Scality

Scality's released the first version of its principal product, RING, in 2010.{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Chris |date=2021-04-27 |title=Scality Broadens Object Storage Adoption with ARTESCA |url=https://www.architecting.it/blog/scality-artesca/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=Architecting IT |language=en-GB}} The object storage software platform is a multitiered architecture and can scale up to thousands of servers and up to 100 petabytes under a single namespace.{{Cite web |title=SCALITY |url=https://datastorageasean.com/sites/default/files/Scality-Ring-wp.pdf |website=datastorageasean.com}} Ring product depends on a keyspace calculated using a Monte Carlo simulation at install, spread across all of its node servers. While the company aims for the Ring to function without the need of any external management process, a Supervisor server is functionally required to kick-off data integrity operations and keep track of node state, while also providing a single source of truth for data about the ring itself. The Supervisor process is relatively lightweight and can be installed on a node server if required, but the company recommends it run separately from the Ring's constituent storage servers.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}

The Ring employs erasure coding schemes in multiples of six, which is the minimum number of storage nodes required to install a Ring. The underlying filesystem formatted on the storage drives is transparent to the Ring and it does not interact with filesystem operations directly. The Ring installer was originally written in Python for Saltstack, but then re-implemented closed-source.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}

Object storage was covered by trade press in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/28/scalitys_availability_guarantee/|title=Scality guarantees 100% availability |work=The Register|date=28 February 2017|first=Chris|last=Mellor|access-date=2017-03-21}}

In 2017, Scality released Zenko, an open source multi-cloud data controller.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2017-07-22 |title=Scality Launches Zenko, Open Source Software To Assure Data Control In A Multi-Cloud World |url=https://insidebigdata.com/2017/07/22/scality-launches-zenko-open-source-software-assure-data-control-multi-cloud-world/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=insideBIGDATA |language=en-US}} In 2018, Scality released a commercially supported version of Zenko.{{Cite web |title=Scality Zenko 'multi-cloud controller' offers hybrid cloud boost |url=https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252436111/Scality-Zenko-multi-cloud-controller-offers-hybrid-cloud-boost |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=ComputerWeekly.com |language=en}} Zenko integrates data managed on-premises with services available in public clouds.{{Cite web |last=Yates |first=Parker |date=2017-07-11 |title=SCALITY LAUNCHES ZENKO, OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE TO ASSURE DATA CONTROL IN A MULTI-CLOUD WORLD |url=https://devops.com/scality-launches-zenko-open-source-software-assure-data-control-multi-cloud-world/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=DevOps.com |language=en-US}}

Zenko CloudServer (formerly Scality S3 Server) is an Amazon Web Services Simple Storage Service-compatible open source object storage server.{{Cite web|url=https://s3.scality.com/|title=Scality S3 Server - Scality Developer Hub|website=Scality S3 Server - Scality Developer Hub|language=en|access-date=2017-03-21|archive-date=2017-03-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322112627/https://s3.scality.com/|url-status=dead}} The code is written in Node.js. It is a single instance running in a Docker container, and it uses Docker volumes for persistent storage. CloudServer uses the same code as the Scality RING S3 interface and includes an Apache 2.0 license. It is not a distributed system (that is the paid version, S3 for Enterprise). However, it does have the same level of compatibility as the S3 interface for the Scality RING. Zenko Orbit is a cloud-based portal for data placement, workflows, and global metadata search. The product enables asynchronous replication between clouds.{{Cite news|url=https://www.crn.com/slide-shows/cloud/300098686/cloud-cornerstones-19-new-ways-to-connect-storage-to-aws.htm/pgno/0/11|title=Cloud Cornerstones: 19 New Ways To Connect Storage To AWS|last=Kovar|first=Joseph F.|date=2018-01-31|work=CRN|access-date=2018-05-18|language=en}}

