FMS: International Computer Concepts and Lightbits Labs Introduced Strata Storage Appliance

At FMS, International Computer Concepts (ICC) and Lightbits Labs introduced Strata storage, ICC’s NVMe/TCP storage appliance based on Lightbits Labs’ LightOS software.

The solution is the first in the two companies partnership and is for applications with the high storage needs, such as visual special effects, financial services and high-frequency trading, cloud and hosting, and HPC.

Strata relies on NVMe over TCP in a scalable storage solution that combines standard network technologies with flash performance. It offers scalable performance in both single node and dual node options, with flexible capacity ranging from 32 to 96TB.

The solution offers following benefits:

• Near zero transition cost to the latest NVMe/TCP technology

• Scale up and out

• Built with standard servers and components

• High performance and low latency

• Extended SSD endurance for TCO

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Strata addresses data-driven applications that must process higher volumes of data at higher performance and low latency. Incorporating LightOS SDS into the appliance unlocks the potential of a disaggregated performance NVMe solution to maximize resource utilization and flexibility. LightOS provides storage services like data reduction, thin provisioning for best utilization of SSD capacity, and Erasure Coding protection from SSD failures to ensure service and data availability. Using optional LightField hardware accelerator, LightOS can improve network processing, IO/s, and reduce latency.

“By using Lightbits turnkey NVMeoF storage solution in Strata, customers can easily deploy fast, redundant storage with existing TCP networks. This allows for easy and quick deployment in a wide range of environments,” said Alexey Stolyar, acting CEO, ICC.

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Strata is suited for storage needs ranging from video to financial services and more:

• Video effects: 4k/8k video sharing, ideal for editorial shops and raw footage processing

• Financial services and high-frequency trading: Fast storage used for capture host, distributed research environment for market data and caching layer for research cluster

• Hosting/cloud: High transaction database, storage caching layer

• HPC: Workflow automation and acceleration

“ICC brings the hardware, solutions and expertise to enable competitive advantages for a variety of global industries and markets,” said Eran Kirzner, CEO, Lightbits Labs. “Lightbits LightOS will help the Strata solution make the most of NVMe/TCP, an easy to deploy and scalable storage solution, so its appliance can span the entire spectrum of business storage needs. We’re proud to be helping ICC push the server’s boundaries and deliver even more value to their customers with the best cost performance structure possible.“

At FMS, in ICC booth, Lightbits Labs demonstrated its storage solutions, including LightOS and LightField, both introduced earlier this year.