SolidFire Moves into Red Hat OpenStack Cloud Infrastructure Arena

To see the most benefits from an open source cloud infrastructure project while still maintaining security and stability, SolidFire, a provider of all-solid-state (SSD) storage systems for cloud-based infrastructures, is now participating in Red Hat's (News - Alert) OpenStack Cloud Infrastructure Partner Network.

Through this collaboration, SolidFire will work under the Red Hat OpenStack Certification program, assisting customers when deploying SolidFire's storage platform with Red Hat's OpenStack distribution network.

The Red Hat OpenStack Certification program allows organizations to build public, private, and hybrid clouds to manage their traditional as well as cloud infrastructure-based workloads.and SolidFire is a key contributor to OpenStack's Block Storage project.

Mike Werner, senior director, Global Ecosystems, Red Hat, said in a statement, "We're pleased to welcome SolidFire to the Red Hat OpenStack Cloud Infrastructure Partner Network, to help customers get the most out of the Red Hat OpenStack offerings and our open hybrid cloud solutions, we work closely with technology companies like SolidFire that provide powerful and complementary solutions. We look forward to continued collaboration with SolidFire as a key member of the Red Hat OpenStack ecosystem.”

The SolidFire driver is installed within the Cinder service and does not need any additional software to be downloaded.  All SolidFire functionality and QoS controls are then easily accessible natively through OpenStack.  Further, the addition of Red Hat to SolidFire's OpenStack partner ecosystem complements the integrations announced with Nebula and Rackspace (News - Alert) Private Cloud.

Dave Cahill, director of strategic alliances, SolidFire added, “Our OpenStack partners are integral for delivering complete cloud infrastructure solutions to customers. Red Hat is the unquestioned leader in open source software. Combined with SolidFire's leadership in OpenStack's Block Storage project, customers can have confidence that they are deploying a robust and validated solution for their OpenStack cloud infrastructure needs.”