Proving the Scalability of Software-Defined Storage With 25/50Gb Ethernet Networking
Software-Defined Storage (SDS) is growing in popularity because it offers lower costs and more
deployment flexibility than traditional storage arrays, but it comes in many different architectures and
designs which support varying degrees of scale and performance. NexentaEdge is an ideal scale-out SDS
choice for OpenStack clouds requiring high performance block and object storage. Benchmark testing of a
12-node cluster proved its ability to deliver high throughput with flash storage and also demonstrated the
value of a high-speed Mellanox network in supporting that performance.