VDURA enhances data platform for AI & HPC innovation

VDURA has announced a significant update to its data platform software, featuring enhancements aimed at AI and high-performance computing.

The newly unveiled VDURA Data Platform incorporates a modern parallel, microservices-based architecture, a flash-optimised metadata engine, and an improved object storage layer. This system aims to boost efficiency, scalability, and durability in various environments, including on-premises, cloud, and hybrid systems.

"As AI and HPC push innovation, VDURA leads with high performance data infrastructure to meet evolving workloads," stated Ken Claffey, Chief Executive Officer of VDURA. "Our latest release simplifies data management while delivering exceptional performance and reliability. By enabling enterprises to scale seamlessly, VDURA accelerates AI initiatives and helps businesses tackle complexity to achieve transformative results."

A key feature of the updated platform is VeLO, or Velocity Layered Operations, a new Key Value Store designed for handling small files and metadata operations within the platform's Director layer. This feature, optimised for flash, is capable of delivering up to two million input/output operations per second (IOPS) per instance and can support an unlimited number of VeLO instances within the same Global Namespace.

Another notable addition is the Virtualized Protected Object Device (VPOD), which provides discrete, virtualised, and protected storage units in hybrid nodes. VPODs support infinite scalability within a unified Global Namespace. Enhanced data protection is achieved through multi-layered erasure coding, which delivers up to 11 nines of durability with minimal overhead. Data reduction services are also included to improve efficiency and reduce costs.

The updated platform's Advanced Data Management and Placement systems are now offered as discrete microservices, simplifying deployment across thousands of nodes. This system ensures linear performance scalability with an infinitely expandable global namespace. The architecture supports intelligent data orchestration, optimising data placement across different storage tiers while maintaining a uniform control plane and namespace.

VDURA also introduced the V5000 Certified Platform to complement its software. The hardware combines modular storage nodes, configurable to meet varied demands for throughput, capacity, or IOPS according to user requirements. The V5000 includes 1U Director Nodes powered by AMD EPYC processors, featuring NVIDIA ConnectX-7, Broadcom Ethernet, and SAS adapters, along with Phison PCIe NVMe SSDs for optimised IOPS and metadata operations via VeLO.

Hybrid Storage Nodes, which incorporate the same 1U server as the Director Node along with 4U JBODs, run VPODs for bulk storage solutions that ensure high performance and reliability in a cost-effective manner.

The platform offers flexibility in terms of HDD to flash content ratio, allowing users to balance capacity, performance, and cost. This adaptability means that the VDURA Data Platform can meet varied requirements concerning capacity, price, and performance, making it suitable for a wide range of industrial applications.