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(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider SoftLayer Technologies (http://www.softlayer.com/) announced on Tuesday that it has expanded storage options for CloudLayer Computing Instances to include Local Disk Storage.
This announcement comes a week after the WHIR did a Q&A interview with SoftLayer's chief scientist Nathan Day about his HostingCon 2011 presentation on "The Power of Innovation."
SoftLayer says this option is available to customers that want an alternative to its Storage Area Network-based CCIs. The new offering enables customers to choose the best storage for their individual application and performance needs.
While both are available, SoftLayer says currently the two storage options cannot be used in conjunction with each other.
“Every customer is different, and needs different things from cloud,” Duke Skarda, chief technology officer for SoftLayer said in a statement. “That’s why we created Build Your Own Cloud, letting customers tailor the CPU power, RAM, and storage capacity of their CCIs to their application requirements. Local Disk Storage takes that even farther, bringing customers even greater control over how their cloud solutions perform.”
According to the press release, Local Disk Storage for CloudLayer is implemented as RAID Level 10 to accommodate for the reliability required by enterprises.
SoftLayer says 25GB or 100GB Local Disks are available for primary storage and those requiring additional storage can leverage 100GB or 200GB Local Disks.
“There are inherent differences between SAN and Local Storage that give each their own advantages,” Skarda added. “Since SAN-based CCIs store their data in a shared location, they will always provide faster recovery options and greater flexibility in scaling total storage capacity. But, naturally, Local Disk-based CCIs can provide faster input/output speeds, making them an even better option for storage-intensive applications and lowering total cost of operations. Now, it’s entirely up to you which benefits you’d rather leverage.”
Last week, SoftLayer added high-availability dedicated firewalls to its firewall security services.
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This announcement comes a week after the WHIR did a Q&A interview with SoftLayer's chief scientist Nathan Day about his HostingCon 2011 presentation on "The Power of Innovation."
SoftLayer says this option is available to customers that want an alternative to its Storage Area Network-based CCIs. The new offering enables customers to choose the best storage for their individual application and performance needs.
While both are available, SoftLayer says currently the two storage options cannot be used in conjunction with each other.
“Every customer is different, and needs different things from cloud,” Duke Skarda, chief technology officer for SoftLayer said in a statement. “That’s why we created Build Your Own Cloud, letting customers tailor the CPU power, RAM, and storage capacity of their CCIs to their application requirements. Local Disk Storage takes that even farther, bringing customers even greater control over how their cloud solutions perform.”
According to the press release, Local Disk Storage for CloudLayer is implemented as RAID Level 10 to accommodate for the reliability required by enterprises.
SoftLayer says 25GB or 100GB Local Disks are available for primary storage and those requiring additional storage can leverage 100GB or 200GB Local Disks.
“There are inherent differences between SAN and Local Storage that give each their own advantages,” Skarda added. “Since SAN-based CCIs store their data in a shared location, they will always provide faster recovery options and greater flexibility in scaling total storage capacity. But, naturally, Local Disk-based CCIs can provide faster input/output speeds, making them an even better option for storage-intensive applications and lowering total cost of operations. Now, it’s entirely up to you which benefits you’d rather leverage.”
Last week, SoftLayer added high-availability dedicated firewalls to its firewall security services.
Article Source http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/072611_Web_Host_SoftLayer_Adds_Local_Disk_Storage_Option_to_CloudLayer_Hosting permits to republish here.
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