Free OnApp Cloud version unveiled

Money Control reports.

The company claims it will offer the ability to turn commodity disks in low-cost servers into high-performance, fully redundant storage arrays at a fraction of the cost of more traditional SAN gear, CBR states.

"Storage is typically the biggest cost for a company deploying a public or private cloud, and it is also the most important component: if your SAN fails, people lose data," explains Ditlev Bredahl, CEO of OnApp.

"Our distributed storage model does away with the bottlenecks and scaling issues of traditional SANs - while keeping data safe - and doesn't require massive capital outlay on proprietary hardware."

The free version of OnApp Cloud can be installed on standard off-the-shelf hardware in just a few hours, Market Watch says.

It is supported through OnApp's new community forums, with a simple upgrade path for users who grow beyond the 16-core limit, or who require OnApp's 24/7 global support services.