Energy Efficient Storage
Extreme Storage Enables up to 80% Power Savings
S2A Extreme Storage leads the industry in energy efficiency. Whether your data center is limited by power availability or your goal is to reduce power consumption, S2A helps in ways no other storage platform can. A single S2A system provides multiples of performance, capacity management and density, which enables you to consolidate multiple traditional disk systems to free-up power drops and reduce network infrastructure, power and cooling.
Powerful data lifecycle management tools and support for the intermixing of SSD, SAS and SATA drives enable you to house multiple tiers of information within a single system. Utilize S2A's exclusive D-MAID technology to create a custom policy for drive spin-down of less frequently accessed content to realize up to 80% power savings compared to conventional storage systems.
Energy efficiency is critical for new or retrofitted datacenters and DDN provides the most efficient, scalable storage systems at a lower price. The unstructured data explosion creates a requirement for storage technologies that are exceedingly energy efficient. Our S2A architecture allows the use of ultra high capacity SATA drives without compromising on performance. Together with D-MAID, this translates into fewer spinning disks and lower energy consumption. DDN clients worldwide are conserving energy by adopting these advanced technologies at an increasing rate.
In fact, in a recent analysis of customer IT environments, we found S2A systems helped customers save 66-percent of their energy use, depending on their configuration and utility rates. For example, an S2A9700 or S2A9900 user in a metropolitan area with 1.2 PB of capacity and an 80-percent data dormancy rate, is forecast to go from using 21.7 kW to 10.3 kW, saving nearly $40,000 per year. These are tangible savings that customers can benefit from today.
S2A Energy Efficient Storage Benefits
- 2-5X Fewer Systems Needed for Performance
- 2-10X Fewer Systems Needed for Capacity
- Fewer Systems Means Fewer Power Drops
- Less Hardware Means Less Power Consumed
- D-MAID Provides up to 80% Power Reduction
