see also:-
Huawei
Symantec - editor mentions on StorageSearch.com
Who's who in SSD?
- by
Zsolt Kerekes,
editor - March 2012
Among other things -
Huawei Symantec
markets a 2U FC SAN SSD called the
Oceanspace
Dorado2100 - which includes a
RAID array of 24x 2.5"
SAS SLC SSDs internally which can deliver 170,000 IOPS with under 800
microsecond latency and an internal bandwidth of 5.6GB/s.
The
Oceanspace Dorado is a tier 1 storage system with no single point of failure
which has hot swappable modules and redundant datapaths and controllers. Usable
storage capacity is upto 2.4TB (list price around $65K-$70K) .
Huawei
Symantec's rackmount SSD is an example of what I call
open (versus)
proprietary architecture - in that the internal SAS SSDs are industry
standard form factors - even though they are made by Huawei Symantec.
In the tier 1 SSD market it's interesting to see just how different the internal
architectures are. Huawei Symantec 's Oceanspace is very different to
Violin Memory's 6000
series (big
architecture, based on proprietary memory modules) and
Kaminario's K2 (open
architecture based on industry standard blades with
Fusion-io's PCIe SSDs
inside the flash versions). Yet all 3 companies are addressing the same
legacy
enterprise storage customers.
For other competing / alternative
suppliers take a look at these directories:-
high availability
enterprise SSDs, FC SAN
SSDs,
rackmount SSDs,
auto tiering SSDs,
and the SSD buyer
guide.
Huawei also markets a range of PCIe SSDs called the
Tecal
ES Series. |
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In July 2011 -
Huawei Symantec launched
its first SSD system - a 2U FC SAN SSD with hot swap features, ans 2.4TB
usable capacity implemented by a
RAID aray of its own
design 2.5" SLC SSDs. The
Oceanspace
Dorado2100 has 800 microsends access time, 170,000 IOPS, and 8x 8Gbps ports
with 2 controllers and multipath connections.
In January 2012 -
Huawei Symantec
published an
SPC
Benchmark report (66 pages pdf) for its high availability FC SAN rackmount
SSD - the
Oceanspace
Dorado2100. A 1 terabyte (approx) usable protected (mirrored) SSD system
(2.4TB raw) delivered over 100K SPC-1 IOPS at a market price of $0.90/SPC-1
IOPS. |
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Symantec publishes SPC-1 results for Dorado2100 SSD |
Editor:- January 12, 2012 -
Huawei Symantec
has published an
SPC
Benchmark report (66 pages pdf) for its high availability FC SAN rackmount
SSD - the
Oceanspace
Dorado2100.
A 1 terabyte (approx) usable protected (mirrored) SSD
system (2.4TB raw) delivered over 100K SPC-1 IOPS at a market price of $0.90/SPC-1
IOPS. Click
here for summary (pdf)
Editor's comments:- these
SPC
reports are very technical and the $ per SPC-1 IOPS headline
figures include a lot of detailed factors including 3 years of 4 hour on-site
response warranty etc. |
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But the documents also
include market prices for everything which goes into these calculations. From
which we learn that a 2.4TB Dorado2100 SSD system with 16x 8Gbps FC ports
costs about $52,000. | | | |
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| How big was the
thinking in this SSD's design? |
Does size really does matter in SSD
design?
By that I mean how big was the mental map? - not how many
inches wide is the SSD.
The novel and the short story both have their
place in literature and the pages look exactly the same. But you know from
experience which works best in different situations and why.
When
it comes to SSDs - Big versus Small SSD architecture - is something which was
in the designer's mind. Even if they didn't think about it that way at the time.
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For designers, integrators,
end users and investors alike - understanding what follows from these simple
choices predicts a lot of important consequences. ...read the article | | | |
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