AI Optimised Storage
A new generation of flash solutions developed for GPU based workloads
Intel & 3XS Collaboration
AI focused workloads demand a new generation of storage, capable of
delivering ultra-low latency and tremendous bandwidth while providing a price
performance ratio which aligns with large scale GPU acquisition.
AI projects often start small but can scale tremendously. Unfortunately,
traditional storage solutions require upfront commitments to ensure future
performance and scale, forcing budget to be used on overprovisioning storage
solutions at a time when the funds would be best spent elsewhere.
Scan’s AI optimised storage solution, backed by Intel technology, introduces
a modular approach to scale, providing smaller AI projects with outstanding
levels of performance at an affordable price point, while enabling saleability to
the industry’s highest performance and capacity. Meaning that you can start
small with the confidence that you can grow as an when required without
being confined to a lower specification solution.
Excelero delivers low-latency distributed block storage for web-scale
applications. NVMesh enables shared NVMe across any network and
supports any local or distributed file system. The solution features an
intelligent management layer that abstracts underlying hardware with CPU
offload, creates logical volumes with redundancy, and provides centralised,
intelligent management and monitoring. Applications can enjoy the latency,
throughput and IOPs of a local NVMe device with the convenience of
centralised storage while avoiding proprietary hardware lock-in and reducing
the overall storage TCO. NVMesh features a distributed block layer that allows
unmodified applications to utilize pooled NVMe storage devices across a network at
local speeds and latencies. Distributed NVMe storage resources are pooled with
the ability to create arbitrary, dynamic block volumes that can be utilised by
any host running the NVMesh block client.
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Scale & Performance
Local performance across the network. Predictable application performance. Smart insights in utilisation.
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Efficiency
Maximise the utilisation of your flash media. Reduce your capacity overhead. Easily manage & monitor.
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Flexibility
Utilise any hardware. Use existing network infrastructure. Choose from multiple redundancy options.
Intel Enterprise Hardware and commitment
Intel underpin the infrastructures of the world’s leading Enterprises and bring the same level of commitment to quality, performance and endurance to the Scan A.I. Optimised Storage solution.
Based upon Intel’s proven NVMe flash and Server hardware, the solution provides the level of maturity needed for such high performance ultra-low latency solutions
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Specifications
Ultra-low latency NVMe Storage Solution
- Intel R2224WFTZS 2U server chassis
- 32TB to over 300TB per single node
- 24 hot-plug NVMe Flash Drives
- 8TB or 13.6TB Drives
- Max 25GBsec throughput per node
- Ultra-low latency (NVMe + only 5uS)
- 2 x 100Gb Infiband / Ethernet ports
- Scale-out design
- Global pool and node spanning