The Hut Group deploys SoftIron HyperDrive storage solution

The Hut Group (THG) has selected SoftIron's Ceph optimised HyperDrive as the storage backbone for its THG Ingenuity e-commerce platform.

“Part of our success is a result of our bold ambition to do things differently, and by so doing, to create new efficiencies and opportunities that put ourselves and our customers ahead of the curve," says Schalk Van der Merwe, CTO at THG.

"While open source solutions may seem like a 'science project' for non-tech companies, for us, being cloud agnostic, free of lock-in, and achieving ‘cloud native without cloud,' is all strategically important within our architecture.”

“We love the 'task specific' approach SoftIron is taking to make open source Ceph deployable and manageable at scale for enterprises like ours, while at the same time creating efficiencies that reduce our environmental footprint."

The online retailer plans to add to its 24 datacentres across the UK, Europe, USA, and Asia.

"SoftIron's solution offers superior management and resilience capabilities without sacrificing efficiency, which perfectly support our short and long term objectives for the business," says Schalk.

"We're already operational with HyperDrive in the UK, Germany and the US and look forward to working together to deliver a new class of service and support for our customers across the globe."