InfiniBand Storage Solutions
Removing Storage Bottlenecks From Clusters and Grids
The absence of scalable back-end storage and networking options is a primary barrier to achieving an optimal cluster-computing environment. Voltaire enables a variety of storage solutions for scalable and simplified storage connectivity in both file I/O and block I/O environments.
Scalable File I/O Solutions
Voltaire has significant experience and expertise in enabling large scale parallel file system deployments. Such solutions include: HP StorageWorks Scalable File Systems (HP SFS), Lustre, IBM GPFS and PVFS. These solutions, when combined with InfiniBand from Voltaire, solve two critical problems that NFS creates: limited throughput and limited scalability.
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iSER - iSCSI Extension for RDMA
iSCSI is an IETF standard for transferring block storage over networks. It has a comprehensive set of storage networking capabilities enabling such features as plug and play deployment, name services, automated discovery, security, automated error and failure recovery, change modifications, load balancing, and standard management interfacing. Storage vendors, end users and leaders in the open source community have stepped forward to support Voltaire's development and contribution of iSER.
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Storage OEM Solutions
The Voltaire Native InfiniBand Storage Developer Kit for storage OEMs enables storage vendors and solutions providers to develop high performance storage solutions based on iSER over InfiniBand. The kit includes a complete set of InfiniBand host channel adapters, an InfiniBand switch, InfiniBand software stack, the iSER initiator and iSER target software.
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FalconStor IPStor Powered by Voltaire
Superior 10 Gb/s I/O performance with sophisticated storage services are available for the data center today. Voltaire and FalconStor Software have joined forces to introduce high performance native InfiniBand storage solutions that leverage iSCSI's rich management capabilities and InfiniBand high performance. Now iSCSI is capable of supporting the demanding storage and uptime requirements of enterprise data centers.
