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Description
Storage Spaces is a feature found in Windows and Windows Server designed to safeguard your data against hard drive failures. It operates similarly to RAID but is developed as a software solution. With Storage Spaces, you can combine three or more drives into a single storage pool, from which you can allocate capacity to create individual Storage Spaces. These spaces typically maintain multiple copies of your data, ensuring that if one drive fails, you still have a secure version of your information. When you find yourself lacking storage capacity, you can easily incorporate additional drives into the existing storage pool. There are four primary implementations of Storage Spaces: on a standard Windows PC, on a stand-alone server with all the storage contained within that server, on a clustered server using Storage Spaces Direct with local storage connected directly to each cluster node, and on a clustered server that utilizes one or more shared SAS storage enclosures encompassing all the drives. This versatility makes it suitable for expanding volumes on Azure Stack HCI and clusters running Windows Server, allowing for flexible and resilient data management. By leveraging these various configurations, users can effectively tailor their storage solutions to meet specific needs.
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
No
API Access
Has API
No
Integrations
Amazon S3
No
Azure Local
Yes
Microsoft Azure
Yes
Microsoft Hyper-V
No
OpenStack
No
PowerShell
Yes
SAS MDM
Yes
Swift
No
VMware Cloud
No
Windows Server
Yes
Integrations
Amazon S3
Yes
Azure Local
No
Microsoft Azure
No
Microsoft Hyper-V
Yes
OpenStack
Yes
PowerShell
No
SAS MDM
No
Swift
Yes
VMware Cloud
Yes
Windows Server
No
Pricing Details
No price information available.
Free Trial
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Free Version
No
Pricing Details
No price information available.
Free Trial
No
Free Version
No
Deployment
Web-Based
Yes
On-Premises
No
iPhone App
No
iPad App
No
Android App
No
Windows
Yes
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
Yes
Live Training (Online)
No
In Person
Yes
Types of Training
Training Docs
Yes
Webinars
Yes
Live Training (Online)
Yes
In Person
Yes
Vendor Details
Company Name
Microsoft
Founded
1975
Country
United States
Website
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/storage-spaces/overview
Vendor Details
Company Name
Sangfor
Founded
2000
Country
China
Website
www.sangfor.com/cloud-and-infrastructure/products/astor-enterprise-data-storage-solution