Learn more about Riak CS in our Intro to Riak CS webcast, Friday, May 10 (register here)
Riak CS (Cloud Storage) is simple, open source storage software built on top of Riak. It can be used to build public or private clouds, or as reliable storage to power applications and services. Built on Basho's distributed database Riak, Riak CS is open source software designed to provide simple, available, distributed cloud storage at any scale. Riak CS is S3-API compatible and supports per-tenant reporting for billing and metering use cases.
Riak CS is now open sourced and free for download.
Notable Riak CS Features
| Amazon S3-API Compatibility |
Riak CS has a built-in S3 interface with support for S3 ACL so you can use existing S3 tools and frameworks or import and extract Amazon data. The HTTP REST API supports service, bucket and object-level operations to easily store and retrieve data. |
| Per-Tenant Visibility |
With the Riak CS Reporting API, you get per-tenant usage data and statistics on network I/O. This reporting functionality supports use cases including accounting, subscription, chargebacks, plugins with billing systems or efficient multi-department utilization. |
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Supports Large Objects of Arbitrary Content Type, Plus Metadata |
Store images, text, video, documents, database backups, software binaries and other data types. Riak CS can store objects into the terabyte size range using multipart file uploads. Riak CS also supports standard Amazon metadata headers. |
| Multi-Datacenter Replication (Enterprise Edition Only) |
Riak CS Enterprise edition provides multi-datacenter replication for active backups, disaster recovery, and data locality. Provide low-latency storage wherever your users are and maintain availability even in the event of site failure. |