Introducing StorNext 5 Appliances
Jan 17, 2015
Introducing StorNext 5 Appliances
Globally distributed teams
require shared access
Video, Image and Sensor data
paths are 100% digital
Various sized unstructured
data files are managed
Topologies and interconnects
have evolved
Modern Workflows Have Changed Operations
Deliver
Built from the Ground Up for – Performance
– Scalability
– Flexibility
StorNext 5 Appliances A New Era for Digital Workflows
Next Generation Technology
A New Modern Core – New cache management
– Multiprocessor aware with lower CPU
utilization
– More compact on-disk format
– New reporting/management framework
Engineered from the Ground up
Up to 5 Billion Files – Metadata scalable to petabytes
– Designed for large block allocation space
– No slowdown as FS grows and ages
5x Greater Scalability
Across the Board Performance
Improvements – All files sizes improve
– File creates and deletes up to 10x faster
– Small file performance greatly increased
up to 100%
– Takes full advantage of SSD Flash and
multi-core processors
* Performance measured in standardized testing against StorNext v4.2 file create and delete performance, real-world application performance may vary
10x Faster Performance*
Topology Agnostic – Fibre Channel, IP/NAS and beyond - all
highly optimized with new cache
parameters and better system tuning
– All operating systems enjoy better
performance and lower latency
– Takes advantage of InfiniBand for lower
latency applications such as HPC
Beyond the SAN
IP/NAS + SAN and beyond
Improved Affinities Provide
Better Disk Performance – Automated tuning and reduced
parameters, now self-tuned for Quantum
disk
– Buffer cache I/O improvements and
smaller block allocation improve
performance on Petabyte-scale Lattus
Object Storage
Optimized for StorNext Q-Series
and Lattus Object Storage
Choice of LTO Tape Format
LTFS format – Meets LTFS standards
– Non-proprietary format
– Content delivery
– Collaboration
– Long-term vaulting
Quantum ANTF format – Higher read and write performance
– Single file can span multiple tapes
Native LTFS Capability
Redesigned To Boost Efficiency
and Performance – RAM, CPU cache, controller and disk IO all
important in FS performance
– Shrinking metadata makes all these more
effective
– Fit more in RAM and cache
– Move more with bandwidth
– Maintain consistent performance over time
– Seamless, non-disruptive software updates
Architected for the Long-Term
Takes Full Advantage of SSD
and Flash for Performance – Low latency and high I/O applications
benefit most
– Improves HPC and analytic operations
– Improves small file performance
– Support for InfiniBand
Flash & InfiniBand Optimized
Native LTFS Capability
10x Faster Performance*
5x Greater Scalability
Beyond the SAN
IP/NAS + SAN and beyond
Architected for the Long-Term
Optimized for StorNext Q-Series
and Lattus Object Storage
Flash & InfiniBand Optimized
Engineered from the Ground up
StorNext 5 Use Cases by Industry
End-to-End
Content
Management Media & Entertainment
Sequence Genes
to Cure Disease Life Sciences
Real-Time
Mission Support Intelligence & Surveillance
Analyze Data to
Accelerate Discovery Natural Resources
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Integrated with Workflow Applications
Leading Companies Choose StorNext
End-to-End Workflow
Ingest
Work in
Process
Delivery
Nearline
Long Term
Off-site
StorNext
Lattus Object Storage
StorNext AEL Archives
StorNext Q-Series High-Performance Disk Storage LTFS
StorNext 5 Appliance Family
StorNext 5 Availability
StorNext 5 will initially be available
on StorNext appliances in 2013
StorNext 5 software-only solutions
will deliver in the first half of 2014
NEXT-GENERATION OBJECT STORAGE
Data Challenges Converge on Your Business
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Data Value Drives Changes to Workflows
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Traditional Infrastructure
Never-Ending Disk Pools
Vault
New Infrastructure
Legacy Backup & Archive
Smart Data Movement Support unpredictable,
on-demand access
Fast Cache Cache for immediate work
Policy-based, native,
unlimited scalability, low TCO
Petabyte Scale Challenges
Traditional Architecture
Traditional RAID is inefficient at Petabyte Scale
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Effic
iency
Percentage usable
100TB 1PB 10PB
88%
75%
66%
RAID suffers from unacceptable rebuild times as drive size increases
Tim
e (
days)
10 D
isk R
AID
*
1
2
*2013 Evaluator Group, Inc.
1TB
3TB
4TB
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Traditional Storage Approaches
Reduce Data Usage Efficiency
Traditional block addressing cannot match
scale, access or durability needs
Traditional file hierarchies
inhibit required global
access flexibility
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Next-Generation Object Storage Matches
Modern Data Usage Objectives
Unlimited Scalability Independent of physical location
Flexible Data Usage No hierarchy – 100% flat namespace
Long-Term Online Durability Forward Error Correction (FEC)
for data integrity
Efficiency allows multiple copies
of encoded data distributed
across storage nodes
Global Data Access Distributed data
leveraging global networks
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Object Storage Provides Immediate Value
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Cost-Effective
Global Data Availability
Rapid Access
to Historical Data
Infinite Scalability
& Data Durability
Transparent
Cloud Migration
Big Data
Analysis Enabled
Content Re-Monetization
Made Easy
Lattus-M Object Storage Disk Archive
Forever disk archive
StorNext-managed policy-based tiering
Leverages next-generation object storage
Lower latency than tape
More efficient than mirrored RAID
Includes Storage Manager license
1 Billion Files (per MDC)
Archive starts at 200 TB
Virtually unlimited scalability
THANK YOU
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does not necessarily represent the company’s outlook and is for planning purposes only.