What benefits are there of using Scale-out NAS?
Scale-out NAS delivers many benefits, particularly for those companies and organisations who store a lot of digital or rich media content. The lack of a controller or controllers in the architecture means the system no longer has natural performance limitations in both I/O capability and data throughput to and from the cluster. As each node includes on-board CPU / CACHE and Host connectivity ports, the system scales linearly. Every time you add more capacity, you are also adding performance (I/O and Throughput). Some clearly defined benefits for Scale-out NAS are: : • Linear Scalability of both performance and capacity with no bottlenecks. • Massive performance due to pooled resources. • Namespace / Filesystem aggregation (single volume storage, like a giant Z: drive) • More resiliency through clustered architecture, inherently highly available • Ease of management (97% easier to manage than traditional SAN technology – Forrester) • Flexibility, meet performance or capacity needs by ad
