Storage Cluster

Storage Cluster: High Availability and Scalability for Your Data – EUROstor

Storage Clusters combine two or more physical storage systems into a single logical storage unit. This enables improved performance, higher availability, and better scalability compared to individual storage systems. EUROstor offers various types of storage clusters and is happy to assist you in selecting the optimal and customized solution for your needs.

In Scale-Out clusters, multiple nodes combine their capacity, processing power, and bandwidth, presenting them to clients as a single virtual system. This allows the performance and capacity of the storage system to be scaled linearly with the number of nodes. On the other hand, Failover clusters ensure high data availability by having two or more nodes with a shared virtual address act as a single system towards the clients. In the event of a node failure, another node automatically takes over its tasks, minimizing downtime.

A special case is the Metro-Cluster, which spans two geographically separated locations or fire protection zones. This configuration provides the highest level of fault tolerance and allows operations to continue even if an entire site fails.

Our Storage Cluster Solutions:

• Open-E JovianDSS: This Software-Defined Storage (SDS) solution offers flexible and powerful options for implementing storage clusters, both as failover and scale-out clusters. JovianDSS is known for high performance, data integrity, and a variety of features, including replication, snapshots, and thin provisioning. Notably, it includes integrated ransomware protection through WORM (Write Once Read Many) functionality.
• Huawei Storage Cluster: Huawei offers comprehensive storage solutions suitable for building highly available and high-performance clusters. With their OceanStor systems, Huawei provides both scale-out and metro-cluster architectures for enterprise environments.
• IBM Storage Cluster: IBM offers powerful cluster technologies for different requirements with its Spectrum Storage solutions. IBM Spectrum Scale is a proven solution for high-performance scale-out storage clusters, while IBM HyperSwap enables synchronous replication for metro-cluster scenarios.
• DataCore SANsymphony: DataCore SANsymphony is a software-defined storage platform that allows heterogeneous storage systems to be combined into a unified storage pool and operated as a cluster. This provides flexibility and optimizes resource usage.

Benefits of Storage Clusters:

• High Availability: Minimizes downtime through redundancy and failover mechanisms.
• Scalability: Flexible adjustment of capacity and performance to meet growing demands.
• Improved Performance: Load balancing and parallel data processing for higher throughput.
• Data Integrity: Protection against data loss through redundancy and replication.
• Simplified Management: Centralized management of all storage resources.
• Disaster Recovery: Metro-clusters provide protection against the failure of entire sites.

Applications for Storage Clusters:

• Virtualization: Providing high-availability storage for virtual machines and cloud environments.
• Databases: Supporting mission-critical database applications with high performance and availability requirements.
• High-Performance Computing (HPC): Providing fast and scalable storage for compute-intensive applications.
• Media and Entertainment Industry: Storing and editing large media files.
• Backup and Disaster Recovery: Ensuring data availability in case of failure.

EUROstor: Your Experts for Storage Cluster Solutions:

EUROstor offers comprehensive consultation, planning, and implementation of storage cluster solutions. We analyze your requirements and recommend the right technology and configuration.

Find the Right Storage Cluster Solution with EUROstor:

Contact us today to learn more about our storage cluster solutions and receive a customized offer.