ElasticStack, a cloud platform provider, has unveiled a range of new features enabling businesses to build and quickly deploy a scalable, resilient, pay-as-you-go cloud infrastructure from low cost commodity hardware.
New features include improved storage clustering, which reduces hardware costs by eliminating the need for a SAN (Storage Area Network) while offering the same resilience.
New Ajax user interface of ElasticStack makes deploying and managing cloud servers easier and faster, the company claims.
The platform allows businesses to run compute and storage on the same commodity hardware – eliminating the need for expensive SANs or dedicated storage clusters.
The new release uses distributed block storage (network RAID) technology to offer improved storage redundancy and performance, enabling businesses to make their clouds as resilient as they would be with a SAN without the associated costs.
ElasticStack CEO Richard Davies said with ElasticStack you’ve always been able to run both your compute and storage infrastructure on a single set of commodity hardware, with VMs still free to move between nodes.
"Now, you’ll also be secure that if any node goes down then all of your storage is already replicated elsewhere and your cloud will continue running. Essentially we are bringing all the resiliency benefits of a SAN to your cloud, without the need to invest in separate expensive storage hardware," Davies said.
ElasticStack has also developed a new control panel which makes creating and managing cloud servers easier and faster in a simple and more responsive way.
Businesses building ElasticStack-based clouds can also now make use of an increased range of payment, CRM and SMS options – meaning they can customise currency and pricing based on their region whilst also integrating ElasticStack into CRM systems such as Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics.
Davies said, "The new user interface makes self service much easier, while the improved cluster redundancy means organisations not only benefit from reduced hardware costs but now also have the resilience of an expensive SAN."
"Cloud computing should be on-demand, easy-to-use, truly scalable, cost-efficient, resilient and flexible. This new release delivers on all of these points and will enable both service providers and enterprises to build low cost, highly resilient clouds."
