Microchip 推出Adaptec® Smart Storage 領先業界提供開放式原始碼工具包，輕鬆進行資料中心儲存管理。 OpenStack雲端管理軟體專用開放式原始碼工具，簡化儲存資源的配置、部署和管理工作
公有雲和私有雲基礎架構供應商正轉向開放式原始碼工具，以簡化伺服器儲存平台的配置、部署和管理。在此之前，企業必須為儲存平台開發自有工具來管理儲存介面卡和嵌入式產品，形成日益艱鉅的挑戰。Microchip 提供現成開放式原始碼工具來管理其位於OpenStack數據中心的Adaptec®Smart Storage HBA、SmartHBA和SmartRAID等方案，是業界第一個協助企業滿足此一需求的公司。
藉由投資並提供易於部署的開放式原始碼工具和外掛，Microchip降低了在OpenStack異質數據中心將儲存資源連接到Adaptec系列儲存控制器方案的複雜性。經過預先認證和測試的Adaptec Smart Storage工具，具備擴展性且可客製化，大幅簡化了企業級基礎架構中大型雲端伺服器網路的管理工作。
Features
The Adaptec Smart Storage OpenStack tools include three components:
1) a plug-in for Metal as a Service (MaaS), a bare-metal deployment tool from cloud industry leader and Ubuntu creator Canonical Ltd.;
2) a scripted service formula, or “charm”, created with Canonical’s Juju modelling tool that allows users to remotely deploy Adaptec ARCCONF in any type of cloud environment so the adapters and attached devices can be configured and managed remotely using the Juju dashboard; and
3) a plug-in for the OpenStack Horizon Graphical User Interface (GUI) that allows users to discover, configure and conveniently manage both Adaptec Smart Storage standard adapters and custom embedded solutions.
Target applications
- Large networks of cloud servers within enterprise-class infrastructures