Performance without the Enterprise Price Tag
If you need extreme performance for large transactional systems - then NASg is not the product for you.
There are plenty of vendors that offer this type of product if you can afford it. For small-medium sized businesses that need high performance
file serving (on a limited budget) - then NASg is for you.
NASg is optimized for file serving to high numbers of concurrent clients.
NASg uniquely utilizes parallel storage nodes, bandwidth and processing power to achieve aggregate throughput not possible
with a standalone server and at a lower cost.
Maximize Throughput with Parallel Processing and I/O
Because NASg replaces the server with a grid of storage nodes that operate in parallel -
NASg eliminates the traditional bottleneck at the server when demand is high. NASg uses the high powered clients to perform the complex
storage processing and then stripes a file in parallel across the storage nodes. This approach means each storage node does very little work
for each file operation and the network throughput is maximized with parallel I/O uniformly spread across the grid.
Zero Cost Performance Increments
The innovation of NASg harnesses the processing power of the client machines. As the number of clients
that access the Gridstore increases, the overall processing power of the grid is linearly increased. This allows NASg to utilize
both parallel processing and parallel I/O to the storage nodes to eliminate bottlenecks during peak loads and maximize throughput.
Unlike Enterprise Storage where adding processing capacity to meet peak demand requires substantial investment that is typically under
utilized 80% of the time, with NASg, processing power scales up and down on-demand at zero cost.
Harness the Power of Many
NASg is unique. It can be used very efficiently at a small scale to provide a reliable, high performance storage infrastructure.
While the simple building block approach means a Gridstore can be increased one storage node or one client node at a time to get the exact right balance of
performance for a particular organization. NASg eliminates the need for large up-front investments or expensive upgrades common to Enterprise Storage and
allows your Gridstore to grow on-demand in small incremental costs.
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