WekaIO Validates Storage Software on Open Compute Platform

WekaIO, a high performance file storage software company today announced it has validated its software on Open Compute Project (OCP) hardware in Facebook's Disaggregate Lab. This validation process will ensure that all customers wishing to take control of their infrastructure purchasing decisions have options for high performance file servers on industry standard hardware. The WekaIO hardware independent software platform deployed on the OCP platform executes I/Os in minutes. Utilizing 10 Leopard servers, tests recorded more than 600,000 READ Operations per second at sub-500 microsecond latencies, shattering the myth that software-defined storage is difficult or low performing.