The ParaScale Cloud Storage solution was designed for efficient management to reduce operating expenses. A part-time administrator can manage a large ParaScale storage cloud because on-going tasks (e.g., data replication and migration) are automated. The administrator sets policies and data movement is managed by the rules-based policy engine on the control node.
The ParaScale cloud storage software provides both a command-line interface and a browser-based graphical user interface—both leveraging one underlying command infrastructure. The command-line interface is ideal for automating tasks through scripting and for integrating the ParaScale storage cloud administration with other tools.
The graphical user interface is ideal for managing one-off events and other exceptions. Typical one-off operations are disk evacuation (to allow for a disk upgrade, server upgrade, or OS maintenance) and disk or server expansion (to provide more capacity). Some one-off events, such as increased file replication to anticipate upcoming read load, are best handled by modifying the rules that direct the policy engine.
Other Cloud Storage Resources
If you are looking for an introduction and overview of cloud storage, visit the What is Cloud Storage section of the library.
If you are looking for the technology differences between a public cloud storage and private cloud storage solution, and how these solutions differ from other storage offerings, visit the Cloud Storage Technology section of the library.
For cloud storage white papers and audio / video guides to ParaScale, visit the ParaScale Cloud Storage section of the library.
If you are ready to download a trial of ParaScale and build a private storage cloud, visit the Evaluating ParaScale section of the library.
ParaScale Automated Management Console