Open Storage Concept - Open Storage Systems

What is Open Storage?

Open architecture

Industry standards in open-source hardware and software with integrated storage system functionality (higher scalability and lower cost of ownership compared to proprietary systems)

Open source software

Open source and API (support for third-party software developers)

Interoperability

Simple and predictable integration of systems in a heterogeneous environment (open standards)

Management Software Features

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On-line monitoring of the entire storage system

• Embedded DTrace Tools
• NFSv3, NFSv4, CIFS, iSCSI
• ZFS and Solaris i / o path
• CPU and Memory Utilization
• Networking (TCP, UDP, IP)
• Online Graphic Analytics
• Maximum used files
• Allocation of resources for read / write
• Storage load from CIFS clients
• IP Interface Bandwidth
• The ability to export data for later compression
• GUI for ZFS file system
• Easy management and setup
• CLI management capability

Solid State Drives (SSD) Solid State Drives

Components of SSD:
A) Controller
B) DRAM
C) FLASH bank

Each FLASH chip is part of a shared virtual pool and its space is addressed by the built-in controller.
The controller tracks:

• Wear leveling
• CRC
• Bad block mapping

The controller provides support for interfaces such as SATA, PATA, SAS or FC



Ps based on the participants of the round table "Data Storage Systems 2009"