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Description

The rapid expansion of consumer data over the last ten years is now being eclipsed by a remarkable surge in business data, creating both unique opportunities and significant challenges for companies and cloud service providers alike. This situation necessitates a revolutionary approach to developing and scaling storage infrastructure. Our vision for this evolution is embodied in the Infinidat Elastic Data Fabric, which reimagines enterprise storage, transitioning from conventional hardware appliances to flexible, high-performance pools of digital storage that are both highly reliable and cost-effective, with effortless data mobility across data centers and public cloud environments. Today, professionals in various industries are grappling with a similar challenge due to the wave of digital transformation influencing their operations. As traditional hardware-based storage solutions are becoming prohibitively expensive and increasingly difficult to manage, they also fall drastically short of the requirements for the data-centric future. Consequently, it is imperative for these systems to transform into innovative software-defined on-premises enterprise storage clouds to meet the demands of the evolving digital landscape. This shift not only enhances efficiency but also positions organizations to better harness the power of their data.

Description

Sangfor aStor represents an innovative software-defined storage solution that consolidates block, file, and object storage into a cohesive, elastically scalable resource pool, utilizing a fully symmetrical distributed architecture to facilitate on-demand provisioning of high-performance and cost-effective storage tiers tailored to various service needs. It can be deployed as either an integrated hardware-software system or as standalone software, with the ability to scale from a minimal setup of three commodity x86 nodes to expansive cloud-scale clusters comprising thousands of nodes, allowing for EB-level capacity growth. The system's multi-node parallel processing and intelligent caching mechanisms—including RDMA, SSD hot-data caching, and layering—achieve exceptional throughput, IOPS, and performance with small I/O operations, significantly enhancing cache hit rates to 90% and improving small I/O processing by as much as 65%. Additionally, its distributed metadata management ensures the seamless handling of billions of files without any significant latency, making it a robust solution for modern storage challenges. Overall, Sangfor aStor stands out as a versatile and powerful option for organizations looking to optimize their storage infrastructure.

API Access

Has API Yes 

API Access

Has API No 

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Integrations

Amazon S3 No 
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Yes 
Google Cloud Platform Yes 
Microsoft Azure Yes 
Microsoft Hyper-V No 
OpenStack No 
Otava Yes 
Quantum VS-NVR Series Yes 
Swift No 
The Thrive Platform Yes 
VMware Cloud No 

Integrations

Amazon S3 Yes 
Amazon Web Services (AWS) No 
Google Cloud Platform No 
Microsoft Azure No 
Microsoft Hyper-V Yes 
OpenStack Yes 
Otava No 
Quantum VS-NVR Series No 
Swift Yes 
The Thrive Platform No 
VMware Cloud Yes 

Pricing Details

No price information available.
Free Trial No 
Free Version No 

Pricing Details

No price information available.
Free Trial No 
Free Version No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises Yes 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person No 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars Yes 
Live Training (Online) Yes 
In Person Yes 

Vendor Details

Company Name

Infinidat

Founded

2011

Country

Israel

Website

www.infinidat.com/sites/default/files/resource-pdfs/Infinidat%20Elastic%20Data%20Fabric%20White%20Paper.pdf

Vendor Details

Company Name

Sangfor

Founded

2000

Country

China

Website

www.sangfor.com/cloud-and-infrastructure/products/astor-enterprise-data-storage-solution

Product Features

Data Fabric

Data Access Management No 
Data Analytics No 
Data Collaboration No 
Data Lineage Tools No 
Data Networking / Connecting No 
Metadata Functionality No 
No Data Redundancy No 
Persistent Data Management No 

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