OpenMetal Community
Server and Storage Solutions
The OpenMetal Community includes server and storage providers to ensure you’re equipped with the best technology for your business needs.
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In today’s online market, staying ahead of the competition requires leveraging the latest technological advancements. But, just buying the shiniest new piece of equipment won’t cut it! It is crucial to equip your business with hardware and storage solutions that strike the right balance between performance, cost, and long-term sustainability. That’s why finding a trustworthy vendor is equally essential.
The following server and storage solution providers are recommended for their commitment to the open source community by providing top-quality hardware and platforms that support OpenMetal Clouds and others.
Interested in working with one of these providers or integrating their services with your OpenMetal Cloud? Let us know and we’ll be happy to get the conversation started.
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Overview
Supermicro is a global leader in Application-Optimized Total IT Solutions. Founded and operating in San Jose, California, Supermicro is committed to delivering first to market innovation for Enterprise, Cloud, AI, and 5G Telco/Edge IT Infrastructure.
They are transforming into a Total IT Solutions provider with server, AI, storage, IoT, and switch systems, software, and services while delivering advanced high-volume motherboard, power, and chassis products.
The products are designed and manufactured in-house (in the US, Taiwan, and the Netherlands), leveraging global operations for scale and efficiency and optimized to improve TCO and reduce environmental impact (Green Computing). The award-winning portfolio of Server Building Block Solutions® allows customers to optimize for their exact workload and application by selecting from a broad family of systems built from their flexible and reusable building blocks that support a comprehensive set of form factors, processors, memory, GPUs, storage, networking, power, and cooling solutions (air-conditioned, free air cooling or liquid cooling).
Why We Recommend Them
Supermicro has a dedicated OpenStack team that assists both companies building OpenStack on Supermicro and using OpenStack’s data center automation system called Ironic. OpenMetal and Supermicro have worked together for years to advance OpenStack on OpenMetal’s installs. We expect to continue our positive collaboration for years to come and that is why we have Supermicro within our Open Community.
Products and Services
- Servers and Storage
- Building Blocks
- IoT and Embedded
- Networking
- Workstations and Gaming
Use Cases
- AI Infrastructure
- Enterprise Applications and Data Analytics
- Data Management
- Cloud and Virtualization
- 5G, Edge Computing, and IoT
- Hyperscale Infrastructure
Overview
Ceph is the future of storage; where traditional systems fail to deliver, Ceph is designed to excel. Leverage your data for better business decisions and achieve operational excellence through scalable, intelligent, reliable and highly available storage software. Ceph supports object, block and file storage, all in one unified storage system.
With Ceph’s adaptability, your cluster will be ready to support all your application and data storage demands, both now and in the future, whether your solution is on-premises, in the public or private cloud, or container native.
Why We Recommend Them
Ceph is the premier open source storage solution. It is scalable, reliable, and performant. Our own OpenMetal Cloud platform deploys with Ceph as its storage system. We trust in the quality and reliability of this solution and look forward to seeing them develop even further.
Products and Services
- Object Storage
- Block Storage
- File System