OceanStor Pacific 9340 Scale-out Storage
The relentless growth of unstructured data, particularly high-resolution video and image files, presents a significant challenge for enterprise storage. Traditional storage systems often struggle to provide the scalability, reliability, and cost-efficiency required to manage petabyte-scale environments. Inefficient data protection and complex management can further increase operational overhead and risk.
The Huawei OceanStor Pacific 9340 is engineered to address these challenges head-on. Built on a fully symmetric distributed architecture, it provides a massively scalable and resilient platform specifically for data-intensive workloads. By combining high-density hardware with intelligent software, the 9340 delivers exceptional storage efficiency and simplified management, making it an ideal foundation for large-scale video surveillance, media archives, and other unstructured data repositories.
At the core of the OceanStor Pacific 9340 is a robust architecture powered by dual Huawei Kunpeng 920 processors and up to 512 GB of memory per node. This design ensures consistent, high-throughput performance even as the cluster expands. Each 4U chassis supports a single node with up to 576 TB of raw HDD capacity, while up to four NVMe SSDs can be configured for caching to accelerate access to frequently used data.
Data protection is paramount in the 9340's design. It utilizes an advanced Dynamic Erasure Coding (EC) algorithm that goes beyond traditional RAID, providing superior reliability and storage utilization. This innovative approach allows the system to tolerate the failure of up to four nodes simultaneously while achieving a disk space utilization rate of up to 91.6%. With multi-protocol support for NFS, SMB, and S3, the OceanStor Pacific 9340 seamlessly integrates into diverse IT environments, providing a unified platform for both file and object storage.
Navigating the complexities of enterprise storage requires a clear understanding of how a solution aligns with your unique operational and business goals. Nexus ITX helps organizations evaluate the Huawei OceanStor Pacific 9340 against their specific requirements, ensuring that the chosen architecture and configuration can effectively meet current demands and future growth.
Our focus is on providing the technical clarity needed to make confident infrastructure decisions. We help you analyze the technical merits of the product in the context of your environment, enabling you to build a resilient and efficient data storage strategy.
Q: What is the primary use case for the OceanStor Pacific 9340?
A: The OceanStor Pacific 9340 is specifically engineered for workloads that generate massive amounts of unstructured data, such as video and image streams. Its high density, scalability, and robust data protection make it ideal for large-scale video surveillance, media and entertainment archives, and scientific research data repositories.
Q: How does the OceanStor Pacific 9340 handle data reliability?
A: It uses an advanced technology called Dynamic Erasure Coding (EC). Unlike traditional RAID, its distributed algorithm can tolerate the failure of up to four entire nodes simultaneously, offering a very high level of data resilience critical for large-scale systems.
Q: What storage protocols does the OceanStor Pacific 9340 support?
A: The system provides multi-protocol access, supporting NFS and SMB for file-based workloads, as well as the S3 protocol for object storage. This versatility allows it to serve as a unified storage platform for diverse applications.
Q: What is the physical footprint and capacity of a single chassis?
A: The OceanStor Pacific 9340 comes in a 4U chassis. Each chassis contains one node and can be configured with up to 36 3.5-inch HDDs, providing a raw storage capacity ranging from 216 TB to 576 TB.
Q: How does the system accelerate performance for frequently accessed data?
A: Each node is powered by dual Huawei Kunpeng 920 processors and can be equipped with up to four NVMe SSDs. These SSDs are used as a cache to store hot data, significantly reducing latency and accelerating read/write performance for demanding applications.
Q: Can Nexus ITX help me determine the right number of nodes for my workload?
A: Yes, Nexus ITX can assist in evaluating your specific capacity, throughput, and data growth projections. We help you analyze these requirements to align them with an appropriate OceanStor Pacific 9340 cluster configuration that meets your technical and operational needs.
Contact us to analyze your workload needs and evaluate how the OceanStor Pacific 9340 can meet your scalability and data protection goals.
