Binary Global Collaboration with Western Digital and Cloudian

This case study outlines the collaboration between Binary Global, Western Digital, and Cloudian to address unstructured data storage challenges faced by a government research department in India. Binary Global, an ICT infrastructure and managed services provider, proposed a scalable and reliable storage solution utilizing Western Digital's Ultrastar Data60 and Cloudian's HyperStore object storage software. The solution is designed to handle the client's increasing storage demands for unstructured data, while ensuring data durability and performance. It supports multiple storage services, including S3, NFS, and SMB, and is built on commodity hardware to avoid vendor lock-in. The case study details the challenges faced by the client, including the limitations of traditional storage solutions and the need for a unified, software-defined platform. The proposed solution also incorporates configurable data protection techniques to safeguard against hardware failures, ensuring data integrity and availability. The collaboration ultimately resulted in a cost-effective and efficient storage solution that meets the client's requirements.