Object, Cloud Storage And Backup Solutions From Weka, DataDobi And StorONE

Time to catch up on some storage news from the last few weeks.  This piece talks about recent cloud and object announcements from Weka and DataDobi and ransomware protecting backup offerings from StorONE.

Weka announced the availability of its latest version of WekaFS that provides users with enhanced capabilities for cloud deployments and provides new capabilities for both cloud native and virtualized applications on premises.  The company says the software provide customers with an even better experience by addressing modern workload demands, fully integrating flash, S3 object storage, cloud and on-premises in a single framework.  New features include AWS autoscaling groups thin provisioning, remote backup to multiple object stores, high-performance clients on VMware virtual machines and a CSI quota that helps control the consumption of storage in the Kubernetes environment.

In another announcement Weka and HPE provided a jointly validated solution for containerized workloads with the company’s data platform for AI available on HPE Ezmeral marketplace.  The figure below shows Weka’s CSI driver working with HPE Ezmeral.

DataDobi, providing unstructured data management software (DobiProtect) can now replicate data held on any S3-compatible object storage to Google Cloud Storage or vice versa.  The company had previously announced support for Azure Blob storage.  This enables organizations to build a multi-cloud strategy with their data available at multiple hyperscalers.  DobiProtect can set up permanent data replication between clouds. 

DataDobi also announced starter packs for another of its software products, DobiMigrate, ranging from 1PB to 7PB.  According to the company, the new Starter Packs will enable channel partners and end users to accelerate digital transformation and conduct data management projects to any storage platform or cloud environment.

StorONE introduced its S1:Backup, which the company says ensures that backup data is immutable to ransomware attacks in a highly-available backup cluster.  It works with Veeam, Rubrik, HYCU, Commvault and other software.  S1:Backup provides immutability across most protocols including NFS, SMB, iSCSI, Fibre Channel and NVMe-oF by capturing every backup job into an immutable state.  If the system is attacked by malware the user can roll back to a 30-second old immutable copy.  The figure below shows how data defined volumes can be used for storage with different storage protocols.

S1:Backup uses auto-tiering between an SSD tier and up to a 15PB hard disk tier in a single cluster to support hundreds of simultaneous backup jobs per hour while optimizing backup costs with up to 90% utilization of hard disk drives.  The company says that the system can recover from an 18TB HDD failure in two hours, includes bit-error-rot protection and also allows  mixing different drive capacities without creating new volumes or reconfiguring backup jobs.

A new version of WekaFS provides features for cloud and on-premises object storage.  DataDobi’s DobiProtect can replicate data between clouds and on-premises.  StorONE’s S1:Backup combines flash and HDDs for fast economical immutable backups.