6000 Flash Memory Array
ENTERPRISE-GRADE, SOLID-STATE FLASH ARRAY
3U RACK, CONNECTS TO HOST VIA QUAD PCIE X8 CARDS
UP TO 32TB (USABLE) CAPACITY PER SHELF
UP TO 4GB/S READ BANDWIDTH PER SHELF
UP TO 4GB/S WRITE BANDWIDTH PER SHELF
UP TO 1.000.000 READ IOPS PER SHELF
WINDOWS, LINUX &, SOLARIS SUPPORT
NETWORK HEAD(S) AVAILABLE WITH 10GBE & FC CONNECTIVITY
INTRODUCTION
HIGH PERFORMANCE PRIMARY STORAGE
Violin 6000 Series flash Memory Arrays are all-silicon systems with the reliability, performance, and economics to be deployed as mission critical primary storage. Violin Memory Arrays are tightly integrated systems built from the chip to the chassis to intelligently aggregate flash memory. This ‘Rack-in-a-Box’ approach results in a system that can be deployed with confidence as a strategic network resource in the data center.
6000 Series arrays bring storage performance in balance with high speed compute and networking and offer a significant opportunity for infrastructure consolidation. A single system fits in 3U of rack space and can deliver one million IOPS with 4 GB/sec of bandwidth – enough performance to replace multiple racks of traditional disk arrays for savings of both CAPEX and OPEX. The arrays attach to the network for shared primary storage. Multiple arrays can be clustered together to achieve petabytes (PB) of capacity and high aggregate bandwidth.
HIGH AVAILABILITY WITH BLAZING PERFORMANCE
Delivering mission critical availability without compromising performance requires a sophisticated systems approach that tightly integrates hardware and software. Key availability features include:
- Fully Redundant components
- No Single Point of Failure (SPOF)
- Hot-swap everything
- Active-active vRAID controllers
- Spare VIMMs (fail-in-place)
- System wide wear leveling
Violin Memory Arrays deliver spike-free low latency and balanced read/write performance. Violin''s flash-optimized vRAID stripes data across multiple VIMMs for parallel access and reduces latency with non-blocking erases.
PERFORMANCE FLASH TECHNOLOGY
The Violin 6616 is based on Single Level Cell (SLC) flash memory and optimized for high IOPS and low latency while still providing robust RAID protection, ultra-low response times, high transaction rates, and real-time queries of large datasets.
CAPACITY FLASH TECHNOLOGY
The Violin 6232 is based on Multi Level Cell (MLC) flash memory and optimized for high capacity while still providing robust RAID protection. Violin''s unique vRAID-enabled MLC results in the fastest MLC Memory in the industry.
VIOLIN MEMORY SYSTEM SOFTWARE
All Violin Memory Arrays run the same system and management software. The software is tightly integrated with the hardware for a highly optimized flash system that is simple to manage.
SPECIFICATION
| PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS | ||
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| 6616 | 6232 | |
| Raw Capacity | 16TB | 32TB |
| Usable capacity (w/ vRAID): | 12TB | 22TB |
| Bandwidth: | 4 GB/sec. | 2 GB/sec |
| Sustained RAIDed R/W IOPS (4K) | 1,000,000 | 500,000 |
| W/R latency | 25/90 µsec | 25/140 µsec |
| Lifetune | 10 years | 10 years |
| Writes | 800 PB | 100 PB |
| Direct attachment: PCIe interfaces: | 4x PCIe x8 Gen2 interface(s) SCSI and Block device driver modes |
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| O/S Support (direct attached): | Windows 7 x64 Windows 2008 R2 Server (all editions) x64 (WHQL certified) Windows 2008 SP2 Server (all editions) x86 and x64 Windows Vista Windows 2003 R2 SP2, x86 and x64 Appears as block level storage |
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| O/S Support (SAN attached): | Operating system independent 8 x4/8Gb Fibre Channel or 8 x 10GbE iSCSI |
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| Reliability and Data Integrity: | No single point of failure architecture Non-disruptive software and firmware upgrades Hot-swappable everything (VIMMs and controllers) vRAID over VIMMs (4D+1P) & 4 spares VIMM MTBF >1.5 million hrs. (171 yrs.) ECC: 64 bit per 4K; additional 128 bit integrity check |
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| Management: | Console, USB & GbE management ports Syslog, email & SNMP trap: alarm/event logging Web, CLI, Telnet, SSH, SNMP, XML-REST API 1024 LUNs with dynamic create/delete Real-time and historical performance stats Flash statistics, SMART, flash lifetime GUI |
