XStore

XStore has been in operation for just over 7 years providing design, solutions, service and implementation in the following spaces:

• network security
• enterprise data storage
• Linux solutions

We maintain a number of relationships with partners, providing both service to and receiving support from these.  Working with our partners, we can provide complete software and hardware solutions to clients, covering everything from entry-level SME solutions to enterprise requirements.

Robby Pedrica

I graduated secondary education in 1988 with Matric Exemption, did a four year NHD in Electrical/Electronic engineering at the Cape Technikon and then worked for Li Shen Computers ( importer of computing equipment ) for 3 years. We had many achievements at Li Shen including bringing the first single-speed cartridge CDROM drive into SA, doing the first installation of Windows NT 3.1 on non-intel hardware (PowerPC 604 ) and providing the first centralised VOIP system using prepaid cards ( 2000 ).

I provided contract services in the UK between 1995 and 2000 for companies like Netcom Internet, HSBC, Railtrack and BSG. The main bulk of these services related to customer service/support on Sun systems ( Solaris ), Linux/OSS platforms and applications, and network architecture and design.

Following this period, I worked for the IBM Storage Distributor for SA, Maxtec Peripherals providing support, design and implementation for the following products:

Storage

• Network Appliance Filer
• StoreAge SVM Virtualisation
• FalconStor IPStor Virtualisation
• IBM N-series/FastT/DS/SVC
• Bakbone Netvault
• Nexsan
• SANRAD v-series

Networking/Security

• Alteon Web Switching
• FortiGate UTM Firewalls
• Network Appliance NetCache for content distribution/caching/proxying
• Brocade Fibre Channel

It's also during this period that I started investigation and development on OSS as a platform, performing some of the functions of systems above, based on OSS experience gained in the previous 10 years. This led to product offerings such as OpenFiler/FreeNAS-based systems for iSCSI/SAN and rsync-based rasynchronous replication for backup opportunities.

After leaving Maxtec in 2004, I set up my company to provide services/products in the SME and enterprise space. Additional development work has been done in the space of automated platform provisioning, load balancing/clustering/reverse proxying/protocol conversion and complete OSS platform solutions.

Further information about XStore offerings can be found in the Solutions section.