WEKA Data Platform

What WEKA Data Platform is

WEKA Data Platform provides shareable distributed filesystem storage for workloads that need performance and the ability to scale. Its stated use cases include AI and machine learning, life sciences, financial trading, engineering, media rendering, and high-performance computing. The platform can be deployed at the edge, on premises, in hybrid-cloud environments, and across multiple clouds. It integrates with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. POSIX, NFS, SMB, S3, and GPUDirect Storage are supported; POSIX, NFS, SMB, and S3 access share a single namespace. WEKA describes zero-copy access and automatic performance optimization without manual tuning. Snapshots and clones, along with incremental replication of snapshots to object storage, support backup, disaster recovery, and hybrid-cloud restore. Security features include end-to-end encryption described as FIPS 140-3 Level 1 and integrated key management for data at rest, in motion, and in the cloud. Smart Alerting sends performance, capacity, and health notifications through Slack, PagerDuty, or email. A Kubernetes Operator supports deployment, scaling, and management. WEKA was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Campbell, California. Pricing is on request; an AWS Marketplace listing gives a 12-month contract starting point of $1,000.00 per TB for Flash NVMe and $50.00 per TB for Object Tier.

Who it suits

WEKA Data Platform suits teams running performance-intensive workloads such as AI/ML, life sciences, financial trading, engineering, media rendering, or HPC. It is also suited to organizations deploying storage across edge, on-premises, hybrid-cloud, or multicloud environments and using Kubernetes.

Limits

The AWS Marketplace listing gives a 12-month contract starting point of $1,000.00 per TB for Flash NVMe and $50.00 per TB for Object Tier. It says pricing is a starting point, discounted based on consumption and term; AWS infrastructure costs are not included in the private-offer plan.

Getting started

1. Visit the WEKA Data Platform website.
2. Contact WEKA for pricing.
3. Choose an edge, on-premises, hybrid-cloud, or multicloud deployment.
4. Use the Kubernetes Operator if deploying and managing the platform with Kubernetes.
5. For Kubernetes deployment, obtain registry credentials from WEKA Customer Success.

Verdict

Choose WEKA Data Platform if your workloads need shareable distributed filesystem storage across cloud and on-premises environments, with multiple access protocols and data protection features. Teams evaluating it should request pricing; the AWS Marketplace listing describes a 12-month contract and per-TB starting prices.