Appliance Architecture

Explore the unique architecture of our enterprise-grade storage, hyper-converged, and backup & DR solutions

Available Appliance Series

Build your data center – big or small, powerful or affordable, we’ve got a range for you to choose from

Storage

Learn more about the architecture of our NAS, SAN, S3, and unified storage appliances

Hyper-converged

Learn more about the architecture of our hyper-converged appliances (USS & USS-HA)

Backup & DR

Learn more about the architecture of our hyper-conveged backup & DR appliances (DR365V, DR365, DR365U)

Storage

NAS – SAN (iSCSI or Fibre Channel) – Local S3 – Unified (or Converged) Storage

  • Storage OS (StoneFusion) installed on dedicated high performance flash drives – independent of storage stack
  • Four-tier storage with support for high speed flash drives (dedicated drives for OS & drives for hot tier data), enterprise SAS, and cloud storage
  • Built-in 64-bit high performance RAID controller
  • Additional PCI slots vary depending on solution, appliance model, and series.
  • Standard iSCSI for SAN, S3, and unified storage with support for optional Fibre Channel upgrade

Note: Cloud connect services are not supported for SAN appliances. To get a cloud-capable SAN, get unified storage.

High Availability Storage Appliance Architecture

  • Dual storage controller chassis with storage OS 
  • HA RAID expansion array with active/active RAID controllers
  • Storage OS (SCVM) installed on dedicated high performance flash drives – and self-hosted on the hypervisor
  • Four-tier storage with support for high speed flash drives (dedicated drives for OS & drives for hot tier data), enterprise SAS, and cloud storage
  • Support for thousands of additional drives (with EBODs). Number of supported drives vary depending on appliance series and model.
  • Additional PCI slots vary depending on solution, appliance model, and series.
  • Standard high speed iSCSI ports with support for optional Fibre Channel upgrade
  • Cloud connect to Azure, AWS, other S3 clouds, and private cloud (real-time replication supported for private cloud)

Note: Cloud connect is not supported for SAN appliances. If you’re looking for cloud capable HA SAN, you can get HA unified storage (USO-HA). 

Hyper-converged

Integrated & high availability HCI appliances

Integrated HCI Appliance Architecture

  • Storage OS (SCVM) installed on dedicated high performance flash drives – and self-hosted on the hypervisor
  • Hypervisor-agnostic solution with support for VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, Citrix, & StoneFly Persepolis – also installed on dedicated high performance flash drives running independent of the storage stack
  • Four-tier storage with support for high speed flash drives (dedicated drives for OS & drives for hot tier data), enterprise SAS, and cloud storage
  • Built-in 64-bit high performance RAID controller
  • Additional PCI slots vary depending on solution, appliance model, and series.
  • Standard high speed iSCSI ports with support for optional Fibre Channel upgrade
  • Cloud connect to Azure, AWS, other S3 clouds, and private cloud (real-time replication supported for private cloud)

High Availability Hyper-converged Appliance Architecture

  • Dual HCI controller chassis with storage OS & hypervisor
  • HA RAID expansion array with active/active RAID controllers
  • Storage OS (SCVM) installed on dedicated high performance flash drives – and self-hosted on the hypervisor
  • Hypervisor-agnostic solution with support for VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, Citrix, & StoneFly Persepolis – also installed on dedicated high performance flash drives running independent of the storage stack
  • Four-tier storage with support for high speed flash drives (dedicated drives for OS & drives for hot tier data), enterprise SAS, and cloud storage
  • Support for thousands of additional drives (with EBODs). Number of supported drives vary depending on appliance series and model.
  • Additional PCI slots vary depending on solution, appliance model, and series.
  • Standard high speed iSCSI ports with support for optional Fibre Channel upgrade
  • Cloud connect to Azure, AWS, other S3 clouds, and private cloud (real-time replication supported for private cloud)

Backup and Disaster Recovery (DR)

Military-grade data protection systems for enterprise workloads

Integrated Backup & DR Appliance Architecture

  • Storage OS (SCVM) installed on dedicated high performance flash drives – and self-hosted on the hypervisor
  • Hypervisor-agnostic solution with support for VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, Citrix, & StoneFly Persepolis – also installed on dedicated high performance flash drives running independent of the storage stack
  • Four-tier storage with support for high speed flash drives (dedicated drives for OS & drives for hot tier data), enterprise SAS, and cloud storage
  • Built-in 64-bit high performance RAID controller
  • Additional PCI slots vary depending on solution, appliance model, and series.
  • Standard high speed iSCSI ports with support for optional Fibre Channel upgrade
  • Cloud connect to Azure, AWS, other S3 clouds, and private cloud (real-time replication supported for private cloud)

High Availability Hyper-converged Appliance Architecture

  • Dual HCI controller chassis with storage OS & hypervisor
  • HA RAID expansion array with active/active RAID controllers
  • Storage OS (SCVM) installed on dedicated high performance flash drives – and self-hosted on the hypervisor
  • Hypervisor-agnostic solution with support for VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, Citrix, & StoneFly Persepolis – also installed on dedicated high performance flash drives running independent of the storage stack
  • Four-tier storage with support for high speed flash drives (dedicated drives for OS & drives for hot tier data), enterprise SAS, and cloud storage
  • Support for thousands of additional drives (with EBODs). Number of supported drives vary depending on appliance series and model.
  • Additional PCI slots vary depending on solution, appliance model, and series.
  • Standard high speed iSCSI ports with support for optional Fibre Channel upgrade
  • Cloud connect to Azure, AWS, other S3 clouds, and private cloud (real-time replication supported for private cloud)

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