Hierarchical Storage Solutions
Discover the non-disruptive, flexible and easy-to-use clustering software tools that let you combine multiple storage resources (DAS, NAS or SAN) into a powerful hierarchical storage management (HSM) solution within minutes.
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Hierarchical storage management made easy
Unified Namespace – Organize, archive and access your data through a single volume Heteregeonous Pool – Combine solid-state drives, spinning disks and network shares Life-Cycle Management – Move files across different storage tiers during their active life Organic Scalability – Expand or contract the pool’s capacity while in use Smart Tiering Policies – Automate data tiering based on file-type, location and age
cluStore is a non-disruptive, flexible and easy-to-use clustering software tool that lets you combine multiple storage resources (DAS, NAS or SAN) into a powerful HSM solution within minutes. cluStore combines multiple “live” volumes into a single virtual volume – the storage pool – that users can access through a universal mount point. The individual members of the pool can be prioritized and managed as “tiers” of storage.
By storing the right data on the right type of storage, cluStore helps you optimize the utilization of the fastest and most expensive tiers by moving less-critical data to slower and less expensive tiers without causing orphan links. From a user perspective, files always appear in the pool, as if they had not moved.
How it Works:
The goal of hierarchical storage management (HSM) is to store the right data on the right type of storage (referred to as a “tier” of storage). Each of the storage “tiers” has a distinctive performance, capacity and cost characteristics. HSM is often prohibitively expensive because traditional HSM solutions rely on proprietary and expensive hardware.
cluStore innovates by taking a radically different approach: it creates a flexible pool of storage by combining and unifying “dumb” storage appliances using advanced virtualization technology. Instead of letting users access data through the individual volumes, the cluStore pool unifies content from all its members and presents the resulting virtual file system as a single drive letter that can then be utilized by the user or shared via the network.
Individual volumes that participate in a cluster are referred to as “members”. Upon adding a member to a cluster, the original volume dismounts from the desktop before its content appears inside the cluster. When browsing the cluster, users do not see the individual members. Instead, they see all content, from all members, logically merged, as if all files and folders had been copied on a new volume.
cluStore does not create, store or manipulate metadata or other critical information. It simply keeps track of members participating in a given cluster. If this information is lost or corrupted, there is no risk of losing data as it is always possible to reassemble the cluster. Files written to a cluster are always stored on one of its members. Simple runtime policies are used to instruct cluStore where and how to write content. When disconnecting a member from the cluster, there is no risk to lose data. Of course, files contained on this member will no longer be accessible from the cluster, until the member is reconnected again. Meanwhile, this member’s content can be accessed through any connected computer.
cluStore window (Windows)
cluStore window (MAC)
cluStore Pool Explorer (Windows)
cluStore Pool Explorer (MAC)