SDS Technology
What is Software Defined Storage?
Like everything “software-defined” (SDx), software-defined storage (SDS) is simply a class of storage solutions automated by software. By separating the control and management software from the physical storage hardware, these virtualized networks may link large pools of storage media and appear as a single virtual entity.
With redundancy moving into the operating system layer, this safeguard can now span the entire solution. However, SDS does not offer CPU offload in the same way that hardware RAID storage solution would.
Microsemi SDS Technology
Microsemi’s smart storage technology delivers two levels of SDS options:
- HBA for raw performance with optimal power
- SmartHBA (basic RAID) which adds redundant SDS stack boot capabilities
Smart Storage Platform Advantages
- Reliability: >30 million deployments
- Performance: >70% boost in IOPs
- Power: >40% power savings
- Security: Industry’s only data-at-rest controller-based encryption
Unified Drivers, Firmware & Management Tools
Microsemi’s smart storage portfolio offers a consistent, high-quality user experience with unified drives, firmware, and management tools. This unified stack improves overall customer experience, delivering reliability, consistent performance and reduced qualification time.
Microsemi’s SDS technology is well-suited for multiple applications such as:
- Hyperconverged infrastructure
- Cold storage
- SSD-centric server applications with cacheless RAID 0,1,10
- HDD-centric performance applications which benefit from caching