FlexSDS is a software-only distributed storage solution designed to run on industry-standard x86 hardware. It supports virtually unlimited capacity per node and up to 2 PB per storage pool. FlexSDS is ideal for cloud and virtualization infrastructures, delivering high-performance block and file storage with enterprise-grade features and exceptional scalability.
In public, private, and hybrid cloud environments, FlexSDS empowers organizations to run any application at any scale—with fast time-to-value, seamless scale-up or scale-out, and no disruption to services.
Key Features for Cloud and Virtualization
Comprehensive Storage Support: Compatible with all major storage hardware—from HDDs to NVMe SSDs—and network fabrics including TCP and RDMA (RoCE, iWARP, InfiniBand). Fully supports All-Flash Arrays, HDD Arrays, and Hybrid Arrays.
High-Performance Architecture: Designed for next-generation infrastructure with a kernel-bypass, lock-free architecture, zero-memory-copy, and CPU cache optimization for ultra-low latency and high throughput.
Parallel Distributed File System (DFS): Offers a high-performance, scalable, and parallel DFS to support concurrent access from multiple clients. Ideal for cloud-native applications, AI/ML, containerized workloads, and big data analytics.
Massive Parallelism & I/O Concurrency: Enables parallel I/O and high-concurrency operations, ensuring maximum utilization of storage and network resources for demanding workloads.
Flexible Block Storage Services: Provides thin-provisioned, log-structured, and raw volumes, exported over SAN protocols to support a wide range of use cases.
Enterprise-Grade Resilience: Supports multi-node replication, erasure coding, high availability, and automatic recovery for business continuity.
Efficient Asynchronous Replication: Supports both periodic and continuous long-distance replication, ensuring data protection and disaster recovery readiness.
Scale-Out Infrastructure: Easily scale storage and compute independently with fast deployment, elastic scaling, and dynamic workload balancing.
Virtualization Support: Seamlessly integrates with leading virtualization platforms such as VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, and KVM/QEMU.
Container-Friendly: Provides DFS and block storage for containerized environments including Docker and Kubernetes.
Advanced Data Services: Includes unlimited space-efficient snapshots and clones, with centralized management through a single-pane interface.
Extreme Efficiency & Low TCO: Maximizes performance and scalability while minimizing resource overhead and total cost of ownership.
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