1U All-Flash Array From AccelStor

AccelStor Inc. announces its latest flash appliance, NeoSapphire 3505, a 1U rackmount storage appliance featuring 500,000 sustained IO/s performance with 5TB usable storage capacity and IB connectivity.

Utilizing company’s FlexiRemap flash-management software technology, the 1U flash appliance saves rack space while providing I/O performance without costly proprietary hardware. The NeoSapphire 3505’s high-throughput, IB connectivity allows the full performance of all-flash acceleration to be realized.

500,000 sustained IO/s in 1U rack space
Through the power of FlexiRemap technology, NeoSapphire 3505 is able to fit an 500,000 sustained IO/s for 4KB random writes into a space-saving 1U rack-mount form factor. Few 1U array models in the market can archive this kind of high IO/s performance. Businesses with densely packed data centers can fit more performance into the same rack infrastructure for high-performance computing, cloud optimization, and database acceleration.

NeoSapphire 3505 rear

IB connectivity
The NeoSapphire 3505 features an IB FDR 56Gb/s QSFP interface to unlock the full performance of all-flash storage, which is a choice for high-performance computing applications. IB uses Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) to reduce protocol-processing overhead, increasing throughput to tens of gigabits per second and decreasing latencies to sub-microsecond.

Fault-Tolerant Storage Solution
Powered by FlexiRemap technology, NeoSapphire 3505 provides peace of mind through redundant power supplies and automatic data reconstruction when drives are replaced. Having two redundant power supplies means if one goes out the system keeps on running. The FlexiRemap architecture offers a comparable protection level to RAID-5 but without a performance penalty, and data will be transparently recreated when one of the hot-swappable SSDs is replaced, keeping the NeoSapphire 3505 running smoothly with no downtime.

Lower TCO
Starting from $49,900, NeoSapphire 3505 breaks the price-performance barrier for all-flash arrays. All-flash arrays represent the pinnacle of storage acceleration, but their premium prices have been prohibitive until now. NeoSapphire 3505 offers 500,000 sustained IO/s for 4KB random writes and 5TB of usable capacity for under fifty thousand dollars, providing real TCO savings for new tiers of business applications. With lower power consumption and cooling costs than hard-disk based storage, and a tiny 1U rack-mount footprint, ROI is improved and comes faster than ever.

“High-performance computing has been an expanding market segment with unique demands on storage performance,” comments Charles Tsai, Ph.D. and president, AccelStor. “AccelStor provides best-in-class products to support those I/O-intensive applications in high-performance computing. Our latest NeoSapphire 3505 aims to set a new industry benchmark for storage performance with 500K sustained IO/s in a 1U form factor and a price point below $50,000.”