EMC Atmos
{{Short description|Cloud storage services}}
{{Infobox software
| name = EMC Atmos
| logo = File:EMC_Atmos_logo.png
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| developer = EMC Corporation
| released = {{release date|2008|11}}
| genre = Cloud storage
| language = English
| license = Proprietary software
| website = {{URL|http://www.emc.com/storage/atmos/atmos.htm}}
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EMC Atmos is a cloud storage services platform developed by EMC Corporation. Atmos can be deployed as either a hardware applianceAtmos hardware specification sheet: http://www.emc.com/collateral/software/specification-sheet/h5853-atmos-stor-hrdw-ss.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123144732/http://www.emc.com/collateral/software/specification-sheet/h5853-atmos-stor-hrdw-ss.pdf |date=2012-01-23 }} or as software in a virtual environment.Atmos Virtual Edition data sheet: http://www.emc.com/collateral/software/data-sheet/h7295-atmos-virt-ed-ds.pdf The Atmos technology uses an object storage architecture designed to manage petabytes of information and billions of objects across multiple geographic locations as a single system.{{Cite news |author= Jon Brodkin |date= November 10, 2008 |url= http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/emc-unveils-atmos-cloud-offering-771 |title= EMC unveils Atmos cloud offering |work= Infoworld |access-date= November 15, 2021 }}Lawson, Stephen. [http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-explosion/emcs-atmos-cloud-storage-gains-more-efficient-data-protection-551 EMC's Atmos cloud storage gains more efficient data protection] InfoWorld
History
Atmos was developed by EMC Corporation and made generally available in November 2008.EMC Corporation News Release: http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2008/20081110-01.htm
The project used the internal code name "Maui".{{Cite web |title= EMC Atmos (Maui) Is Here |url= http://chucksblog.emc.com/chucks_blog/2008/11/emc-atmos-maui-is-here.html |work= EMC Blog |author= Chuck Hollis |url-status= dead |archive-date= December 5, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081205070810/http://chucksblog.emc.com/chucks_blog/2008/11/emc-atmos-maui-is-here.html |access-date= November 15, 2021 }}
At least one of the researchers on a project called OceanStore at the University of California, Berkeley had also worked on Atmos, using an architecture now known as object storage.{{Cite web |title= The computer science behind EMC's cloud storage |url= https://storagemojo.com/2008/11/12/the-computer-science-behind-emcs-cloud-storage/ |date= November 12, 2008 |author= Robin Harris |access-date= November 15, 2021 }}{{Cite web |title= The OceanStore Project |url= http://oceanstore.cs.berkeley.edu/info/overview.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= June 23, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110623031932/http://oceanstore.cs.berkeley.edu/info/overview.html |access-date= November 15, 2021 }}
A second major release in February 2010 added a "GeoProtect" distributed data protection feature, faster processors and denser hard drives.Mellor, Chris. [https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/16/emc_atmos_upgrade/ EMC adds awesome to Atmos] The Register
During EMC World in May 2011, EMC announced the 2.0 version of Atmos with better performance, more efficient "GeoParity" data protection and expanded access with Windows client software (Atmos GeoDrive) and an Atmos SDK with Centera/XAM and Apple iOS compatibility.Mosher, Barb. [http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-cms/emc-announces-cloud-storage-updates-hadoop-based-bi-softwareemcworld-011193.php EMC Announces Cloud Storage Updates, Hadoop based BI Software#emcworld] CMS Wire
Atmos can be used as data storage for custom or packaged applications using either a REST or SOAP data API, or more traditional storage interfaces like Network File System (NFS) and Server Message Block (SMB). It presents a single unified namespace or object-space, stores information as objects (files and metadata), and manages information by user or administrator-defined policies.
References
External links
- [http://www.emc.com/atmos Official Atmos Product Page]
- [http://storagezilla.typepad.com/storagezilla/2008/11/building-emc-atmos.html Building EMC Atmos]
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