Svyatoslav Sorokin, IBS: Hyper convergent systems any more not exotic

Svyatoslav Sorokin: Around the world the hyper convergent systems gain popularity. According to Research and Markets the market of HCI grows every year more than for 40%. By our estimates, on the basis of researches of TAdviser and data from a number of foreign producers, growth rates in Russia are comparable.

In Russia the amount of the market is much less so far, than at usual infrastructure on computer systems (with virtualization) and classical DWH. But hyper convergent systems any more not exotic. Emergence in our country of producers of such systems, says that not only we see this dynamics, we trust in future HCI and are ready to invest in their development.

The Russian customers in productive work have already more than 300 Scala-R nodes. This digit in itself very good indicator of trust to a product and interest in technology. Naturally, a certain courage is necessary to decide on such implementation. In consciousness of many clients it is still risk. First, transition to other hyper convergent architecture. Secondly, in a case with Scala-R - other product and the producer.

One of our recent projects – implementation in Administration of Perm. The hyper convergent complex was for them a new solution. The project began with the minimum configuration, it is possible even too minimum, but it became successful. Already there took place one upgrade of a complex, the second is planned.

Svyatoslav Sorokin: For customers it is important to know who already uses such system and what his opinion, or to be convinced independently that everything works, nothing breaks and it is convenient to use. We give them this chance: in 2018 our products tested more than 10 companies.

It is interesting that many of those who tested Scala are not under sanctions and requirements of import substitution are not for them obligatory. These customers are able to afford to buy the foreign equipment and software. But they soberly estimate sanctions risks which can mention the western software makers and hardware platforms, and build the long-term strategy of development for the IT systems taking into account it "a black swan". Such companies already prepare "reserve airfield": test and begin to implement the Russian analogs of foreign products. A feedback which we receive from them allows us to adjust the development plan for a product.

Svyatoslav Sorokin: We have a considerable installed base, the input stage on the market is passed, a number of "children's diseases" is removed. The product meets all main customer requirements, but we do not stop working on its development, including on the basis of client responses.

In 2018 we significantly processed the IBS Monitoring system. It became more informative and convenient in use. We improved own management system for hyper convergent infrastructure. It included very demanded functionality. For example, the pools of resources allowing to delegate management of a part of capacities, dynamic balancing of loading (DRS) which aligns an uneven load per host servers, the advanced convenient tool for backup of virtual machines – complete and incremental.

We develop not only products, but also their ecosystem. In 2018 training courses on administration Scala-R began. Carrying out the expanded rate including also the VDI solution "Scala-R Virtual Work Place" is planned for the coming month. We work with service support. Offered service packets of different levels, constantly we control its quality. We had a selected command, the separate stand for working off of cases. As a result we significantly reduced time for request processing.

Not only we believed in Rock and clients. We have already three partners in distribution, and we expect what in their 2019 will become more. Our purpose - to give the chance to partners to offer the products and services together with Rock.

As for the future, development plans for a line are painted for several years ahead. First, we will continue to improve products, to add property, being guided by responses and wishes of clients. First of all, such updates will concern the user interface: expansion of the reporting, further automation of manual transactions.

Secondly, we work on functionality of the solution at the fundamental level. We call this project "Rock 2.0". These are very serious completions and changes which are qualitatively changing a product. I cannot disclose details, but it is about properties which will allow to become Scala-R in one row with the best world analogs and to use our solution for the most critical applications.

Our VDI solution "Scala-R VRM" was included in the Register of the Russian software not so long ago. We see very serious potential at this product. Already several organizations which seriously attended to an import substitution subject in the field of virtualization test our VDI.

Svyatoslav Sorokin: Most often hyper convergent infrastructure is used for creation of a private cloud of the organization. Also often Scala-R consider as infrastructure for the environment of virtual desktops (VDI). Owing to experience of implementation of different VDI solutions and development of own software, we created the product "Scala-R Virtual Work Place (VWP)" on the Scala-R platform. For April, 2019 there are several pilot projects on its implementation. Recently overload tests in which our solution showed very good result came to the end, having ensured simultaneous operation of 15000 users.

In addition to VDI we prepare several types of complexes with the preset and configured application software in alliance with technology partners. In particular, testing of a hardware and software system for 1C page comes to the end DBMS Postgres Professional. We found such configuration of virtual environment in which applications work optimum, and the monitoring system Scala-R controls as well parameters of the applied systems. In the nearest future we will publish results of this testing and we will tell about features of a HSS. It is sure that information will be very interesting to the companies which seriously thought of import substitution and attended to search of ready-made solutions and also the specialists understanding all subtleties of work of PostgreSQL and other sanctions and independent solutions.

All Scala-R components are the Russian products. For many customers, in addition to low sanctions risks, it is important to observe requirements of regulators to areas information security and a possibility of certification. Our products are ready also to it. In cooperation with the companies "Code of Security" and "Kaspersky (earlier Kaspersky Lab)" we developed special versions of products "vGate" and "Kaspersky Security for virtual and cloud Wednesdays". They ensure safety of a line Scala-R. We carry out certification of software in structure Scala-R on compliance to specifications and control on NDV4. Regarding integration with the Russian certified means of cybersecurity we considerably are ahead of competitors.