Nexenta by DDN, Inc., is a subsidiary of DataDirect Networks that sells computer data storage and backup software. It is headquartered in San Jose, California. Nexenta developed NexentaStor, NexentaCloud, NexentaFusion, and NexentaEdge.[4][5] It was founded as Nexenta Systems, Inc., in 2005.
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer data storage Computer software |
| Founded | 2005[1] |
| Founder | Alex Aizman Dmitry Yusupov |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Tarkan Maner(CEO)[2] Dmitry Yusupov (CTO) Phil Underwood (COO)[3] |
| Products | NexentaStor NexentaCloud NexentaEdge NexentaFusion |
| Website | nexenta.com |
History
editOrigins and acquisition
editIn 2005, Nexenta was founded by Alex Aizman and Dmitry Yusupov, software developers and former executives at computer network vendor Silverback (later acquired by Brocade Communications Systems).[6] Aizman and Yusupov previously worked together as the authors of the open source iSCSI initiator software in the Linux kernel.[7]
The company was created to support the open source Nexenta OS project after Sun Microsystems released the bulk of its Solaris operating system under free software licenses as OpenSolaris. Nexenta OS was an operating system that integrated Sun's Solaris kernel and core technologies with applications from the Debian and Ubuntu operating systems.[8][9]
Nexenta was acquired by DataDirect Networks in May 2019.[10][11]
Data storage
editThe company's data storage software was used at Stanford University in 2012 and 2013.[12][13] The field had previously been dominated by companies that sold hardware storage appliances. Nexenta intended to compete by creating a storage system that did not require specialized hardware.[14][15] The company instead provides software that run on lower-cost commodity computing hardware, a model later called software-defined storage.[16]
Partnerships and open source
editMuch of Nexenta's business comes from partners that provide hardware and services alongside Nexenta software.[17][18] The company's software is pre-installed on storage systems from vendors including Supermicro, Cisco, and Dell.
Nexenta continues to contribute to free and open-source software used in its products. When Oracle Corporation discontinued OpenSolaris in 2010, the company became a founding member of the Illumos open source project that replaced it.[19]
Products
editNexenta's product NexentaStor is software for network-attached storage (NAS) and storage area network (SAN) services.[18] NexentaStor was derived from Nexenta OS, based on the Illumos operating system.[20][21] The software runs on commodity hardware and creates storage virtualization pools consisting of multiple hard disk drives and solid-state drives. Data can be organized in a number of file systems and blocks, and files can be accessed over the Network File System (NFS) and CIFS protocols, while block storage uses iSCSI or Fibre Channel protocols.[22] NexentaStor allows online snapshots of data to be taken and replicated to other systems. Nexenta uses RSF-1 cluster to build a high availability storage.
References
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- ^ Gomes, Kimberly (2013-11-16). "Hires and promotions, Nov. 17". SFGate. Retrieved 2013-12-13.
- ^ Samuels, Diana (2012-01-27). "Nexenta Systems the 'Suave shampoo' of storage triples workforce". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
- ^ Adshead, Antony (2014-08-20). "Nexenta adds object storage NexentaEdge and all-flash array NexentaStor". ComputerWeekly.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-22.
- ^ Schubarth, Cromwell (2013-02-27). "Nexenta's new, old CEOs agree change was needed for next stage". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
- ^ Kerner, Sean Michael (2005-07-25). "Open Source iSCSI Gains Traction". Enterprise Storage Forum. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
- ^ Hill, Benjamin Mako; Burger, Corey; Jesse, Jonathan; Bacon, Jono (2008-06-30). The Official Ubuntu Book (3rd ed.). United States: Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0137136681.
- ^ Brockmeier, Joe (2006-10-15). "Linux.com: Nexenta Combines OpenSolaris, GNU, and Ubuntu". Linux Today. Retrieved 2013-12-13.
- ^ Kovar, Joseph F. (2019-05-06). "DDN Acquires Nexenta, Aiming To Build 5G Infrastructure's Software-Defined Foundation". CRN. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
- ^ Feldman, Michael (2019-05-09). "DDN ADDS NEXENTA TO EXPANDING STORAGE EMPIRE". The Next Platform. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
- ^ Cohan, Peter (2012-02-16). "Nexenta Aims At EMC's Heart". Forbes. Retrieved 2013-12-13.
- ^ Little, Joe (2013-05-09). "Decoding MPT_SAS drives in Nexenta/Illumos". Little Notes. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ Phaneuf, Whitney (2012-08-14). "EMC and NetApp: This Startup Wants to Kill Your Closed Model for Storage". PandoDaily. Archived from the original on 2013-12-11. Retrieved 2013-12-13.
- ^ Breeze, Hannah (2013-11-20). "'Jedi' Nexenta takes aim at EMC and NetApp Death Star". CRN. Retrieved 2013-12-13.
- ^ Vellente, Dave (2013-05-29). "Software-Defined Netapp - Always Makes The Right Moves When They Count And Its Software Defined Storage (SDS)". Forbes. Retrieved 2013-12-13.
- ^ Mellor, Chris (2011-03-04). "Nexenta: The fastest-growing storage start-up ever?". The Register. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
- ^ a b Kovar, Joseph F. (2010-01-25). "Nexenta Gives Open-Source Storage A Virtual Twist". CRN. Archived from the original on 2010-08-11.
- ^ Vervloesem, Koen (2011-06-02). "Illumos: the successor to the OpenSolaris community". LWN.net. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
- ^ Vervloesem, Koen (2009-05-27). "Nexenta Core Platform 2: OpenSolaris for human beings". LWN.net. Retrieved 2013-12-13.
- ^ Breitbach, Matt (2010-10-05). "ZFS - Building, Testing, and Benchmarking". AnandTech. Retrieved 2013-12-13.
- ^ Broeken, Marco (2012-06-24). "Building superfast whitebox storage with Nexenta CE". vClouds. Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2013-12-13.