JetStor Brings Flash Storage to a Broad Audience

Data is at the core of the JetStor storage systems—from initial storage, to support for storage-centric workloads, to backup/restore capabilities to ensure that all data is always protected. Placing data in secure, high-performance storage systems—and managing the data throughout the entire data path—are absolutely essential to the specifications of JetStor RAID arrays.

JetStor storage solutions address a wide range of industry- and company-specific workloads, including Business Processing (OLTP, ERP, CRM); Decision Support; and High-Performance Computing (HPC). Among the biggest workloads addressed by JetStor systems is Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) for centrally managed and secure virtual desktops; video production and video surveillance systems; databases; and enterprise applications.

Customized RAID-based Storage Systems: A Key Differentiator Customized storage solutions that support industry-specific or organization-specific requirements differentiate JetStor products from competitors in the marketplace. Every JetStor solution is custom-designed to meet the customer’s specific application requirements, including mean time between failure (MTTF),  mean time to repair (MTTR), quality of service  (QoS), and high availability (HA) specifications.

Flexibility in deployment styles is also supported: JetStor storage systems offer a selection of connectivity standards, including SAN (Fibre Channel or iSCSI); SATA; SAS; or NAS connectivity with multiple host ports for parallel-path performance or clustered environments. JetStor systems engineers pre-certify the industry’s best-of-class SAS, SATA, and SSD drives to ensure outstanding reliability. The customization provided by JetStor supports the IT requirements of organizations that are looking for high-performance business systems at competitive prices.

“Our customers seek the capacity of SanDisk’s SSDs in our JetStor arrays because they’ll store more data in less space than was possible before,” said Gene Leyzarovich, president of JetStor at the time. “Where data center space is limited, the high-density SanDisk SSDs inside our storage products support IT efficiency and deliver high performance for the most important applications and databases. For SMBs, universities, and public-service agencies, the ability to pack more  data into less space is an efficient approach to IT that provides very real business value.”

A case in point is the JetStor 1600S storage solution. The 16-drive capacity of the JetStor 1600S, along with additional JBODs, allows it to store a maximum of 384TB, making it suitable for enterprise-level usage. The interface that the 1600S provides allows users to easily create storage shares, set permissions, check the status of RAID, the CPU (central processing unit), and check the system temperature at a glance. The 1600S, equipped with SanDisk SSDs, saw significant performance gains when outfitted with the Optimus Eco, Optimus Ascend, and Optimus Extreme SSDs—and when configured in RAID10 or RAID50 iSCSI.

Solution Focus

• JetStor 1600S
• Optimus Eco™, Optimus Ascend™, and Optimus Extreme™ SSDs

SanDisk Products

The following is a partial list of JetStor storage solutions that deploy leading SATA SSD drives from SanDisk:

• JetStor NAS 1600S unified storage system stores up to 96TB per 3U unit and 384TB with three JBODs

• JetStor 716iS/iSD iSCSI IP SAN RAID array  stores up to 96TB per 3U unit and 384TB with three JBODs

• JetStor 764F/FD V2 single/dual controllers 64-bay Fibre Channel RAID array supplies up to 384TB in a 4U unit

• JetStor SAS 760iS/iSD single/dual controllers 60-bay high-density storage array stores up to 360TB per 4U unit

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