Raidix V.5.1 Software Update For Building Performance Storage Systems

The changes in the Raidix 5.1 software release from Raidix International AG concern the architecture of providing fault tolerance of storage systems, and integration with the VMware hypervisor and all-flash configurations.

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With the new features, Raidix 5.1 users will be able to achieve greater system performance and reliability. The implemented technologies shift the load from hosts to storage systems and provide additional customization options in comparison with previous versions of Raidix 5.X.

Product’s updates expand its usage scenarios for following customers:

• video surveillance service providers,

• video production studios,

• research and medical centers,

• private data centers.

What’s new in Raidix 5.1

• Improved active-active architecture of the storage cluster. Both controllers are now able to accept requests to virtual volumes. This allows the system to remain operational and to access data in the event of a failure of one of the I / O ports. This feature is implemented using the ALUA architecture, which makes it possible to redirect I/O of the same virtual volume to any storage controller.

• Enhanced integration with the VMware hypervisor through the development of VAAI (vStorage API for Array Integration) support. This set of specialized commands allows conducting a part of the I/O operations not on the virtualization server, but on the storage system, thereby reducing the load on the components of both the server and the storage network.

Improvements have also been made to all-flash optimized software kernel

• 512-byte block support makes the storage system compatible with VMware.

• The restriping function allows adding drives to an existing array by expanding its size or changing a RAID level.

• Supporting RAID N+M gives users the ability to select the number of disks allocated for checksums’ storage. The firm’s technology allows data recovery in case of failure of up to 32 disks (depending on the number of disks allocated for checksums).

Raidix 5.X enables to deploy all-flash and hybrid storage with a high-speed block (SAN) and file (NAS) access. Empowered by RAID technologies, the company’s storage provides stable performance for data-intensive tasks and keeps the integrity of the business workflow.