What is KumoScale™ ?
KumoScale™ software (developed by KIOXIA – formerly Toshiba Memory) implements a fast, networked block storage service based on the NVMe™ over Fabrics (NVMe-oF™) standard. Focused on speed and scale, KumoScale™ software delivers the flexibility of a shared, clustered storage pool at the similar performance of DAS* (Direct Attached Storage) NVMe™ SSD.
The software is designed to make NVMe™ flash more efficient, more cost-effective, and easier to deploy at scale.
KumoScaleTM Key Features
- Born in the cloud – Integrated with Kubernetes®, Ansible®, Graphite™ and other cloud-native infrastructure software
- Any platform – Runs on standard x86-based (including AMD-based) storage platforms
- Any network – Supports RDMA for highest network performance and TCP/IP for broadest network compatibility
- Open – Works with standards-compliant NVMe-oF initiator and NVMe drives.
- Resilient – Cross-domain volume replication for legacy applications; simple volumes for cloud-native applications
- Analytics-driven provisioning – Based on storage classes, QoS and telemetry data
Why KumoScaleTM?
- Save storage CapEx with better flash capacity utilization
- Increase revenue agility by rapidly adapting stateful workloads during demand peaks
- Customize storage performance for each application based on its specific requirements
- Significantly improves query performance for OLTP and analytics databases
- Simplify procurement and maintenance by consolidating server SKUs
- Enable stateful applications to be efficiently load-balanced and elastically scaled
- Perform the same work with fewer compute nodes by blending workloads and eliminating stranded resources
- Accelerate decision making through faster ingest and analysis
Where to deploy KumoScaleTM?
The KumoScaleTM software suite delivers performant NVMeTM flash storage as a networked service. It is designed for deployment at scale in medium to large scale on-premise clouds.
Typical applications include:
- Cloud services
- Consumer SaaS services
- Marketplaces, clearinghouses (travel, tickets, stock trades)
- Massively multi-player gaming
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