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VDURA ActiveStor Ultra Edge 100

The ActiveStor® Ultra Edge 100 (ASU-100E) is the VDURA®- certified storage appliance designed for compact primary and remote data centers, as well as hub-and-spoke edge deployments. The ASU-100E delivers parallel file system performance where you need it in a small footprint and at a low-cost entry point.
The ASU-100E is powered by PanFS®, the VDURA parallel file system, and is based on the ActiveStor architecture to orches- trate multiple computers into a single entity that serves data to AI/ML and HPC applications for today’s modern HPC. This is performed without manual intervention while continuously balancing the load across the system, scrubbing the stored data for the highest levels of data protection, and encrypting the stored data to protect it from unwanted exposure.
The ASU-100E is built on an industry standard 2U rack height enclosure chassis with a carefully balanced architecture. Each enclosure contains four server nodes that are configured together to provide flexible and scalable ASU-100E storage solutions.
Together with the PanFS DirectFlow® driver on client systems, the ASU-100E provides parallel and redundant storage access to deliver the highest performance with unlimited scalability, enterprise reliability, and ease of management. The ASU-100E is the ideal compact choice for a high-performance storage solution in manufacturing, life sciences, energy, financial services, media & entertainment, and university & government research.
ASU-100E Enclosure
As shown in Figures 1 and 2, the ASU-100E enclosure is a 2U, 19-inch rack-mount chassis that contains four nodes and two redundant 2200 W titanium-level power supplies.
The ASU-100E enclosure is available as two model versions: a “Smart” enclosure and an “Expansion” enclosure. The enclo- sures are differentiated by the number of director and storage nodes as defined in the following table.
ASU-100E Configurations
ASU-100E enclosures are combined into two standard configurations, “Minimum” and “Base”, detailed in the table below. In addition, as the ASU-100E has limitless scalability, standard configurations can be expanded to meet growing demands. Figure 3 shows the “Minimum” configuration.
Configuration Minimum Base
Smart Enclosures
3
3
Expansion Enclosures
0
1
Director Nodes
3
3
Storage Nodes
9
13
Usable Capacity
265 TB
477 TB
Rack Height
6 RU
8 RU
PanFS Software Suite
ASU-100E systems include the PanFS Software Suite with DirectFlow Client, NFS, and SMB/CIFS protocol support, PanFS and realm manageability, and securi- ty/encryption. The suite also features PanMoveTM and PanViewTM software families for data mobility, visibility, and analytics.
PanFS Software Suite
The ASU-100E has an affordable cost of acquisition due to its optimized storage architecture and smaller footprint on commodity hardware. In addition, PanFS reduces opera- tional cost and complexity—only minimal staff are needed to administer and manage the system, with no extensive training required. It takes only part-time attention from a single person to manage an ASU-100E system, no matter how large the storage configuration is.
Enclosure Model Director Nodes Storage Nodes
Smart
1
3
Expansion
0
4
ASU-100E Storage Nodes
ASU-100E storage nodes are servers in the ASU-100E enclo- sure that run the PanFS parallel file system and are the core of the data plane, storing data and metadata. Each storage node communicates directly and in parallel with client systems.
ASU-100E Director Nodes
The ASU-100E appliance uses ASD-200 director nodes to manage system activity and provide clustered metadata ser- vices. These nodes orchestrate file system activity and speed data transfers while facilitating scalability and virtualizing data objects across all available storage nodes. This enables the system to be viewed as a single, easily-managed global name- space.
ASU-100E Specifications
ASR-500 Enclosure
Hardware
19” rackmount chassis with rails
Power Supplies
2x 2200 W Titanium-level
Height
3.47 inches (88 mm)–2 rack units
Width
17.6 inches (447 mm)
Depth
30.11 inches (765 mm)
Operating Temp.
0–35°C (32–95°F)
Non-operating Temp.
-40–60°C (-40–140°F)
Operating Humidity
8–90% (non-condensing)
Input Line Voltage
220–240 VAC, 50–60 Hz
ASU-100E Storage Node
Storage Capacity
TCG-SED HDDs: 48 TB (3x 16 TB HDDs)
M.2 NVMe TCG-SED SSD: 1x 7.68 TB
Memory
2x 16 GB DDR4 ECC RDIMMs
NVDIMM
1x 16 GB DDR4 ECC NVDIMM-N
SSD
2x M.2 NVMe TCG-SED
HDD
3x TCG-SED
NIC
25 GbE Dual SFP28 Network SIOM
Other
Integrated BMC, IPMI, VGA, USB
ASU-100E Director Node
Storage Capacity
M.2 NVMe SSD: 480 GB
Memory
6x 16 GB DDR4 ECC RDIMMs
NVDIMM
1x 16 GB DDR4 ECC NVDIMM-N
SSD
1x M.2 NVMe
NIC
25 GbE Dual SFP28 PCIe
Other
Integrated BMC, IPMI, VGA, USB
More Information and Ordering Details
For more ASU-100E information and ordering details, contact your local VDURA representative.

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