Two-timing HP snubs Scality's RING, organises object threesome

Two might be better than one for HP

Well, Cleversafe relies entirely on erasure coding to store objects and usually only addresses customers needing petabyte scale from the get-go. Scality does both replication and erasure coding, so it would appeal to customers who would not necessarily choose Cleversafe. The part that doesn't compute is HP's Proliant server gear is top shelf and not like the "industry standard" storage servers that object storage providers usually promote to keep the capital costs low(er). It would be interesting to know the cost of a fully-loaded HP Proliant SL4540 G8 or SL4545 G7 and the annual operating and support cost for either Cleversafe dsNet or Scality RING.