OceanStor Pacific 9346 Scale-out Storage
Managing the explosive growth of high-resolution video and image data presents a significant challenge for modern enterprises. Traditional storage systems often struggle with the scale, performance, and cost-efficiency required for workloads like large-scale video surveillance and high-performance media streaming. These limitations can create performance bottlenecks, increase management complexity, and drive up total cost of ownership.
The Huawei OceanStor Pacific 9346 is purpose-built to address these challenges. It provides a high-density, scale-out storage foundation designed specifically for unstructured video and image stream data. By integrating a fully symmetric distributed architecture with powerful Huawei Kunpeng processors, the OceanStor Pacific 9346 delivers balanced, predictable performance and seamless scalability to handle petabyte-scale data repositories with exceptional efficiency and reliability.
The OceanStor Pacific 9346 redefines efficiency for video-centric storage. Its innovative high-density design packs up to two nodes and 60 disk slots into a single 4U chassis, providing a raw capacity of up to 1,080 TB. This architecture minimizes data center footprint while maximizing storage potential. Powered by dual Huawei Kunpeng 920 processors and up to 512 GB of memory per node, it delivers the computational power needed to process massive, concurrent data streams without compromise.
Data integrity is paramount in the OceanStor Pacific 9346. Its Dynamic Erasure Coding (EC) supports configurable protection and storage efficiency. A 22+2 EC ratio provides 91.6% disk space utilization, while protection against up to four simultaneous node failures depends on the selected EC configuration and data placement. These maximum figures should not be assumed to apply to the same configuration. In the event of a disk or node failure, the system’s automatic data self-healing capability initiates reconstruction at a rate of 2 TB per hour, significantly reducing the risk of data loss and ensuring continuous service availability.
Navigating the complexities of enterprise storage requires a clear understanding of how a product’s architecture and features align with specific operational goals. NEXUS ITX provides the in-depth analysis needed to evaluate how the Huawei OceanStor Pacific 9346 can meet your organization's unique data management, scalability, and performance requirements.
We help organizations confidently assess this technology by focusing on a requirements-first approach. Our process is designed to map your technical and business needs to the right hardware configuration and software capabilities, ensuring your storage infrastructure is optimized for both current workloads and future growth.
Q: What is the primary use case for the OceanStor Pacific 9346?
A: The OceanStor Pacific 9346 is specifically designed for high-performance video and image stream workloads. Its high-density, scale-out architecture makes it ideal for large-scale video surveillance, media asset management, and other applications that generate massive volumes of unstructured data.
Q: What is Dynamic Erasure Coding (EC) and how does it work?
A: Dynamic Erasure Coding is a configurable data protection mechanism. Huawei lists protection against up to four simultaneous node failures and high-ratio EC options such as 22+2, which provides 91.6% disk space utilization. The achievable protection level depends on the EC policy and data placement; these two maximum figures should not be assumed to apply together. Confirm the configuration against the required failure tolerance.
Q: What is the raw storage capacity of a single OceanStor Pacific 9346 chassis?
A: A single 4U chassis can be configured with one or two nodes. Depending on the disk configuration (30 or 60 disks per node), the raw capacity per chassis ranges from 648 TB to 1080 TB.
Q: What kind of processors are used in the OceanStor Pacific 9346 nodes?
A: Each node in the OceanStor Pacific 9346 is equipped with two Huawei Kunpeng 920 processors, providing the robust computing power needed to manage data-intensive operations and maintain high performance at scale.
Q: How fast can the system recover from a drive failure?
A: The system features automatic data self-healing and can reconstruct data at a rate of 2 TB per hour. This rapid reconstruction minimizes the time the system is in a degraded state, significantly enhancing overall data resilience.
Q: What network interfaces are available on the OceanStor Pacific 9346?
A: It offers flexible networking options. For the front-end service network, it supports 10 GE or 25 GE TCP. For the high-speed storage interconnection network between nodes, it supports 25 GE TCP or 25 GE RoCE (RDMA over Converged Ethernet).
Q: Can Nexus ITX help determine the right configuration for my environment?
A: Yes, Nexus ITX can help you evaluate your technical requirements for capacity, performance, and data protection to identify the most suitable node, disk, and network configuration of the OceanStor Pacific 9346 for your specific workloads.
Contact us to discuss your technical requirements and align the right scale-out storage configuration with your enterprise data strategy.
