XSKY Data Technology

About XSKY Data Technology

XSKY Data Technology, established in 2015, is a specialized provider of software-defined storage (SDS) products and services, aiming to innovate data infrastructure for enterprises. The company was founded by CEO Xu Xin, who previously worked in operations and cloud infrastructure at major internet companies, alongside a team with a background in R&D from prominent Chinese cloud service providers and IT vendors. This experience in both traditional IT and internet-scale operations shaped the company's focus on creating flexible and scalable storage solutions.

The core of XSKY's business is its software-defined storage platform, which abstracts storage management from the physical hardware, allowing clients to avoid vendor lock-in and manage massive data growth cost-effectively. XSKY's business model involves providing these SDS solutions as software that can run on industry-standard hardware, as well as integrated all-in-one appliances. The company serves a diverse client base across sectors such as finance, telecommunications, government, manufacturing, and transportation, supporting applications like private clouds, database resource pools, and big data analytics. Customers include major enterprises like the People's Bank of China, CITIC Bank, China Mobile, and Ideal Automotive.

XSKY's product portfolio is built on a unified data platform, offering solutions for block, object, and file storage. Key offerings include XEOS (Object Storage), XEBS (Block Storage), and the XINFINI all-flash distributed storage solution, which leverages the company's proprietary XSEA (eXtreme Shared-Everything Architecture) for high performance and low latency. A significant differentiator for XSKY is its deep involvement in the open-source community, particularly with Ceph, a popular distributed storage system. The company is a premier member of the Ceph Foundation and ranks among the top global contributors to its source code. This commitment allows XSKY to harness open-source technology while building enterprise-grade features and reliability into its products, such as becoming the exclusive storage solution partner for Red Hat in China.