StorONE Single Platform Integrates HDDs Into NVMe-oF

StorONE, Inc. is the first company to enables HDD connectivity to NVMe-oF infrastructures, reducing the cost of an NVMe solution by 10x or more.

Up to now, NVMe-oF was an infrastructure for AFAs, and archiving less-active data to a less expensive tier like HDD required adding another storage silo and transferring that data to another network. This update to the company’s platform, available, solves this problem enabling NVMe-oF access to both NVMe SSD, and HDDs on ONE storage solution and one storage network.

The firm‘s Enterprise Storage Platform can connect to the network via NVMe-oF and manage NVMe SSDs as the primary tier while automatically less active data moves to the HDD tier. Users benefit from ONE platform that can deliver millions of IO/s and decades of affordable retention.

“Our platform approach to storage not only means supporting a wide variety of use cases but also new protocols, like NVMe-oF. At the same time, we make sure our customers can continue to leverage their existing investment, eliminating the need for costly storage migrations.” said Gal Naor, CEO. “To date, vendors have used NVMe-oF solely to advance their all-flash agendas, which only accelerates the cost of storage. We now give customers the best way to leverage NVMe-oF and continue to drive down the cost of storage.“

Users looking to move to NVMe-oF can use the company’s Enterprise Storage Platform ability to support multiple protocols simultaneously enabling them to transition at their pace. They can leverage existing infrastructure with protocols like iSCSI, FC, NFS, SMB, or S3 while at the same time making investments in NVMe-oF going forward, without migrating data. The ability to support HDD within that architecture and automatically tier data enables them to build a cost-effective NVMe-oF infrastructure.

Companies that have already completed their NVMe-oF transition but are looking to archive to cost-effective HDD technology can start using the firm’s solution as an NVMe attached HDD archive target. Thanks to its ability to provide affordable capacity and high performance, it can then add performance-sensitive workloads to the platform as its need demands.

Current customers
Existing the company’s customers can add the HDD over NVMe-oF capability through a simple software update at no additional charge. The firm continues to lead the storage industry with a single platform that grows with its customers adding new protocols and media, enabling them to enjoy a migration-free, future-proof storage infrastructure.