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| Physical: | Height: 5.25"/134mm (3U) Width: 17.5"/420mm Depth: 27"/700mm Cable Mgmt: 6"/153mm Weight: 120lbs/55kg |
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| Power: |
Inputs: Dual AC (IEC C-19) |
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| Environmental: |
Inlet Temp: 5°C to 35°C |
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| Regulatory: | Safety: IEC/EN 6950, CB certificate, UL(TUV), CE Mark Emissions Class A: EN55022/CISPR 22, FCC Part15B Immunity: EN55024, EN 61000-4-2,3,4,5,6, 8,11 |
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DOWNLOADS
Datasheet:
White Papers:
- Flash Memory Arrays: Enabling the Virtualized Data Center
Describes the flash Memory Array, and how it meshes seamlessly into the current evolution of data centers and cloud computing facilities. - Violin Memory Flash vRAID Overview
Details the embedding RAID within Violin's patent pending switched memory architecture... - Accelerating Software Development with Centralized Caching
Details how Violin solves application and I/O bottlenecks with vCACHE, an innovative NFS caching approach... - Solving Rendering Bottlenecks in Computer Animation
A technical overview of Violin NFS caching success in computer animation... - Server Virtualization: Avoiding the I/O Trap
How flash memory arrays and NFS caching helps balance increasing I/O loads of virtualized servers... - Data Center Megatrends: Consolidate, Conserve, and Virtualize
Preparing data centers for 2011 and beyond... - Data Center Performance Insurance
How NFS Caching Guarantees Rapid Response Times During Peak Workloads... - Disk Storage Shortfall
Understanding the root cause of the I/O bottleneck... - The Server-Storage Performance Gap
How disk drive throughput and access time affect performance... - Exchange 2010 and NSS acceleration with Violin SSD
This technical note describes the result of a benchmark involving Exchange 2010, Falconstor NSS head and Violin Memory Array.
Case Studies:
- SQL Data Warehouse Case Study
A leading real estate information company based in California was about to buy a new SAN and/or outsource their data center to deal with massive amount of real estate transaction data when they discovered Violin Memory Arrays which after a short POC proved to greatly accelerate their SQL Server based data warehouse... - Healthcare Case Study
This provider of healthcare revenue cycle management services by assuming the responsibility for the management management and cost of their customers' revenue cycle operations, supplementing existing staff with state-of-the-industry technology, expertise, and resources. Their specific problem was managing the massive data ingest of healthcare business data. Violin Memory greatly accelerated their operations and lowered their costs... - VDI Case Study
A growing number of Federal staff are being asked to telecommute and driving the need to virtualize the physical desktop. Supporting the increased demand of thousands to work anywhere, any place is stressing traditional storage subsystems. Because Violin Memory enables extreme IO load, you can increase the number of virtual centers well beyond the hardcoded maximum effectively enabling dramatically higher virtual deployments. As a result, organizations will realize savings in CAPEX, OPEX (space and power) while providing greater performance and larger operating windows.
The Windows desktop I/O has a strong impact on storage system performance. Therefore, separating the desktop operating system I/O from the rest of the enterprise storage can reduce the negative impact on critical enterprise application performance. This reference architecture segregates the desktop I/O to the flash memory storage, while keeping the valuable persistent user data in an enterprise network-attached storage (NAS) or storage area network (SAN) via folder redirection and persistent disk. This approach can optimize the storage performance against data value and overall system cost by shifting intensive Windows I/O to a higher-performing Violin flash Memory Array. Violin Memory enables the ability to provision thousands of machines in minutes. The boot times and latency of the virtual desktops can be up to 10x better under load....
Other:
- AOL uses EMC VPLEX to deloy 50+ Terabytes of Violin Memory Arrays
SSD SAN installed to eliminate I/O bottlenecks caused by back-end storage - Violin Memory Array boosted database performance by 4x...
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