Maxta and Cumulus Networks Collaborate
Maxta, a leading provider of hyper-converged solutions, today announced solutions to enable hyper-convergence for environments built on Maxta software and Cumulus Linux, the operating system for open networking from Cumulus Networks. This next generation software-defined architecture enables an entire data center to be built using industry-standard hardware to create a simple, cost-effective, yet powerful solution that provides greater platform choice to customers than vendor-locked architectures. The solution delivers ideal performance for a range of workloads, is easy to manage and scales simply to meet current and future needs.
By combining Maxta MaxDeploy hyper-converged appliances and industry-standard hardware running Cumulus Linux, IT environments are dramatically simplified by eliminating the need for acquiring, maintaining, and managing proprietary hardware for network and storage. Maxta and Cumulus Networks have each developed advanced capabilities that automate and accelerate deployment and provide enterprise-grade redundancy and scalability. The joint solution removes interoperability and performance guesswork, allowing administrators to focus on managing applications in an automated manner rather than having to manage individual infrastructure components.
The solution validation leverages the Cumulus Networks Validated Design Guide for VMware vSphere, which describes use of Cumulus Linux for features including CLAG and VRR. The resulting Maxta solution delivers a simple, agile, flexible, and cost effective hyper-convergence platform for private, hybrid, and public clouds. Customers can similarly leverage the Cumulus Networks validated design for OpenStack based on Maxta hyper-convergence to deliver an entire cloud infrastructure on industry-standard platforms without dedicated storage hardware. In those environments where IT must be responsive to business needs, Maxta data resiliency and high availability across hyper-converged hosts can ensure 24*7 availability and support critical business data. To facilitate further joint solution efforts, Maxta is now a member of the Cumulus Networks Technology Ecosystem Partner program.
MaxDeploy Appliances and MxSP software solutions provide companies the choice to hyper-converge on standard x86 servers, the ability to run on any compute abstraction layer, and the flexibility to support any combination of storage devices (hybrid and all flash) eliminating the need for complex and expensive storage arrays. The simplicity of Maxta's VM-centric solutions reduces IT management and lowers cost, all while delivering hyper-scale, enterprise-level data services and capacity optimization. With Maxta, service providers and enterprise customers can build private and public clouds based on any cloud orchestration software.
