[san-tech][03391] DDN: SFA10Kシリーズ強化 (SFA10K-X & SFA10K-E), 09.20.11

Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:44:16 -0400
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DDNが SFA10Kシリーズを強化しました：

"DataDirect Networks (DDN) Delivers Highest Big Data Performance with
 SFA10K-X, World's Fastest Integrated Block and File Storage Appliance"
 Award-Winning DDN Storage Fusion Architecture (SFA) Technology Embeds
 Applications and File Systems While Optimizing Bandwidth, IOPS and
 Capacity Utilization for Cloud and Content
 09.20.11
  http://www.ddn.com/press-releases/2011/datadirect-networks-ddn-delivers-highest-big-data-performance-sfa10k-x-world%E2%80%99s-f
  http://www.ddn.com/sites/default/files/10KXPR_FINAL.pdf

  "... today unveiled the Storage Fusion Architecture (SFA) 10K-X,
   a leading integrated storage appliance that maximizes application
   performance while minimizing total cost of ownership for Big Data,
   cloud, and content-intensive environments."


SFA10K-X highlights include:
*) Accelerates big data and large content workloads, with read-write
   speeds of 17 GB/s, 25 percent faster than the SFA10000
*) Efficiently exploits solid state drive technology to deliver over
   840,000 I/Os per second
*) Supports up to 1200 drives (SSD, SATA, SAS) in a single system,
   while requiring only 2 floor tiles
*) Capable of housing up to 1.8 petabytes (PB) in a single data center
   rack
*) VMWare and VMWare ESX support to accelerate virtual server and
   desktop environments


SFA10K-X
  http://www.ddn.com/products/sfa10000
  http://www.ddn.com/pdfs/SFA10K-X_Datasheet_v7_0911.pdf
  "Largest Scalable Storage for Virtualized Environments
   Certified with VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1"
※VMware Certificationは、DDN製品で初？

同時に追加されたシステム (プレスリリースは見あたりませんね)
SFA10K-E
  http://www.ddn.com/products/sfa10000e
  http://www.ddn.com/pdfs/SFA10K-E_EXAScaler_Datasheet_v6_0911.pdf


解説記事 (目を通す事をお勧めします)：
"DataDirect embulgens arrays for big data"
 Hopes to grunt with the big pigs in the Big Data pigpen
 26th September 2011, The Register
  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/26/ddn_sfa10k_x/
.....
  "No hardware refreshing is mentioned by DataDirect Networks (DDN)
   but the company says a lot about the new parallelised and
   multi-threaded version of its SFA O/S, with its RAID and cache
   engines and data movers. This software is now VMware-certified,
   has large capacity support as well as the go-faster changes,
   and is available to existing SFA customers at no charge."
....
  "There is a special version of the SFA10K-X, an embedded version
   called the SFA10K-E. What's embedded in it is a file system,
   because this array can run applications, with DDN saying that
   its "SFA O/S allows for embedding applications within the SFA10K-E.""

App-running array
  "EMC is developing a capability for its VMAX arrays to run
   applications. DataDirect has already done this. It says
   the SFA10K-E can run applications, and the first ones it is
   offering are file systems - specifically Lustre and IBM's GPFS."