EMC Atmos
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EMC Atmos is a cloud storage
services platform developed by EMC Corporation
. Atmos can be deployed as either a hardware appliance or as software in a virtual environment. The Atmos technology is designed to manage petabytes of information and billions of objects across multiple geographic locations as a single system.
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 NFS
and CIFS. It presents a single unified namespace or object-space, stores information as objects (files + metadata
), and manages information by user or administrator-defined policies.
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.
Cloud storage
Cloud storage is a model of networked online storage where data is stored on virtualized pools of storage which are generally hosted by third parties. Hosting companies operate large data centers; and people who require their data to be hosted buy or lease storage capacity from them and use it for...
services platform developed by EMC Corporation
EMC Corporation
EMC Corporation , a Financial Times Global 500, Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company, develops, delivers and supports information infrastructure and virtual infrastructure hardware, software, and services. EMC is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA.Former Intel executive Richard Egan and his...
. Atmos can be deployed as either a hardware appliance or as software in a virtual environment. The Atmos technology is designed to manage petabytes of information and billions of objects across multiple geographic locations as a single system.
Atmos can be used as data storage for custom or packaged applications using either a REST
Rest
Rest may refer to:* Leisure* Human relaxation* SleepRest may also refer to:* Rest , a pause in a piece of music* Rest , the relation between two observers* Rest , a 2008 album by Gregor Samsa...
or SOAP
SOAP
SOAP, originally defined as Simple Object Access Protocol, is a protocol specification for exchanging structured information in the implementation of Web Services in computer networks...
data API, or more traditional storage interfaces like NFS
NFS
NFS may mean:* Network File System , the Network File System protocol developed by Sun Microsystems* NFS , a former Icelandic television news service* National Financial Switch, a bank network in India...
and CIFS. It presents a single unified namespace or object-space, stores information as objects (files + metadata
Metadata
The term metadata is an ambiguous term which is used for two fundamentally different concepts . Although the expression "data about data" is often used, it does not apply to both in the same way. Structural metadata, the design and specification of data structures, cannot be about data, because at...
), and manages information by user or administrator-defined policies.
History
Atmos was organically developed by EMC Corporation and was made generally available in November 2008. A second major release in February 2010 added a "GeoProtect" distributed data protection feature, faster processors and denser hard drives.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
Xam
XAM, or the eXtensible Access Method, is a storage standard developed and maintained by the Storage Networking Industry Association . It is in the process of being ratified as an ANSI standard. XAM is an API for fixed content aware storage devices. XAM replaces the various proprietary interfaces...
and Apple iOS compatibility.