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StratiStor

Software-Defined Storage Cluster

Delivering secure, resilient, enterprise-class
storage across any combination of systems

Traditional storage architectures often fail to meet the demands of modern IT environments. Maximize your storage infrastructure’s potential by breaking free from traditional constraints, reducing costs, and increasing flexibility and scalability.

SteelDome Enterprise Storage

Complete Control Over Performance and Costs with StratiSTOR

StratiSTOR delivers enterprise-class storage services, reliability, and performance for the most demanding environments. By decoupling data from hardware, you can maximize performance and get the most out of your investments. Deploy on any combination of hardware and scale on demand, giving you complete control over performance and costs. 

Introducing StratiSTOR by SteelDome

BENEFITS
  • Start small, grow as you go
  • Supports hyperconvergence (VMs and containers)
  • Decouples data, eliminating all hardware dependencies
  • Granular, modular, and non-disruptive refresh cycle
  • On demand and infinite scaling
  • No data migrations
  • Mix and match hardware
  • AI workload ready
ELIMINATE
  • Hardware Dependencies 
  • Vendor Lock-In
  • EOL Cycles
  • Data Migrations
  • Capacity Issues 
  • Massive Initial Investments In New Hardware

 

  • Massively Scalable
  • Software-Defined
  • Storage Cluster
  • Enterprise-Class

Limitless Capacity

No defined limitations on storage capacity, node count or performance. Start with three nodes and scale to 300, start with 10 terabytes of capacity and scale to 10 exabytes, need 100k IOPS or 30 million. The software will take you wherever you need to go.

The Power of Software

Software allows for maximum flexibility. Typically deployed on bare-metal physical hardware given its nature as a production tier-1 storage platform, it also can be deployed on any public or private cloud platform. Customers who choose to deploy in a public cloud platform are usually seeking a SAN-like experience in the cloud where performance is typically poor or unpredictable.

Storage Cluster

Compared to traditional storage systems which have a finite amount of capacity, performance and redundancy, storage clusters are not subject to these limits. Clusters are made up of server nodes which collectively operate as a single entity and can scale vertically or horizontally  as necessary. Traditional storage systems cannot do this because they are not designed to form a single unified architecture.

A Reliable Platform

Enterprise-class refers to a platform's reliability. With a storage cluster, multiple simultaneous failures can occur such as drive failures, network failures, entire node failures, even an entire site failure which will not result in an outage. Traditional storage systems cannot meet this requirement because the architecture is simply incapable of providing this level of resiliency.
StratiStor Storage Cluster
Deployments
  • Bare Metal
  • Private Cloud
  • Public Cloud
  • Edge

Bare Metal

Used to provide tier-1 enterprise storage services in place of legacy array based SAN and NAS solutions.

Private Cloud

Used to provide enterprise class storage services within a local cloud
environment without the need for additional hardware.

Public Cloud

Used to provide SAN-like experience in the cloud where storage performance is largely unpredictable due to the shared and often
overcommitted nature of public cloud resources.

Edge

Used to provide high-speed highly-available small-form-factor (SFF) deployments with technologies such as Intel NUCs, Lenovo
ThinkCentre and ThinkStation, or any other SFF x86 system.
SteelDome Data Resilience

Why Cluster Storage

Redundancy

Data Integrity Assurance: Redundancy in storage clusters guarantees data integrity by replicating data across multiple nodes, minimizing the risk of corruption or loss due to hardware failures or other disruptions.

Enhanced Data Protection: With data replicated across multiple nodes, clustered storage systems offer robust protection against data loss. Even if one node fails, the redundant copies ensure seamless access to data, maintaining business continuity.

Fault Tolerance: Redundancy provides fault tolerance, allowing storage clusters to continue functioning without disruption in the event of node failures or maintenance activities. This resilience ensures uninterrupted access to critical data and applications, minimizing downtime and maximizing productivity.

Scalability

Flexible Expansion: The redundancy in storage clusters enables seamless scalability as data volumes grow. New nodes can be effortlessly integrated into the cluster, expanding storage capacity without disrupting ongoing operations. This flexibility allows businesses to adapt to changing storage requirements without costly infrastructure overhauls.

Improved Performance: As additional nodes are added to the cluster, the workload is distributed across a larger infrastructure, enhancing performance and throughput. Redundancy ensures that data is replicated efficiently across the expanded cluster, optimizing access times and reducing latency. This scalability not only accommodates growing data demands but also ensures consistent performance levels for users and applications.

Economic Efficiency: Scalability through cluster redundancy offers economic benefits by enabling organizations to incrementally increase storage capacity as needed. Rather than investing in large-scale upgrades preemptively, businesses can scale their storage infrastructure in alignment with actual usage patterns. This cost-effective approach minimizes upfront expenditures while maximizing the return on investment, making clustered storage an attractive solution for businesses of all sizes.

Fault Tolerance

Continuous Availability: Fault tolerance in storage clusters ensures continuous availability of data, even in the event of server failures. With redundant copies distributed across multiple nodes, the data remains accessible through other healthy nodes, minimizing downtime and ensuring uninterrupted access for users and applications.

Resilient Data Retrieval: Each node in the cluster contains redundant copies of data, providing resilience against hardware failures or system crashes. In the event of a server failure, the data can be retrieved from other available nodes, maintaining data integrity and preserving business operations without interruption.

Enhanced Reliability: Fault tolerance mechanisms in storage clusters enhance reliability by safeguarding against single points of failure. By distributing redundant data copies across the cluster, organizations mitigate the risk of data loss or unavailability due to hardware malfunctions, ensuring business continuity and preserving critical operations

Continuous Operations

Uninterrupted Data Accessibility: Continuous operation is a hallmark of clustered storage systems, as they can withstand network outages or server failures without compromising data accessibility. When a failure occurs, remaining nodes seamlessly take over the responsibilities of the affected components, ensuring uninterrupted access to data for users and applications.

Automatic Failover: In the event of a network outage or server failure, clustered storage systems employ automatic failover mechanisms to maintain continuous operation. Redundant nodes within the cluster are ready to step in and fulfill the duties of failed components, ensuring that data remains available and services remain operational without manual intervention.

High Availability Architecture: Clustered storage architectures are designed for high availability, utilizing redundancy to distribute data across multiple nodes. This distributed nature ensures that even if individual components fail, the system as a whole remains operational, providing continuous access to data and preserving business continuity in the face of unexpected disruptions.

The Next Generation
Enterprise Storage System

StratiSTOR is a truly hardware-independent, massive-scale enterprise-grade storage platform delivering complete control and flexibility over the storage architecture, meeting the demands of intensive next generation workloads.
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