Amax StorMax SDS vs FormationOne Dynamic Storage Platform comparison

Software Defined Storage

StorMax™ SDS is a cost effective storage solution that provides Enterprise customers with a scale out distributed storage architecture to support the need for unified storage on Object, Block, and File System. Coupled with an open-source Ceph package, StorMax™ SDS is designed to solve your storage pain points while representing the next generation of storage architecture. Key features include:

• A cost effective and flexible storage solution based on Open Compute (OCP) server architecture.
• Distributed data storage system, where data is replicated and striped across the storage cluster.
• Highly scalable and available with autonomous and self-healing capabilities due to Ceph’s design of intelligent OSD daemon.
• An integrated storage solution that combines extreme reliability and flexibility with ease of management for IT operations.
• Free of charge distribution model, allowing companies to get away from legacy subscription models.

FormationOne is a Dynamic Storage Platform that delivers hyper-scale storage capacity, with excellent cost savings, agility and elasticity. Automation, self-service and API level integration deliver multi-tenant private cloud capabilities for your data center, running on your choice of industry-standard hardware. FormationOne runs on x86 server nodes that virtualize all the elements of enterprise data storage with a loosely-coupled, fully-distributed architecture. FormationOne includes key differentiated capabilities including QoS performance control and Continuous Data Protection (CDP) integrated with Copy Data Management that maximize performance, improve controls, and lower your TCO. FormationOne provides remote replication and data mobility with SafeGuard for replicating between Formation Cloud Domains as well as replication into AWS S3 or Glacier for Cloud DR, Backup, Archive and tiering.