WildFire Storage Server v5.0.0
WIldFire Storage Server (WSS) bonds
ESS
with Open-E's DSS V7 SAN and NAS management
software.
WSS lets you build very large, very
fast, very inexpensive all-Flash storage appliances in
15 to 30 minutes.
Larger size.
WSS lets you build storage appliances with as few as two
terabytes of storage and as much as 280TB of addressable
space. This is two to four times larger than the
biggest single systems constructable by others.
Superior IOPS speed:
WSS will deliver 300,000 4KB random reads or
writes over a 10gigE connection from an array of 8 or
more SSDs configured RAID-5 or RAID-6. Most all-flash RAID-5 solutions will only deliver 20,000 to
30,000 write IOPS. RAID-10 solutions typically deliver
only 100,000 to 150,000 write IOPS with 24 SSDs.
Low write IOPS will radically slow down the total
throughput of the system. in WSS systems, random
write IOPS typically execute faster than read IOPS>
Superior large record
transfers. WSS will also deliver large
amounts of data. For instance, a 24 SSD system
managed by WSS will deliver almost 6GB a second through
a single 40gigE port read or write, and can deliver a
lot more with multiple ports and cards. (See test
results.)
Superior single-job speed.
More importantly, with Linux or Windows-10 equipment,
WSS will read or write several gigabytes a second single
thread. Single thread throughput
greatly affects the time needed to perform all manner of
big jobs, be these report generation or 4KB video
rendering. Few all-Flash storage appliances can
demonstrate such performance.
This performance gain is true no
matter the grade of SSD you are running. Consumer,
Read Intensive, Data Center, and Enterprise grades of
SSDs will all read and write faster when managed by WSS.
Profound write reduction and
life enhancement. Like ESS, WSS
dramatically reduces write amplification.
Accordingly, less expensive Consumer or Read
Intensive SSDs managed by WSS will typically last ten to
forty times longer, and will be capable of a daily
overwrite of all data. But even Data Center and
Enterprise SSDs will see significant life extension with
WSS because many of the techniques used by ESS to reduce
write amplification, such as RAID stripe alignment and
compression increase the useful life of all SSDs.
Profound cost reduction.
WSS lets you use less expensive Consumer and Read
Intensive SSDs while achieving or exceeding the effective
data updates of Data Center media. Because it
performs best in a RAID-5 or RAID-6 environment, WSS
also lets you use fewer SSDs. The combination of
these can reduce the SSD cost per usable gigabyte by as
much as 75%.
Rapid setup and convenient
use: Open-E's DSS V7 GUIized SAN and NAS
management software makes the use of all this speed and
durability convenient. Some of the convenient features
of DSS V7 include:
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GUI web-based admin
which simplifies SAN and NAS deployment and
management |
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Easy deployment on
commodity server hardware from major vendors |
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vmWare and Citrix Ready
certifications |
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Hyper-V Cluster support |
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10, 40, 56 and 100 GigE
Ethernet support as well as FC and Infiniband
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Active/Active and
Active/Passive full HA for iSCSI and NFS |
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Affordable softwear cost.
WSS costs a small fraction of the SSD costs it reduces.
When significant cost reduction is combined with
superior speed, durability, scale, and reliability, WSS
generates exceptional value.