Redefining Cloud Economics and Flexibility
A few weeks ago we announced the general availability of a groundbreaking system-level feature and platform function that has been a core vision of Qumulo—a cloud-native file system and platform that is clustered, durable, scalable, agile, elastic, secure, and fully interoperable with client workloads. This innovation is both a technical milestone and a transformative approach to how we think about and utilize cloud and on-premises environments.
A Decade of Lessons: The Journey to True Cloud Native
For over a decade, I’ve watched organizations embrace the cloud with fervor. “Cloud-first” and “cloud-only” became the mantras, and any solution not centered around the cloud was quickly dismissed. Yet, the reality often fell short of the ideal. Many businesses adopted a lift-and-shift approach, migrating virtual machines and other constructs directly to the cloud. This approach frequently resulted in inefficient use of cloud resources, leading to unexpectedly high costs. When the bills came due, some organizations began reconsidering their cloud strategies, contemplating returning to the more predictable economics of on-premises environments.
With the introduction of Cloud Native Qumulo, we address these challenges head-on. We bring all the attributes that make the cloud compelling—scalability, elasticity, agility, reliability, and security—to file systems operating within the public cloud. What sets this apart is our use of the most effective, high-performance, globally available cloud-native capabilities as the foundation for our offering. This approach has never been done before and fundamentally changes the economic paradigm of cloud storage. To quote one of our customers, “All the elastic compute in the world is worthless if you don’t have elastic storage performance to feed it, you just shift the bottleneck.”
Revolutionizing Cloud Economics with Qumulo
The implementation of clustered file systems in the public cloud using cloud-native foundational components marks a significant shift in how we think about the total cost of ownership (TCO) for cloud versus on-premises solutions. Traditionally, on-premises environments come with a myriad of hidden costs: the acquisition of hardware, power, cooling, physical space, networking, telecommunications, and infrastructure. There’s also the ongoing maintenance—everything from network cabling to replacing failed hard drives—and ensuring security and compliance, which includes everything from guarding the physical premises to implementing cybersecurity measures.
In a cloud environment, many of these costs are abstracted away and bundled into the management of the storage infrastructure provided by the cloud provider. With Cloud Native Qumulo, we have extended this economic advantage to clustered file systems. This new offering delivers the same storage interfaces, protocols, and systems familiar to users and administrators while leveraging cloud-native capabilities to enhance performance and reliability.
Breaking Down Barriers: The Freedom of Choice
What makes Cloud-Native Qumulo particularly revolutionary is how it changes the economics of cloud storage to align with those of on-premises consumption, offering a consistent and predictable cost structure regardless of the environment. This breakthrough eliminates one of the most significant barriers to cloud adoption: the fear of unpredictable costs.
More importantly, it offers our clients unprecedented flexibility and freedom of choice. Whether an organization prefers to operate in the cloud, on-premises, or a hybrid model, Cloud Native Qumulo supports it all. It normalizes the economic and technical landscape, allowing businesses to make decisions based on their unique needs rather than being forced into a specific technology stack or financial model.
Enabling Smarter Business Decisions
This freedom to choose the right cloud or on-premises environment based on business needs rather than technological or economic constraints is transformative. Cloud Native Qumulo provides a platform that supports your business where and how you need it, allowing you to make the most strategic, economically sound decisions possible.
With this launch, we are not just introducing a new product but setting a new standard for managing and storing data in a cloud-first world. We are empowering businesses to harness the full power of the cloud without the hidden costs and inefficiencies that have plagued cloud adoption for so long.
Looking Ahead: A New Era of Data Management
The general availability of Cloud Native Qumulo marks the beginning of a new era in data management. As more organizations adopt this technology, we expect to see a wave of innovation across industries driven by the ability to leverage cloud capabilities more effectively and economically.
Today’s announcement is more than a product launch; it’s a commitment to our customers and partners that we will continue to push the boundaries of what’s possible in data management. We are excited to see how this technology will unlock new opportunities and drive growth for businesses worldwide.
With Cloud-Native Qumulo, we are delivering not just a technology solution but a business solution—a platform that supports your business the way it needs to be supported now and in the future.
