Comboware’s software-defined storage (SDS) architecture, powered by its ComboStack Intelligent Integration Platform, virtualizes computing, storage, and networking resources to provide a flexible and efficient cloud solution.
Key Features:
- Multi-Tenancy and Self-Service: Builds isolated virtual data centers, offering tenants a self-service portal and API integration for flexible resource management.
- Software-Defined Networking (SDN): Integrates routers, L2/L3 switches, and firewalls, simplifying network resource configuration and enhancing network management efficiency.
- Compute Services: Manages virtual machine configuration and resource allocation, supporting snapshot functions to enable rapid application environment deployment.
- Storage Services: Offers multiple storage protocols, including S3, NFS, and iSCSI, to support application data storage, online file transfer, big data processing, and backup, with integration capabilities for public clouds like AWS.
- Kubernetes as a Service (KaaS): Provides developers with a Kubernetes environment, supporting automated deployment, load balancing, and persistent volume capabilities to ensure data durability and reliability.
- Load Balancing Service: Includes a built-in load balancer for multiple application or web servers, avoiding boot storms and reducing reliance on costly equipment.
Through these features, the ComboStack platform achieves the core principles of software-defined storage, abstracting hardware resources to offer a flexible, efficient, and scalable cloud solution tailored to diverse enterprise IT needs.