Looking for a scalable, flexible, cost-effective storage solution? You’re not alone. Many CIOs and IT executives are. Previously, finding a solution like that was easier said than done. Now you can build a scalable and cost effective storage solution with Red Hat Gluster Storage on Dell servers!

Dell is the biggest technology company, and is #1 in worldwide server shipments. Red Hat is one of the largest open source company in the world.

The benefits of Red Hat Gluster Storage on Dell Servers:

• Cost-effectiveness (even at petabyte levels)
• Increased infrastructure flexibility
• On-demand and rapid scalability
• Choice of deployment environment
• World-class, open source platform
• Leveraging of existing Linux skills set
• No hidden costs for add-on features
• No vendor lock-in with open source solution

This Red Hat/Dell solution combines the Red Hat Gluster Storage Server(RHGS), formerly Red Hat Storage Server software, with Dell infrastructure technology to provide a solution that boosts scalability and performance.

Dell was among the first OEMs to join the Open-Stack community, in which Red Hat is a major player. Dell is now a top supplier of x86 servers. The company’s scalable, flexible solutions easily handle compute and data-intensive research workloads, such as those found in industry, research, education, and government.

Red Hat Gluster Storage on Certified Dell Servers are the Keys to the Solution Success

RHGS, however, is the key to the solution’s impact. An open software defined, scale-out storage platform built specifically for today’s data centers, it’s designed to help enterprises easily manage unstructured data in all IT environments. RHGS combines both file and object storage with a scale-out architecture, enabling companies to store and manage petabyte-scale data growth cost-effectively.

Built on the industry-leading Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system, RHGS is ideal for storage-intensive enterprise workloads, like archiving and backup, rich media content delivery, enterprise drop-box, cloud, and business applications, and virtual and cloud infrastructures. RHGS features single global namespace, object access to file storage, support for synchronous replication, erasure coding, bit-rot detection, and tiering. You can deploy the solution in public cloud infrastructures and hybrid environments or on premise.

“Red Hat, Inc. will eventually turn the market “on its head” with its Red Hat GlusterFS-based storage software in the same way that it successfully challenged major server operating system vendors with its distribution of enterprise Linux,” says Ashish Nadkarni, research director in the storage systems practice at IDC in an article on TechTarget.com

Dell servers are certified for Red Hat Gluster Storage, the solution is not Red Hat and Dell’s only joint venture. Many Red Hat solutions are certified on Dell hardware, and help enterprises meet some of IT’s toughest challenges but also reduce complexity. These joint solutions come complete with support, security, and stability. So if you’re looking for a robust storage solution that grows with your needs, is flexible, and won’t bust the budget, keep this Red Hat/Dell solution in mind.

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