Violin 6000 system-tour

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Violin 6000 Flash Memory Array “Rack-in-a-Box” System Tour

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Violin 6000 Flash Memory Array

“Rack-in-a-Box” System Tour

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Violin Memory 6000 Series

Violin defined the Memory Array

Category

Innovation from chip to system

System components and

software work together

Highly available, high

performance primary storage

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Violin Memory 6000 Series

Violin defined the Memory Array

Category

Innovation from chip to system

System components and

software work together

Highly available, high

performance primary storage

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Violin Intelligent Memory Modules (64 VIMMs)

Density, efficiency, reliability

Performance arrays with

16TB of SLC flash

Capacity arrays with 32TB

of SLC flash

Intelligent Packaging

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vRAID Controllers (x4)

Hardware based

Parallel VIMM access and

non-blocking erases

80% efficient with 4D + 1P

parity

Hot-swap VIMMs

Sustained, Spike-Free Latency

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Memory Gateway (x2)

Shared network resource

Block storage and caching

capabilities (vCACHE)

Compute resources for

higher level services

Storage Services

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Network Interface Cards (x4)

PCIe x4 / x8

4/8 Gb FC

1/10 Gb iSCSI

1/10 GbE (NFS cache)

InfiniBand SRP

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Redundant, Hot-Swap Power Supplies & Fans