Huawei Releases Next-Generation Intelligent Storage OceanStor Dorado V6 to Build a New Data Infrastructure

[51CTO.com original article] [Beijing, China, July 24, 2019] Huawei released the new generation of intelligent storage OceanStor Dorado V6, adhering to the "data + intelligence" concept to redefine the storage architecture, through fast and stable "core" storage to achieve cloud full integration, automation and flash inclusiveness, to help build new data infrastructure. Huawei OceanStor Dorado V6 uses high-performance Kunpeng 920 chip, SmartMatrix fully interconnected balanced and reliable architecture and AI-enabled full life cycle intelligent management to create leading intelligent data solutions and accelerate business innovation for customers in all walks of life.

Zhou Yuefeng, Vice President of Huawei's IT Product Line and President of Intelligent Data and Storage, said: "China is entering a booming digital economy era, with the real economy and digital economy developing in an integrated manner. New connections and applications such as 5G, IoT, autonomous driving, and 4K/8K are accelerating data production and flow, and there is an urgent need to upgrade and improve data infrastructure to unleash the value of data."

To this end, in June this year, Huawei released the FusionData intelligent data solution, which integrates Huawei OceanStor storage, GaussDB database, FusionInsight big data solution, ROMA data access tool and DAYU data enablement suite, etc., to achieve the transition from single processing to intelligent integrated processing, full life cycle intelligent management, and accelerate the realization of data value.

At this press conference, Huawei further explained how to redefine storage architecture and achieve three major changes in OceanStor storage: cloud-based full integration, automation, and flash inclusiveness:

l Continuously break traditional boundaries and promote value innovation through deep integration, including: protocol integration, moving from a single type to diversified integration, breaking through data silos and reducing data copies; vertical integration of storage + database, greatly improving performance with one-stop data processing; in addition, further realizing storage as a service and data as a service through full cloud integration.

l Create an automated data management system with a three-layer complete architecture, which greatly improves efficiency through the linkage of Cloud AI, Center AI, and Device AI, helping users save OPEX.

Say goodbye to the mechanical age and promote the inclusiveness of flash memory in all scenarios through a new generation of ever-faster, ever-stable and more economical all-flash products.

Zhou Yuefeng, Vice President of Huawei IT Product Line and President of Intelligent Data and Storage, released the intelligent storage OceanStor Dorado V6

Since Huawei officially released the first generation of SSD control chips and SSD disks in 2009, it has continued to invest heavily in all-flash technology innovation, and has been at the forefront of China's market share and global market growth rate. OceanStor Dorado V6 will give full play to Huawei's technical advantages in the field of all-flash storage, further improve the data infrastructure architecture, and help customers transform data resources into data assets, which can achieve:

l Chip-led, always one step ahead

An end-to-end high-speed platform is built based on Kunpeng 920, network chips, management chips, SSD chips and Ascend AI chip 310, providing ultimate performance, achieving 20 million IOPS and 0.1ms latency, and meeting real-time application demands with faster response.

SmartMatrix, always online

SmartMatrix's fully interconnected, highly reliable architecture ensures that a single system can tolerate the simultaneous failure of up to seven controllers while services remain online, setting a new benchmark for storage reliability.

l End-to-cloud AI, always smart and efficient

The industry's first intelligent storage with built-in Ascend AI chip can provide machine learning semantic association and increase the read cache hit rate by 50%, making the storage better with use; further realize full life cycle intelligent management through end-cloud AI, and finally realize an automated data management system with a three-layer complete architecture, helping users save OPEX.

In addition, with the FlASH EVER device Yongxin plan, component decoupling and upgrade can be achieved, and data migration is not required. Huawei's intelligent storage OceanStor Dorado V6 provides powerful "core" power for data infrastructure and improves the efficiency of enterprise production systems.

For more information about Huawei's new-generation intelligent storage OceanStor Dorado V6, please visit http://e.huawei.com/cn/products/cloud-computing-dc/storage/all-flash-storage/oceanstor-dorado-v6.

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