Online Storage Company SIO.CO Discusses How to Build Your Own Private or Public Cloud

Oct. 18, 2012 - PRLog -- SIO.CO, an iSCSI SAN storage software provider based in Seattle, WA, is passionate about giving tools to lower-level IT personnel in order to make their jobs easier and more efficient. SIO.CO’s cloud computing iSCSI SAN OS allows even full cloud capabilities without a robust knowledge of lower-level IaaS protocols. Because the online storage software works any commodity hardware, it also means network operators can save money by purchasing off-the-shelf SAN server hardware and simply install the storage software on a bare metal server (see http://sio.co/blog/create-your-own-private-or-public-cloud/ ) . It’s a simple way to build both private and public cloud architecture. And with a lower-than-market software price point, cloud management can save on the software as well.

“We offer the perfect blend of hardware and software tools for success in any sized venture,” says Stein Chu, SIO.CO Executive Sales Engineer. “Full scalability and technical provisioning make the software robust enough to tackle nearly any storage or cloud computing application,” reiterates Chu. In fact, the software features allows users to provision multiple disks in a single array so as to leverage the computing power of an entire system as if it were one. This particular capability is helpful for network operators who may need massive computing power, but don’t have the resources to foot the bill for large up-front costs of operating in the cloud.

Along with the pay-as-you-play model, the software also supports virtualization, meaning smaller businesses running in a virtualized environment can find benefit by eliminating the need for further capacity within existing network operations centers. You can simply assign storage to a host, provision an iSCSI storage volume, or provision an NFS network share in just a couple of simple clicks. In addition, with RAID and SSD cache management already standardized as a feature, operators can easily and simply boost virtualization and database workloads .

Licensed on a monthly basis with no up-front cost the iSCSI storage server software is available with a low-barrier entry point. For more information on what the SIO.CO system does, please visit http://sio.co/blog/ to learn more.