WESTPOLE’S OBJECT
STORAGE SOLUTION
Going beyond conventional storage
There are three commonly used ways of storing data and making it available to all users, File, Block and Object storage. Each storage method has different characteristics that make them suitable for different types of workloads. Selecting the appropriate storage method is crucial, especially for businesses.
File Storage is the traditional hierarchical method of storing data in directories and files. Block Storage is commonly used for databases, virtual machines, and high-performance computing workloads. Object Storage has attracted a lot of attention in recent years. It is also known as object-based storage as it stores data as objects rather than files or blocks. Each object consists of data, metadata, and a unique identifier.
Object storage is ideal for workloads that require massive scalability, high durability, and low cost, such as cloud-based applications, multimedia content, and backups. It is now used in many professional settings. Cloud providers are just one example of businesses that offer this modern storage method.
Bigger innovations, smaller budgets
It is well known that IT departments are struggling with pressure from users who have questions about innovations and improvements on the one hand. On the other hand, budgets are shrinking and leave no room for innovation. 70% of the IT budget is already spent on maintaining the current infrastructure and people.
Identify your dormant data
Typically, 60% of company’s data have not been accessed in the past year. Nonetheless, they consume expensive capacity and data backup resources every day. In a lot of cases, if IT resources are not used, nothing will happen. That has to be done differently. Our Object Storage integrates with data lifecycle management solutions to enable you immediately reclaim that space by moving cold data to WESTPOLE storage.
Identify your dormant data
Typically, 60% of company data have not been accessed in the past year; we call this cold data. Nonetheless, they consume expensive capacity and data backup resources every day. Often, if IT resources are not used, nothing happens. That has to change. Our Object Storage integrates with data lifecycle management solutions to enable you to immediately reclaim that space by moving cold data to WESTPOLE storage.
Avoid expanding primary storage systems
In general, IT organizations make use of two layers of data, structured and (semi)unstructured data. Structured data is straightforward to deal with, whereas semi-structured and unstructured data are more complex and harder to organize and manage. Data in all its forms has a particular value to the business and learning how to handle data efficiently helps businesses to eliminate unnecessary expansions to cut down costs.
Local design you
can count on
The WESTPOLE object storage is set up with redundancy in mind. Customers can send data to our object storage over the Internet via redundant connections. Thus, the solution does not suffer from the failure of an Internet connection, interconnection between our data centers or even the failure of an entire data center.
It is also possible to make a private connection to our data center in order to obtain higher bandwidth than the usual internet speeds.
The three (Belgian) datacenters over which this solution is built are interconnected with our private dark fiber connections.
Local design you can count on
The WESTPOLE Object Storage is set up with redundancy in mind. Customers can send data to our Object Storage over the Internet via redundant connections. Thus, the solution does not suffer from the failure of an Internet connection, the interconnection between our data centers or even the failure of an entire data center.
It is also possible to make a private connection to our data center in order to obtain higher bandwidth than the usual internet speeds. The three (Belgian) datacenters over which this solution is built are interconnected using our dedicated private dark fiber connections.
Read our WESTPOLE Whitepaper
Why Object Storage will become a strategic building block of the Film- and Music Industry.
Discover the strengths and benefits of our Object Storage solution
REDUCE PRIMARY STORAGE FOOTPRINT
Replace your primary storage with 1/3
of the total capacity needed.
SWIFT BACKUP AND RECOVERY
Reduce the size of your backup and improve
recovery speed to prevent weeks of time loss.
SMART DATA MANAGEMENT
Offloading inactive and cold data, dramatically changes
the backup and restore window.
HIGH AVAILABILITY
We use three datacenters in Belgium
to host our Object Storage solution.
DIRECTLY ACCESSIBLE
Keep your data close with
our highly accessible platform.
EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE
A simple pricing model, transparant
and cost-efficient.
Delve deeper into Object Storage:
Contact our dedicated Object Storage
and Infrastructure Expert!
Your organization evolves over time to continue to meet IT support, data storage and protection needs. WESTPOLE is here to help you stay ahead of the curve! Get in touch to learn all about the many features and capabilities of our Object Storage solution.