VDURA is a leading data storage and management platform engineered to deliver unparalleled velocity and durability for the most demanding AI and HPC workloads. With its innovative shared-nothing scale-out architecture, VDURA seamlessly combines high performance with hyperscale data durability. Whether deployed on-premises, in the cloud, or in hybrid environments, VDURA offers versatile, robust solutions that keep pace with the rapid evolution of data-intensive applications, all while maintaining the reliability and ease of use that enterprises demand.
How does VDURA ensure data durability and availability?
VDURA’s unique shared-nothing scale-out architecture enables the use of storage devices optimized for hyperscale clouds, offering superior customer value and unmatched data durability and availability. The platform’s groundbreaking durability technology achieves hyperscaler levels of data durability, with up to 11 nines (99.999999999%) at petabyte scale.
What are the key components of VDURA?
VDURA is a single, cohesive platform with a unified user interface, streamlining deployment and management across various environments. VDURA adapts seamlessly to meet the unique needs of each organization.
What industries benefit from VDURA’s solutions?
VDURA serves a wide range of industries, including Manufacturing, Modeling & Simulation, Academic Research, Life Sciences, Energy, Climate Science, Genomics, Federal, Financial Services, and Artificial Intelligence.
What sets VDURA apart from its competitors?
VDURA excels in delivering high performance with the ease of use and reliability of traditional enterprise file systems, combined with significantly greater scalability. VDURA is often described as the “easy button” for high-performance storage, with robust features like file-level erasure coding and snapshots. What sets VDURA apart is its ability to become even more performant and durable as the system grows. As data volumes increase, VDURA’s shared-nothing architecture ensures that performance scales linearly, preventing bottlenecks. Additionally, its erasure coding technique leverages the entire system, enhancing data protection and reducing recovery times, which means that the larger the system, the faster and more resilient it becomes. This ensures that your storage infrastructure not only meets today’s demands but also thrives under tomorrow’s growth.
What protocols does VDURA support?
VDURA supports high-performance parallel POSIX file access through our DirectFlow client, as well as SMB and NFS file protocols and S3 object protocol.
Does VDURA offer data services like snapshots and quotas?
Yes, VDURA provides comprehensive data services including snapshots, quotas and advanced data migration features.
How does VDURA handle tiered storage?
VDURA’s Dynamic Data Acceleration (DDA) technology supports up to four different performance tiers, optimizing storage utilization based on data characteristics.
What security measures does VDURA implement?
VDURA employs industry-leading AES-256 hardware-based encryption, supports ACLs and SELinux for access control, and provides comprehensive logging and auditing capabilities.
How does VDURA integrate with public cloud platforms?
VDURA’s PanMove Advanced orchestrates data movement to and from various public cloud storage platforms, including AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI. VDURA will also introduce a Cloud Edition of its Data Platform in 1H2025.
Does VDURA support AI/ML workloads?
VDURA is optimized for AI/ML workloads through its high-performance architecture, intelligent data placement, and robust scalability. The platform’s shared-nothing scale-out architecture ensures rapid data access and processing, essential for large AI/ML datasets. Its Dynamic Data Acceleration (DDA) technology automatically tiers data, prioritizing latency-sensitive operations like training and inference on the fastest storage media. With support for high-performance parallel file access via DirectFlow, VDURA efficiently manages large-scale data operations, reducing training times and accelerating workflows.
How does VDURA ensure scalability?
VDURA’s Data Platform scales effectively beyond 10 PB, with proven deployments of greater than 1,500 nodes in a single namespace, ensuring continuous performance improvement as the system grows.
Who does VDURA sell to?
VDURA sells directly and through top-tier resellers, distributors, and technology partners. Our partners are carefully chosen to extend our reach, ensuring that no matter how you choose to partner you’re getting the best in storage innovation backed by exceptional service and expertise.
What is VDURA’s licensing model?
VDURA operates on a subscription-based licensing model, with pricing based on the amount of storage (per 10TB) used.
What are the environmental benefits of using VDURA?
VDURA’s hybrid storage approach, intelligent data placement and future compression features help optimize resource utilization, reduce costs, and minimize environmental impact.
