Attala Hardware-Based Storage SmartNICs Solution for Cloud Service Providers

_{Attala Systems, Inc. announced availability of its hardware-based Storage SmartNIC solution.}

_{The solution, which virtualizes and connects both instance and persistent storage in cloud data centers, provides local-like NVMe storage performance for both in-server and remotely deployed NVMe SSD scenarios. Installed into compute nodes or application servers, it eliminates costly software cycles that limit the value of NVMe SSD performance and that lower cloud service provider revenue due to reserved compute resources that rob from tenant use. The solution is deployed transparently to service providers’ tenants and can accommodate service providers’ custom protocols for persistent storage.}

_{“As cloud service providers started to transition from HDDs and SAS/SATA SSDs to NVMe SSDs, they found that their traditional software-based architectures could not support NVMe levels of performance,” said Taufik Ma, CEO, Attala. “And to achieve even mediocre performance required the reservation of several CPU cores worth of compute resources. The Attala solution is optimized for both local instance storage, and for remote persistent storage. We combined several technologies – FPGA hardware, SRIOV, peer-to-peer PCIe, RDMA – to create a truly unique solution that delivers local, bare-metal NVMe performance and that boosts cloud service provider revenue by unleashing CPU cores so that they can be used by their applications.“}

_{With the explosive growth of data-intensive workloads for AI, ML, real-time analytics and big data, cloud service provider’s current architectures are challenged to provide resource-efficient and high-performance storage.}

Attala Host NVMe Over Fabrics Adapter

_{Current storage architectures struggle to provide both, leading to reduced performance (‘brownouts’) during peak loading periods and inefficient use of data center infrastructure and capital. The SmartNIC provides the ability to provide local-like storage performance, while enabling fungability and pooling of NVMe storage devices. By doing so, it enables new storage architectures for CSPs that provide enhanced performance, while simultaneously enabling CapEx and OpEx cost reductions.}

_{“Cloud service providers are always eager for solutions that improve their performance and capital efficiencies” said Baily Li, storage architect,} Inspur Electronic Information Industry Co.,Ltd_{. “We are excited to be collaborating with Attala Systems to bring the Attala Storage SmartNIC to cloud customers worldwide. Combined with Inspur’s server solutions, Attala’s Storage SmartNIC delivers significant performance, cost and the potential for significant capacity improvements for cloud service providers.“}

_{The SmartNIC is targeted at customers who deploy distributed server-based storage architectures. This includes cloud service providers, telecom carriers, and companies deploying private or hybrid cloud infrastructure. For these customers, it can provide higher performance while reducing CPU utilization, reducing CapEx and OpEx and increasing overall server workload capacity.}

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