StorageGear SSD

Native InfiniBand Solid State Storage

60GB Native InfiniBand Solid State Disk -- $15,000.00
  • Extreme Performance
    • in excess of 55,000 random 4KB I/O operations/sec on 10GB InfiniBand links
    • in excess of 900 MB/s with random ≥ 128KB records on 10GB InfiniBand links
    • see here for details.
  • Low Cost -- $15,000.00
    • 60 Gigabyte SSD
    • 8 InfiniBand Ports
    • 4 hard disks to maintain data across power cycles
  • Up to 32 SCSI Remote DMA Protocol (SRP) Targets Configurable
    • SCSI Targets look and act like SCSI disks
    • SCSI Targets can be Individually Visible or Not-Visible per Port
    • Clients can be Individually Allowed or Not-Allowed per SCSI Target
  • 8 InfiniBand ports
    • 4 InfiniBand 2-Port PCI-e HCAs
    • Can support an 8-Way Cluster without an InfiniBand Switch
  • "Native" Block Sizes configurable from 512B to 128KB
  • 4 Hard Disks for Persistent Storage
    • SATA Hard Disks (up to 6, optionally)
    • RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurable
    • Configurable SSD Flush Delay
  • Plain ASCII Text Configuration File
  • Supermicro 2U Chassis
  • Supermicro / Intel Motherboard
  • Customer Supplied InfiniBand Cables
  • Customer Supplied UPS
  • Supports SRP Initiator on OFED 1.0, 1.1 or 1.2 Clients

      OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) 1.2 supports:

    • Linux Operating Systems:
      • RedHat EL4 up3: 2.6.9-34.ELsmp
      • RedHat EL4 up4: 2.6.9-42.ELsmp
      • RedHat EL4 up5: 2.6.9-55.ELsmp
      • RedHat EL5: 2.6.18-8.el5
      • SLES9 SP3: 2.6.5-7.244-smp
      • SLES10: 2.6.16.21-0.8-smp
      • SLES10 SP1: 2.6.16.46-0.12-smp (partialy tested)
      • kernel.org: 2.6.19.x and 2.6.20.x
    • CPU architectures:
      • x86_64
      • x86
      • ia64
      • ppc64
If you are located in the Austin / Central Texas, area and are interested in trying out our SSD, please contact us.

A solid state disk (SSD) is primarily a data storage device for use in computing applications that traditionally use a hard disk drive, but need faster seek and transfer rates.

Our solid state disk is based on up to 64 GB of volatile high-speed dynamic memory (DRAM) instead of the spinning platter and mechanical-magnetic head found in a conventional hard disk drive. With no moving parts, a solid state disk eliminates seek time, latency and other electro-mechanical delays associated with conventional hard disk drives.

Using the InfiniBand interconnect and the SCSI RDMA Protocol (SRP), data transfer rates can exceed 900 MB per second. Random I/O operations can exceed 55,000 per second for 4096 byte blocks.

Our SSD targets look to the Operating System like normal SCSI disk drives. Our configuration file allows the full capacity of the SSD to be partitioned into multiple targets. All targets can individually be made visible or not-visible to clients on a per SSD IB port basis. In addition, client systems can be allowed or denied access on a per target basis.

For data backup and persistence when the storage device is powered down, we support nesting of RAID 0 and RAID 1 sets utilizing two or more hard disk drives. To ensure persistence, a power source capable of sustaining the device during a main power interruption must be supplied by the customer. The power interruption must be signaled to the storage device and power must be maintained for a time sufficient for the device to transfer any unflushed data to its hard drives.


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