Hybrid Cloud that Works In Switzerland, regulations require that certain data types be kept within the country. HIAG Data assures compliance by storing these data types at its two Swiss-based data centres. Cloudian HyperStore has been implemented at those locations to serve as a fully S3- compatible storage service. The Cloudian deployment consists of a two-petabyte cluster which is distributed across the company’s two data centres. Data is replicated across sites to ensure full redundancy. Previously, HIAG Data had used an object storage solution from Ceph, but this was becoming increasingly complex to manage, generating significant workloads when adding capacity. To help identify a more scalable solution, HIAG Data drew on the cloud and hosting infrastructure expert

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