SageCloud, a software company developing energy-efficient solutions for cold data storage, announced a strategic partnership agreement with Rorke Global Solutions, a business unit of Avnet Embedded, to jointly deliver petabyte-scale storage solutions for cold data.
Cold data storage is the latest rage. Large data consumers and industry groups, like the Open Compute Project (OCP), are moving towards energy-efficient, open standards computing and hardware approaches that contribute towards reducing cost, energy consumption and support scalability of cold data storage.
Per the new OEM partnership, Rorke Global Solutions, together with SageCloud, will leverage OCP field-tested open source software and open hardware standards to deliver cold data storage systems on disk that approaches the cost of storage on tape. The combined solution will be offered as an on-premise solution for IT storage professionals who are operating their own data centers or for ISP's seeking to improve the cost efficiencies of their cold storage service offerings.
“By combining SageCloud's software leadership and cold storage expertise with Avnet's integration, certification and service capabilities, we can offer our customers a best-in-class cold data storage system,” John Salemme, vice president of OEM sales, Avnet Embedded said in a statement.
Targeted primarily at financial services, media and entertainment, and healthcare firms, the solution is specifically designed for market segments that generate greater than one petabyte of cold data, and that require backup, archiving and easy scale-out of their environments.
“As data storage costs and requirements outstrip IT budgets, particularly as a result of big data platform adoption, affordable cold data storage is a must-have. We look forward to teaming with Rorke Global Solutions to meet this pressing industry need,” said Jeff Flowers, founder and chief executive officer at SageCloud.
Currently in beta testing, the Rorke Global Solutions storage systems powered by SageCloud software are expected to be available from the first quarter of 2014.
SageCloud recently announced the addition of three new members to the executive team to bring cold storage solutions to market.