitive applications like databases and analytics, as well as less performance-critical ones.
Key advantages of the StorPool Storage and Apache CloudStack solution include:
- Accelerated Applications: It supports latency-sensitive applications while also handling less critical workloads from the same storage backend.
- Simplified Operations: It reduces the time needed for operational tasks, speeding up the introduction of new services and making employee training easier.
- Reduced Outages: It eliminates downtime caused by hardware failures or human errors during manual tasks.
- Always-On Environment: Software updates, patches, and hardware swaps can be deployed without disrupting services, which virtually eliminates maintenance windows.
- Built-In Disaster Recovery: Users can plan, configure, test, and perform failovers without leaving the CloudStack management interface.
- Reduced Vendor Lock-in: The solution uses cost-efficient commodity hardware and open-source software like Linux KVM virtualization.
- End-to-End Automation: Native integration allows for seamless management of the virtual infrastructure through the CloudStack UI, CLI, and API.
The deep integration between StorPool and CloudStack allows administrators to stay within their familiar CloudStack environment and workflows, as the interactions with StorPool are fully automated. VM provisioning is nearly instantaneous, and data policies can be changed dynamically to meet changing user requirements.
