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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 

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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 No 
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

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