SUSE Enterprise Storage 2.1, Powered by Ceph

SUSER, today announced SUSE Enterprise Storage 2.1 is now available for
enterprisecustomers. Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Service Pack 1, thislatest version of SUSE’s self-managing, self-healing, distributed
software-based storage solution is the first and only Ceph-based solution
with heterogeneous operating system support, giving customers the ability to deploy software-defined storage with less cost.

In addition, to help customers simply and effectively implement SUSE
Enterprise Storage 2.1 on Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) systems, SUSE and HPE have created a reference architecture to guide organizations as they deploy software-defined storage.

“HPE and SUSE are innovating together to deliver a unique solution to the
storage market,” said Don Jones, Vice President, ISV Alliances, Hewlett
Packard Enterprise. “The Apollo 4000 series hardware, bundled with SUSE
Enterprise Storage, brings cost-effective, open source-based
software-defined storage to our customers, providing them with the
flexibility, resiliency, and price/performance required to drive down the
cost of storage at petabyte-scale.”