jojochuang commented on PR #231:
URL: https://github.com/apache/ozone-site/pull/231#issuecomment-3730059259
Other well known storage products technologies: we should add them in a
follow up task:
Pure Storage
* Category: Proprietary, All-Flash Storage
* Comparison: Pure Storage's FlashBlade is the most direct competitor to
Ozone for high-performance file and object workloads.
* Type: File & Object (Unified Fast File and Object - UFFO).
* Consistency: Strong.
* Big Data Integration: Good. Provides S3 and NFS interfaces, making
it compatible with many big data and AI/ML frameworks.
* Performance: Extremely high, designed for ultra-low latency with an
all-flash NVMe architecture.
* Key Difference from Ozone: Pure Storage is a proprietary,
appliance-based solution that offers premium performance and enterprise support
at a
premium cost. Ozone is open-source software designed to run on
commodity hardware, offering flexibility and lower cost at the expense of
requiring
more operational expertise.
* Recommendation: Pure Storage would be a great addition to the
"Proprietary Scale-Out Storage Comparison" table as a leading all-flash vendor.
SeaweedFS
* Category: Open Source, Distributed Object Store & File System
* Comparison: SeaweedFS is a very direct open-source competitor to Ozone.
* Type: Object & File.
* Consistency: Strong.
* Big Data Integration: Good. It offers an S3-compatible API and an
HDFS-compatible interface.
* Performance: Known for being very fast and lightweight, especially
for small files, as it was inspired by Facebook's Haystack design.
* Key Difference from Ozone: SeaweedFS is often seen as simpler and
more lightweight. Ozone, with its SCM and OM separation, is architected more
explicitly for massive Hadoop-style data lake scale and deeper
integration with the Hadoop security model (Kerberos, Ranger).
* Recommendation: SeaweedFS would be a very strong addition to the "Open
Source Scale-out Storage Comparison" table.
JuiceFS
* Category: Open Source, Distributed File System
* Comparison: JuiceFS is not a self-contained storage system; it's a
POSIX-compliant file system layer that sits on top of an existing object store
(like
Ozone, S3, or MinIO) and a database (like Redis or TiKV) for metadata.
* Type: File (POSIX).
* Consistency: Strong.
* Big Data Integration: Excellent. It provides a Hadoop-compatible
client, making it transparent to Spark, Hive, etc.
* Key Difference from Ozone: JuiceFS can use Ozone as its storage
backend. It provides a POSIX file system where Ozone primarily offers an object
store and an HCFS-compatible (but not fully POSIX) interface. You
might choose JuiceFS+Ozone if you need strict POSIX compliance for your
applications.
* Recommendation: JuiceFS is a valuable addition to the "Open Source
Scale-out Storage Comparison" table, as it represents a different architectural
approach to solving the distributed file system problem.
NVIDIA AIStore (AIS)
* Category: Open Source, AI-focused Object Store (now a Linux Foundation
project)
* Comparison: AIS is designed specifically for AI/ML and HPC workloads.
* Type: Object.
* Consistency: Strong.
* Big Data Integration: Primarily focused on AI/ML frameworks
(PyTorch, TensorFlow). It has an S3-compatible API.
* Performance: Optimized for the high-throughput, read-heavy patterns
typical of training deep learning models.
* Key Difference from Ozone: AIS has unique features like the ability
to act as a fast cache/proxy in front of other cloud storage (e.g., S3, GCS)
and perform on-the-fly data transformations. Ozone is more of a
general-purpose, persistent data lake storage system.
* Recommendation: AIStore would be a good technology to add to the "Open
Source Scale-out Storage Comparison" table to highlight a system optimized for a
specific, high-growth niche.
Rustfs
This term is less well-known and does not refer to a single, established
distributed storage system in the same category as Ozone, Ceph, or MinIO. It
might refer to one of several smaller-scale projects or libraries written
in Rust for file system operations (like FUSE-based filesystems).
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