JetStor Partners with Leil Storage

Advanced Computer & Network Corp. (AC&NC) JetStor and Leil Storage OÜ, a vendor of green storage clusters based in Estonia, announced their partnership to reduce the carbon footprint and storage costs for enterprises managing large data sets with solutions that are more sustainable and efficient than conventional storage systems. 

Leil storage clusters are purpose-built with technologies that rein in spiraling storage expenses without any compromise to performance and with 99.9% availability. The solutions are engineered for superior storage capacity, protocol versatility, and efficient data management.

“We at Leil Storage are thrilled with our partnership with JetStor, a company that embodies the expertise and enthusiasm for storage that we value,” said Aleksandr Ragel, founder and CEO. “JetStor’s commitment to excellence in selling, supporting, and servicing storage products reflects their deep understanding of the industry. Together, we’re poised to bring technologically advanced, energy-efficient, large-scale storage solutions to market, targeting backup, archive and long retention use cases and backed by a shared passion for innovation and customer satisfaction.“

Leil storage solutions feature greater storage capacity and lower energy consumption and cost per terabyte by utilizing HDDs custom built by Western Digital. These drives harness Host-Managed Shingled Magnetic Recording (HM-SMR) technology, once used only by hyperscalers, to increase areal density and trim energy consumption by 18%. They also utilize power disable management to disconnect electricity from the drives, thereby decreasing power draw by 25 % and creating an eco-friendly storage system that enhances energy efficiency.

Leil Storage clusters start from the 45U rack, providing up to 18PB of usable capacity. All key components are redundant, ensuring resiliency vs. multiple failures with N+2 protection.

“One of JetStor‘s primary missions has always been to help enterprises contain storage budgets in the face of exponentially growing data sets,” said Scott Monroe, director of channels. “That‘s why Leil Storage perfectly complements JetStor‘s portfolio of storage arrays. JetStor‘s proven systems are unmatched and can meet any business objective, storage need, and use case. Our arrays offer extraordinary density, capacity, performance, and functionality for data sets of all sizes, all while reducing their impact on the environment and making the world greener.“

Partnership for Sustainable Future
A critical component of Leil storage solutions is SaunaFS, a distributed file system that was inspired by the pioneering concepts of the Google File System. SaunaFS is engineered to offer security, and redundancy.

The file system lessens the need for compute resources for Erasure Coding (EC) compared to conventional configurations, ensuring data protection and redundancy while lowering demand for compute power.

SaunaFS features unlimited scalability, instant copy-on-write snapshots for the immutability and integrity of data, and Reed-Solomon erasure coding and other functionality for robust redundancy and rapid failure detection and correction. Even the largest data sets remain uncorrupted and secure. SaunaFS supports S3 as well as backup solutions from such vendors as Acronis, Veeam, Cohesity, Rubrik, and Veritas.

“SaunaFS allows for more efficient resource usage, resulting in enhanced system performance and substantial cost reductions, which is vital for large-scale operations,” said Ragel. “Thanks to their high throughput, low latency, and scalability, Leil Storage platforms are ideal for such use cases as backup and recovery, M&E, archives, higher education and scientific labs, healthcare imagery, CCTV, geospatial data, and oil and gas. We look forward to working with JetStor to introduce its markets to a new generation of storage solutions that are cost-efficient, sustainable, and green.“