Infortrend EonStor CS Scale-Out NAS Supports SMB Multichannel Feature

Infortrend Technology, Inc. adopts SMB Multichannel feature for its scale-out NAS EonStor CS.

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With support of SMB Multichannel, it is possible to establish multiple simultaneous network connections between EonStor CS cluster and its clients over aggregated NICs. It increases bandwidth, storage performance, and fault tolerance for performance-demanding applications, such as 4K video editing, broadcasting, or real-time streaming in M&E industry and HPC.

EonStor CS is a scale-out NAS expandable up to 144 nodes in a cluster with a total of over 100Gb throughput and 100PB capacity. By enabling SMB Multichannel, an SMB 3.0 client can access data on CS storage via multiple available paths, which compared to on path only, facilitates aggregation of network bandwidth and increases network fault tolerance.

SMB Multichannel feature provides higher bandwidth and system performance, which is proved to be useful for performance demanding workloads. It aggregates multiple network interfaces and performs data read or write processes simultaneously utilizing multiple channels, which helps to noticeably increase performance. Moreover, if any failure occurs, it is automatically detected, and the data communication processes are moved to a normally functioning channel so that there is no connection disruption and no impact on system availability.

“With support of SMB Multichannel, our EonStor CS scale-out NAS can ensure not only higher performance, but also continuous network service for time-sensitive and HA applications. For example, in M&E industry, for editing video footages with resolution 4K and above, high bandwidth is required. By using SMB Multichannel connected through multiple network interfaces, users are able to yield benefits of smooth workflow with provided bandwidth and experience no downtime while collaborating on their projects,” said Frank Lee, senior director, product planning.

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January 29, 2020 | Press Release