xSTREAMScaler

Extreme Performance and Scalability, Advanced Data Management and NAS Export Capabilities

New! Available Q1 2010 xSTREAMScaler 4.0

Enhanced Features:

  • Asynchronous Data Replication
  • Native File System De-Duplication
  • Distributed Data Mover

DataDirect Networks xSTREAMScaler file storage and HSM system, combined with the industry leading throughput of the S2A Extreme Storage, is an ideal choice for heterogeneous environments requiring the very lowest latency data streaming. xSTREAMScaler supports a broad range of server platforms and operating systems, enabling organizations to eliminate islands of storage and centralize data in a single, cost-optimized SAN storage system.

xStreamScaler Workflow

Windows, UNIX, Linux and MAC client operating systems are all supported within the SAN storage environment, tying together disparate systems and providing greater bandwidth via SAN file sharing as compared to network attached storage approaches. Coupled with an optional, automated tiered data management engine, the xSTREAMScaler manages data across performance storage tiers, archive storage tiers and tape systems to reduce data management overhead and reduce capital expense.

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Capabilities

  • Real-time direct data access and quality of service
  • Over 30 Apple Final Cut Pro workstations running uncompressed HD video--from a single platform
  • Fault tolerant, ZERO Degraded Mode
  • Unrivaled S2A concurrent streaming capability
  • Four 4K concurrent streams
  • Ten 2K concurrent streams
  • Scale multiple systems to increase concurrency
  • Automatic HSM reduces data management overhead
  • Tiered storage utilizing high-performance enterprise-class drives for priority data along with cost-effective SATA drives for secondary data within the same namespace
  • Scalable for performance and capacity
  • Advanced management and data protection features

Optimized For:

  • Digital Intermediate
  • Post-production
  • Broadcast and Video-on-Demand
  • Media asset management
  • Satellite ingest
  • Imaging
  • Weather
  • Remote sensing
  • GIS
  • Hierarchical storage management and backup
  • High-performance computing
  • Supercomputing
  • Many more...

Break Through Limitations

Storage Challenges

Today's traditional systems require you to purchase multiple systems to provide the enormous bandwidth required for streaming data. This creates islands of storage that slow down workflows by creating long wait times to transfer files to the next stage. Deadlines can be missed, frames dropped and valuable billing hours lost. Multiple systems also increase complexity, cost of ownership and risk. Administration, floor space, power, cooling and maintenance agreements can break budgets and bandwidth in a hurry.

The xSTREAMScaler File Storage System

xSTREAMScaler couples high-speed LAN/WAN software, intelligent data management software and high-performance S2A Extreme Storage to deliver real-time, sustained reads and writes through its hardware-based DirectRAID data protection engine. An ideal choice for heterogeneous environments requiring the lowest latency data streaming, xSTREAMScaler supports a broad range of server platforms and operating systems to help organizations eliminate islands of storage and centralize data in a single, cost-optimized storage environment. Coupled with an optional, automatic tiered data management engine, xSTREAMScaler reduces data management overhead and maximizes return on storage investment.

Features

  • Leverages industry leading storage and file services
  • Unrivaled streaming capability



  • Data de-duplication

  • HSM enabler

  • Maximum data protection with exclusive DirectOS and SATAssure technology, plus intelligent snapshot, replication and backup integration
  • High availability design with zero single-points-of-failure

Benefits

  • Increase performance, simplify deployment and accelerate ROI

  • Exceed performance SLAs with precision engineered storage that delivers leading aggregate throughput for up to 128 SAN clients and 1,500 LAN clients, up to ten 2K streams, four 4K streams and over 30 Final Cut Pro workstations running uncompressed HD video from a single system; ensure continuous full speed operation with ZERO Degraded Mode
  • Lower capital expense by reducing the amount of capacity purchased for SATA and tape tiers (only unique data is written) as well as LAN/WAN traffic
  • Reduce capital expense by connecting together multiple storage tiers; Reduce management complexity and errors with intelligent policy engines to move data across drive and media types within a single namespace
  • Safeguard data integrity while protecting file system performance from drive error and recovery events


  • Maximize data availability and system uptime with a highly-resilient architecture

Large Building Block

  • Extreme Storage: S2A9900
  • SAN Connectivity: 8x FC8 per SU
  • Performance: 5.5GB/s per scaling unit
  • Capacity: Up to 1.9PB usable per SU

Medium Building Block

  • Extreme Storage: S2A9700
  • SAN Connectivity: 8 x FC4
  • Performance: 2.5GB/s per scaling unit
  • Capacity: Up to 1.9PB usable

Small Building Block

  • Extreme Storage: S2A6620
  • SAN Connectivity: 4 x FC8
  • Performance: 1+GB/s per scaling unit
  • Capacity: Up to 192TB usable

How to Buy

Harnessing 10 years of high-end storage expertise, we specify and deliver a pre-built, optimized storage solution for your shared storage and data management requirements.

Remove the guesswork associated with designing the right solution and deploy proven, reliable systems faster.

Our Professional Services Team provides:

  • System Consultation and Optimization Services
  • System pre-installation and installation services
  • Standard and Enterprise Support Services

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