Croit Platform
Simplify your storage management
Focus on your core business. Manage your storage with ease.
Are your storage needs growing faster than your budget? The croit storage management software provides the most cost-effective and fastest solution on commodity hardware in the world. Easy-to-administer, highly scalable and perfect for operating scaling infrastructures.
Easy
All configurations are easily and comfortably created directly from a modern and user-friendly web interface and activated within a few seconds.
Reliable
Our storage management software is optimized to run scalable and vendor-independent infrastructures. Operate network-booted Linux servers with individual software and little effort.
Flexible
Our open platform, a REST-API, event scripts and configuration templates allow you to customize services and adapt them to your specific needs.
Scalable
As your requirements grow, your croit cluster grows with you: Just add new servers and connect them to existing resource pools or create new ones.
croit Platform core features
Login security
Authorization and authentication of users, servers and services
Inventory
Web portal with integrated hardware inventory
Network management
IP addresses and network management including DHCP server
Provisioning
Provisioning of operating systems in the network via PXE
Maintenance
Automated update and upgrade mechanisms
Reporting
Logs, metrics, and statistics of the entire infrastructure and services
Modular from the ground up
Our one-stop storage management solution is divided into several modules, All based on the croit core platform that creates a highly available basic infrastructure.
Ceph Storage Solution
Easily roll out and operate Ceph software-defined storage on the servers managed by the croit core platform. You benefit from a multi-purpose storage that serves as the basis for countless cloud, VM, backup, archive and other installations.
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DAOS Storage Solution
Implement and operate DAOS software-defined storage on your servers. You profit from ultra-high-performance storage that is particularly suitable for HPC applications, artificial intelligence and machine learning.
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Installation & Update
Free
Enterprise
Automatic Security Updates
We insure maximum security and stability with automatic security updates.
100% Pure Ceph
There is 0% vendor lock-in, since we ship 100% pure Ceph!
GUI Based Cluster Deployment
Deploy your cluster in minutes with our super simple GUI.
Cluster Wide Update Management
Automated OS and (minor) Ceph updates.
Administration
Free
Enterprise
S3 Management
Manage access to object storage
RBD Management
Manage access to block storage.
Manage Pools
Easily create, edit and delete new storage pools.
Manage PGs
Easy placement group maintenance (recover, backfill, …)
Manage OSDs
Reliable OSD deployment and management (create, delete, start, stop, …)
Manage MONs
Reliable MON deployment and management (create, delete, start, stop, …)
Manage MGRs
Automated MGR deployment and management
Manage MDSs
Reliable MDS deployment and management (create, delete, start, stop, …)
Maintenance Mode
Easy cluster maintenance and management of Ceph flags (noout, noup, …)
Simple Hardware Management
Keep track of your storage hardware inventory.
CRUSH Map Management
GUI based management of your data distribution. No verbose editing of text files.
Web-based Shell Access
Shell access to all your cluster nodes, enables you to do everything right from the GUI.
Efficiency
Free
Enterprise
LACP Network Connections
Single and multiple network connections via LACP and arbitrary bandwith enable high availability within your existing ethernet infrastructure.
S3 Explorer
Direct management of the object store without additional software.
Replicated Pools
Reduces the IO requirement for better performance.
Erasure Coded (EC) Pools
Reduces space requirements and thus saves costs.
LACP LOADBALANCING
Highly available network connection with LACP based network loadbalancing.
Hardware Independent
No vendor lock-in, commodity hardware can be used.
Disk Performance Benchmarking
Tools to benchmark disk performance, right from the GUI.
Diskless Server Boot via PXE
Convenience, optimized data density and reduced costs.
CephFS Explorer
Direct management of the CephFS POSIX filesystem.
Reliability & Availability
Free
Enterprise
High-availability SMB
Highly available SMB with CTDB for increased reliability and availability of data.
High-availability S3
Highly available S3 with keepalived. Saves resources and costs of load balancers.
High-availability NFS
Highly available NFS with keepalived for increased reliability and availability of data.
High-availability iSCSI
Highly available iSCSI for reliable integration with proprietary solutions.
High-availability Groups
Increased availability for mission critical usage.
Cluster Configuration Auto Tuning
Optimize performance and reduce costs.
Automatic Management Node Backup
Easy recovery in case of loss of the management system.
Export Statistics to Grafana
Easy integration in existing Grafana installations.
Integration
Free
Enterprise
100% Pure RESTful API
Seamless integration into your existing solutions.
OKTA Single Sign On (SSO)
Central independent cloud based user management.
LDAP Users & Groups
Easy integration in your environment.
Hook Scripts
Modify and extend your cluster to your needs.
Monitoring & Statistics
Free
Enterprise
Centralized Logging
All logfiles in one place and protected against manipulation.
Smart Disk Status
SMART disk checks to detect disk failures as soon as possible and improve reliability.
Nagios Plugin
Easy integration with your existing monitoring system.
Graphite Database
Easy integration with external tools like Grafana.
Pre-built Grafana Dashboards
Deep insights into your clusters state at a glance.
Protocols & APIs
Free
Enterprise
S3
High-performance S3 API compatible object storage.
S3 via NFS
Access to modern object storage from proprietary solutions.
SWIFT via RGW
Vendor independent object storage.
RBD (Rados Block Device)
Rados block device, the newest and fastest way of accessing block storage.
RBD Export via iSCSI
Vendor independent block storage integration.
CephFS
Scale-out posix file system.
CephFS via SAMBA
Windows compatible scale-out file system.
CephFS via NFS
Vendor independent network file system.
Security
Free
Enterprise
VLAN Based Network Configuration
Seperate client and storage traffic and increase network security by seperation.
User Management
Control access to your storage management system.
Audit Log
Trackable and auditable system changes.
Service & Support
Free
Enterprise
Basic Service & Support
Our croit/Ceph experts help free of charge for simple problems and questions.
24*7*365 Service & Support
Support for your operations around the clock.
Usability & Comfort
Free
Enterprise
SSH Access
Conveniently manage your keys for all cluster nodes and access any one of them without restriction.
Cross-platform
Check and manage your cluster on every device.
Complete Lifecycle Management
Complete lifecycle management of all Ceph services. No shell required.
Pre-built Key Performance Indicators
KPIs help to detect premature errors or bottlenecks.
24/7 premium support
With croit every IT team is able to operate powerful, reliable and easy to use scale-out storage. Our storage management software supports all common interfaces, takes most of the work off your hands and makes daily operations much smoother. But if you still need us, we are there for you quickly, reliably and round-the-clock.
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Storing data reliably requires optimized storage servers. We offer flexible configuration options and individual systems perfectly adapted to your usecase.
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