Data Storage Tiers and HPE Solutions

Data centered economy implies that organizations need to store vast volumes of data, and this data has to be stored in an economic way - so as to get best performance/cost ratios. This implies creating multi-tier data storage systems, and having automated data management systems - such as HPE DMF solutions.

Automating Data management system over multiple tiers and building a cost effective SDS  systems is the way forward.

Today, HPE offers several SDS solutions for each data storage tiers.

Tier-1: VMWARE vSAN, HPE Simplivity & HPE VSA 
Tier-2: Lusture SDS with ZFS for scaleout NAS storage 
Tier-3: Scality Ring Object Store
Tier-4: HDD based RDX Cartridges for long term off-site secure backup

Tier 1 : This is frequently accessed storage, best build on SSD drives. NVMe SSD drives offer highest IOPS and throughput, SAS SSD offers highest capacity - while offering very high levels of IOPS performance.

Tier-2 :  Frequently used data, often files used by individuals. These files are best stored in a scale out NAS system. HPE offers Lusture ZFS built on Apollo 4500 servers - which offers infinite storage capability and at low cost solution when compared to dedicated NAS arrays.

Tier-3 :  Archived Object Store data, used infrequently but has to be stored for business purposes. HPE offers Scality Ring Object Store solution built on Apollo 4500 servers - which offers infinite storage capability and at very low cost solution  - which does not need backup, as data is replicated across multiple datacenters. 

Tier-4 : Backup Data stored in secure off line, off site location. Historically, tape storage was used for this backup, but with low cost HDD and very high reliability of Hard Drives, companies can use HDD for backup storage. HPE offers FLX HD cartridge solutions for long term data backup and off site archival.

HPE Synergy Advantage for Software Defined Storage

Cloud Platforms requires massively scalable, programmable storage platform that supports cloud infrastructure, media repositories, backup and restore systems, and data lakes. HPE Syergy is an ideal plaform for such demands that provide a cost effective SDS storage solution; and introduce cost-effective scalability that modern workloads require.

HPE Synergy 12000 Frame forms an excellent platform for high performance SDS storage that scales to meet business demand. The Frame is the base infrastructure that pools resources of compute, storage, fabric, cooling, power and scalability. IT can manage, assemble and scale resources on demand by using the Synergy Frame with an embedded management solution combining the Synergy Composer and Frame Link Modules.

 The Synergy Frame is designed to meet today’s needs and future needs with continuing enhancements to compute and fabric bandwidths, including photonics-ready capabilities. Enhancements to the HPE Synergy 12000 Frame include several new capabilities:

 • Support for HPE Synergy 480 and 660 Gen10 Compute Modules.

 • Additional 2650W hot plug power supply options: HVDC, 277VAC, and -48VDC.

 • Product version to comply with the Trade Agreements Act (TAA).

 HPE Synergy is a single infrastructure of physical and virtual pools of compute, storage, and fabric resources, and a single management interface that allows IT to instantly assemble and re-assemble resources in any configuration. As the foundation for new and traditional styles of business infrastructure, HPE Synergy eliminates hardware and operational complexity so IT can deliver infrastructure to applications faster and with greater precision and flexibility.

D3940 Storage Module provides a fluid pool of storage resources for the Composable Infrastructure. Additional capacity for compute modules is easily provisioned and intelligently managed with integrated data services for availability and protection. The 40 SFF drive bays per storage module can be populated with 12 G SAS or 6 G SATA drives. 

Expand up to 4 storage modules in a single Synergy 12000 Frame for a total of 200 drives. Any drive bay can be zoned to any compute module for efficient use of capacity without fixed ratios. 

A second HPE Synergy D3940 I/O Adapter provides a redundant path to disks inside the storage module for high data availability. 

The HPE Synergy D3940 Storage Module and HPE Synergy 12Gb SAS Connection Module are performance optimized in a non-blocking 12 Gb/s SAS fabric.