ParaScale private cloud storage software Customer presentation. Changing the economics of Bulk FIle and Content Storage. Software can be used to create both private and public clouds for Service providers and enterprises. Use commodity hardware, start small and grow as needed. Thin provision file systems and access using NFS, FTP, HTTP and WebDav. Global Namespace and transparent data migration with your choice of hardware. Massive parallel scaling and performance with enterprise features like load and capacity balancing, thin provisioning, replication, High Availability. Two types of nodes - Control nodes and Storage nodes. Tune the Cloud for Performance or Capacity, Capacity Scale Out, Performance Scale Out, Incremental additions to bandwidth and storage, Simplified Installation and Management with doanload and go,

1. Changing The Economics of Bulk File & Content Storage March 2009

4. Scalable File Storage Technology Landscape Tightly Coupled / Custom OS Loosely Coupled / Standard OS High cost Panasas Lustre (Sun) Custom Clients, Protocols and Network High Performance Computing High cost Standard Clients and Protocols Custom Network Clustered NAS Isilon NetApp GX Low cost Standard Clients, Protocols and Network Private Cloud Storage Google Amazon S3 Powered Monthly cost Custom clients and protocols Standard Network Public Cloud Storage

7. Tune the Cloud for Performance or Capacity Mid-tier nodes with faster disk Massive I/O Requirements Inexpensive nodes with lots of disk Minimal I/O Requirements Capacity Scale Out Performance Scale Out

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