Mastering OpenStack Backup: Storware and Sardina Systems Announce Strategic Partnership

API-Driven Data Protection for FishOS OpenStack Environments

For enterprises and service providers running on **OpenStack**, comprehensive data protection has often been a complex puzzle. Today, that puzzle is solved.

**Sardina Systems**, the creator of the **FishOS** cloud management platform, and **Storware**, a European leader in enterprise data recovery, have announced a technical alliance. This partnership integrates powerful, API-driven backup and recovery capabilities directly into FishOS OpenStack environments, empowering organizations to protect their entire cloud infrastructure—from virtual machines to application data—without the complexity of agent-based solutions.

In large-scale, multi-tenant OpenStack deployments, simple snapshots are not enough. Organizations require a full backup solution that preserves the integrity of the entire ecosystem, including configurations, metadata, and user data. This integration delivers a unified platform for complete cloud protection and enables service providers to offer robust **Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS)**.

A Seamless, Agentless Approach to Cloud Protection

This partnership unites two proven platforms to create one powerful solution:

FishOS by Sardina Systems: An award-winning, OpenStack-based platform that delivers a scalable, automated, and zero-downtime cloud infrastructure. FishOS unifies OpenStack, Kubernetes, and Ceph to maximize resource efficiency and reliability.
Storware Enterprise Backup: A stable and versatile backup and recovery system that supports virtual machines, containers, and a wide range of cloud and storage platforms, making it the ideal complement to OpenStack.

The Storware solution integrates with FishOS via **native OpenStack APIs**, automatically discovering workloads and eliminating the need for cumbersome agents. It supports full, incremental, and differential backups of VMs, volumes, and application data. Leveraging **Ceph**—the most common storage backend for OpenStack—it can send backups to multiple destinations, including NFS, S3-compatible storage, tape, or other clouds for long-term retention.

“In large OpenStack environments with dozens of components and multi-tenant workloads, snapshots alone might not be enough. The technical alliance with Storware expands capabilities for FishOS users, providing greater fault tolerance and enhanced compliance with corporate security and recovery requirements.” — Kenneth Tan, Executive Director at Sardina Systems

Key Benefits for Your Organization

This fully integrated, production-ready solution delivers immediate value:

Unified Protection for Your Entire Cloud: Safeguard all virtual machines, application data, and storage objects across your FishOS environment with a single, consolidated solution.
Eliminate Complexity with API-Driven Integration: Seamlessly integrate backup functions into FishOS without the operational overhead of managing agents.
Unlock New Revenue with Backup-as-a-Service: Enable service providers to offer high-value, VM-level backup services directly to clients.
Achieve Enterprise-Grade Resilience: Combine the stability of FishOS with Storware’s powerful data protection to ensure business continuity.
Flexible, Multi-Destination Storage: Meet compliance and long-term retention goals by storing backups on Ceph, NFS, S3, tape, or other cloud environments.
Optimized for Demanding Production Environments: Perfectly suited for telecommunications, private clouds, and any production OpenStack deployment requiring multi-tenant workload protection.

“By integrating with FishOS, we’re enabling OpenStack users to benefit from a unified, API-driven backup solution that ensures business continuity and operational efficiency. Together, we empower organizations to protect their workloads with confidence—no matter how complex their cloud environments are.” — Paweł Mączka, CEO at Storware

Who Benefits from This Alliance?

This strategic partnership is designed for organizations that demand robust and scalable data protection:

Service Providers: Deliver BaaS to customers, expand service portfolios, and create a competitive advantage.
Enterprises with Private Clouds: Achieve comprehensive data protection without the cost and complexity of separate backup infrastructure.
Telecommunications Operators: Protect mission-critical workloads with enterprise-grade backup fully integrated into existing OpenStack deployments.
Organizations with Strict Compliance Needs: Meet regulatory and corporate security standards with flexible retention and recovery options.

About Storware
Storware is a backup software producer with over 10 years of experience in the backup world. Storware Backup and Recovery is an enterprise-grade, agent-less solution that caters to various data environments. It supports virtual machines, containers, storage providers, Microsoft 365, and applications running on-premises or in the cloud. Thanks to its small footprint, seamless integration into your existing IT infrastructure, storage, or enterprise backup providers is effortless.

About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Digital is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company distributes a wide range of IT products across various areas including cyber security, cloud, data protection, end points, infrastructures, system monitoring, storage, networking, business productivity and communication products.

Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, different vertical industries, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.