ParaScale is a software-only solution to create, manage and power cloud storage. We do not provide a hosted cloud storage service for websites, but rather sell a cloud storage solution for enterprises to create their own public or private storage clouds. Our cloud storage software does not need a heavily modified Linux kernel. Instead the software application runs in user space on any commodity hardware running standard Linux and forms a highly scalable, self-managing storage cloud with massive capacity and parallel throughput. The ParaScale cloud storage software was built to address the needs of emerging markets while being able to scale to hundreds of nodes in a loosely coupled architecture, similar to the google file system. We do not require custom or dedicated hardware and can leverage existing IP networking interconnections. The ParaScale Cloud Storage software aggregates the direct-attached disks on multiple servers to deliver petabyte-scale file storage in a single namespace. This software is available on x86 servers running standard Linux.
The ParaScale Cloud Storage software changes the storage landscape by offering several unique benefits:
Slashes storage costs by leveraging user selected commodity hardware
Increases read/write throughput by allowing parallel data transfer
Accelerates performance and load-balances capacity across all nodes, by using automatic data migration and replication
Simplifies deployment by allowing incremental expansion, one disk at a time.
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 storage cloud, visit the Evaluating ParaScale section of the library.