• Scality released version 4.2 in October 2013 which added native file access protocols including Network File System (NFS), Server Message Block (SMB), Apple Filing Protocol (AFP), and FTP.{{cite news|last1=Hernandez|first1=Pedro|title=Scality Cloud Storage Update Delivers Native NFS Support|url=http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/backup-recovery/scality-cloud-storage-update-delivers-native-nfs-support.html|accessdate=26 July 2014|publisher=Enterprise Storage Forum|date=10 October 2013}}
• Scality released version 4.3 of the RING software in July 2014, improving performance, adding replication options, and introducing a redesigned management GUI.{{cite web|last1=Mellor|first1=Chris|title=Los Alamos National Laboratory likes it, puts Scality's RING on it|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/07/01/scalitys_ring_goes_faster/|accessdate=7 July 2014|website=The Register|date=1 July 2014}}
• In November 2014, Scality made generally available a plug-in for OpenStack Swift, enabling Swift-compatible applications to use the Scality RING as a storage backend without modification. Scality also released an open-source driver that enables the creation of block storage volumes that can connect to CDMI-compatible storage backends.{{cite web|last1=Mellor|first1=Chris|title=Cloud-tailored Swift, RING jobs... Give it a REST, Scality. Oh good|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/11/04/scality_swiftly_adds_swift_and_has_a_rest/|accessdate=12 November 2014|website=The Register|date=4 November 2014}}
• Scality released version 5.0 of the RING software in March 2015, simplifying installation and configuration, expanding Windows support, and improving video streaming and content distribution performance{{cite news|last1=Lelii|first1=Sonia|title=Scality's Ring 5 shows up with remodeled interface and SMB support|url=http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-soup/scalitys-ring-5-shows-up-with-remodeled-interface-and-smb-support/|accessdate=10 July 2015|publisher=TechTarget|date=27 March 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Wheatley|first1=Mike|title=Scality delivers 'Amazon EBS-like' VM storage with RING 5.0|url=http://siliconangle.com/blog/2014/08/28/scality-delivers-amazon-ebs-like-vm-storage-with-ring-5-0-vmworld/|accessdate=31 October 2014|publisher=SiliconAngle|date=26 August 2014}}
• Version 6.0 of the Scality RING was introduced in 2016{{Cite web|url=http://topstoragenews.com/2016/06/09/scality-announces-ring-6-0/|title=Scality Announces RING 6.0|date=2016-06-09|website=Top Storage News|access-date=2017-03-21}}
• Scality open sourced their object server frontend called [https://s3.scality.com S3 Server] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322112627/https://s3.scality.com/ |date=2017-03-22 }} that implements the AWS S3 API in July 2017, the source code is available on [https://github.com/scality/s3 Github] under an Apache 2.0 license and prebuilt containers are available on [https://hub.docker.com/r/scality/s3server/ Docker Hub]
• Scality RING7 launched in June, 2017 with enhanced security and multi-cloud file and object storage.{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitalmediaworld.tv/storage/1491-scality-ring7-secures-multiple-site-file-and-object-cloud-storage|title=Scality RING7 Secures Multiple-site File and Object Cloud Storage|date=June 2017|website=DigitalMediaWorld.tv|language=en-gb|access-date=22 June 2017}}

Scality has been recognized consistently over the years for object-based storage by IDC.{{cite journal|last1=Nadkarni|first1=Ashish|title=IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Object-Based Storage 2014 Vendor Assessment|date=December 2014|url=http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=253055|accessdate=13 January 2015}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=US41918416|title=IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Object-Based Storage 2016 Vendor Assessment|website=www.idc.com|access-date=2017-03-21}} In Gartner's first Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage Scality was ranked a leader.{{Cite news|url=http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/storage/300082702/heres-who-made-gartners-2016-magic-quadrant-for-distributed-file-systems-and-object-storage.htm/pgno/0/6|title=Here's Who Made Gartner's 2016 Magic Quadrant For Distributed File Systems And Object Storage|last=Brown|first=Matt|date=2016-11-03|work=CRN|access-date=2017-03-21|language=en}}

Scality was a 2014 storage system software finalist by Storage Magazine.{{cite web|last1=Sliwa|first1=Carol|title=Storage system software: 2014 Products of the Year finalists|date=9 January 2015|url=http://searchvirtualstorage.techtarget.com/news/2240237726/Storage-system-software-2014-Products-of-the-Year-finalists|website=Searchstorage.com|publisher=TechTarget|accessdate=13 January 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Sliwa|first1=Carol|title=Best data storage products 2014: Products of the Year|url=http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/essentialguide/Best-data-storage-products-2014-Products-of-the-Year#guideSection4|accessdate=15 February 2015|publisher=Searchstorage.com|date=9 February 2015}} In 2017, Scality was again ranked a leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gartner.com/doc/3816966/magic-quadrant-distributed-file-systems|title=Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage|website=www.gartner.com|access-date=2018-05-18}}

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• [https://www.scality.com/ Scality web site]
• [http://www.zenko.io/ Scality Zenko web site]
• [https://twitter.com/GiorgioRegni Giorgio Regni, CTO]

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