Infortrend GS series unified arrays with SSD cache, multiply file access performance
Infortrend, a well-known provider of enterprise-class array solutions, has introduced GS Series unified storage with SSD cache technology. This solution significantly improves the file mode access performance of applications requiring a very large number of random file access operations.
Perfect data protection in case of unexpected failures
EonStor GS is a unified storage solution that allows corporations and small and medium-sized businesses to manage file-access network storage (NAS) and block-access network storage (SAN) in a single appliance. The architecture with GS Series redundant controllers ensures high reliability and increases overall performance. The GS Series supports all RAID levels to protect against data loss in the event of hard drive failures and delivers capacities of several PB. As a result, enterprises do not have to worry about data growth or potential data loss in case of failure.
GS uses SSDs acting as caches for its NAS network storage service to improve file access performance. By placing the most frequently used data in cache memory, using media with high transfer rates and low access times, subsequent requests to access that data can be handled much faster.
Accelerate access to files and data
GS with SSD cache option is an optimal solution for applications characterized by random data access, such as file sharing, email, and post-production media editing. When several users simultaneously require file access and the desired bytes are not on contiguous sectors, traditional mechanical HDDs result in longer seek times, increasing input/output (I/O) latency, which ultimately reduces system performance and negatively affects the user.
With near-zero SSD seek times, the GS Series file SSD cache option reduces I/O latency and significantly increases the number of operations per second (IOPS). High-performance algorithms intelligently predict and store the most frequently used small data blocks and their metadata in cache memory, significantly increasing the speed of random data access.
Improve array performance
For typical applications such as file sharing or email, the use of 1 or 2 additional SSDs is sufficient. For media editing requiring much higher bandwidth, 4 or more additional SSDs are recommended.
The GS series solutions also operate in block access array mode, offering the same or even higher performance than Infortrend's most popular DS series of arrays. In this mode, all the functionality users are looking for is available, including SSD cache for block access.