Kaminario has launched two products – Kaminario K2.NTM and Kaminario FlexTM. K2.N is an extension of Kaminario’s all-flash array platform leveraging the high performance of emerging NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) technologies and Flex is a platform for managing and orchestrating composable storage infrastructure.
“SaaS businesses and on-demand applications are driving the need for cloud-scale data center infrastructure optimised for advanced analytics, dynamic workloads and user experience,” said Eyal David, chief technology officer, Kaminario. “Modern IT organisations are seeking storage solutions that can be optimised for specific applications while delivering the flexibility of the public cloud. K2.N and Flex leverage emerging NVMe technologies to deliver both increased performance and a new level of scalability and flexibility.”
Kaminario was recently recognised by Gartner for achieving the highest score for Online Transaction Processing, Analytics and High Performance Computing. These new offerings build on Kaminario’s established technology while leveraging the vast potential of NVMe and NVMe over Fabric (NVMeF).
Kaminario K2.N: an end-to-end, NVMe-based, all-flash array solution leveraging proven enterprise-class software architecture and data services.
K2.N is a true scale-out, active-active storage array with NVMe drives and a backend based on converged ethernet and NVMeF. K2.N supports NVMeF, fibre channel and iSCSI front-end connections. Powered by key enhancements to Kaminario VisionOSTM, K2.N supports the same set of enterprise-class data services as K2 Gen6, Kaminario’s 6th generation all-flash array platform. This includes industry-leading data reduction and native data protection features. K2.N is comprised of controller nodes called c.nodes and media nodes (i.e. JBOF) called m.nodes that are connected via a shared NVMeF fabric. When customers purchase two or more c.nodes and any number of m.nodes, they can create a truly active-active, scale-out storage cluster with a shared data reduction space. The K2.N delivers new levels of shared storage flexibility without compromising on enterprise-class data services.
Additional features include:
- No constraints on the ratio between c.nodes and m.nodes. With different types of c.nodes and m.nodes available, customers see optimised performance and capacity, and can scale their infrastructure according to business needs.
- The K2.N is optimised for leveraging the low-latency NVMe interconnect delivering performance increases of more than 2x and performance density increases up to 4x.
- Collaborative development with leading hardware technology suppliers including AIC, Broadcom, Brocade, Intel, Mellanox, and Supermicro.
Kaminario Flex: software platform for managing and orchestrating composable storage infrastructure
Kaminario Flex is a storage orchestration platform for managing K2.N resources. K2.N together with Flex deliver enhanced operational efficiency and organisational agility. Customers will dynamically configure K2.N resources through the Flex dashboard, creating virtual private arrays (VPAs). VPAs have the same performance and capabilities as traditional arrays but can be dynamically scaled out or up at the orchestration layer – with no physical reconfiguration. The composable storage paradigm offers unique advantages over traditional array based architectures in building cloud-scale, shared storage infrastructure. Additional features include:
- Seamless integration with VisionOS management utilities and the Kaminario ClarityTM cloud-based analytics environment.
- A rich set of APIs for integration with application layer, data center orchestration, automation and ITIL software platforms.
Kaminario believes that Flex and K2.N will form a completely new paradigm for managing shared storage resources. Individual arrays supporting different applications and business units draw from a shared resource pool on a shared fabric. New availability models emerge as hardware failures can be detected, replaced and provisioned all within the software. New tiering models materialise with the ability to dynamically move data from one tier to another with no physical reconfiguration. Performance sensitive analytics workloads can borrow additional controller compute to manage surge requirements and then return to the pool when no longer needed.
