Huawei Launches Lossless Ethernet Storage Network Solution NoF+ to Spark Digital Finance Innovation
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SHANGHAI, June 4, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
At the Huawei Intelligent Finance Summit 2021, Huawei launched the lossless
Ethernet storage networking solution, NoF+. The solution implements end-to-end
data acceleration in storage scenarios by leveraging OceanStor Dorado all-flash
storage systems and CloudEngine data center storage network switches. It fully
unlocks the potential of all-flash performance, and injects new momentum into
fintech innovation.
As a frontrunner in digital transformation, the financial industry is moving
toward omni-channel coverage. Finance Everywhere has become the catalyst for
explosive data growth and data infrastructure innovation, and the all-flash
trend is now unstoppable. Since 2018, the global shipment of all-flash (SSDs)
has far exceeded that of traditional mechanical disks (HDDs), delivering a 100x
increase in read and write performance. In addition, Fibre Channel (FC) storage
networks fail to match the requirements for concurrent high-throughput
read/write mode of all-flash storage using NVMe interfaces. Both bandwidth and
latency have become storage performance bottlenecks. As such, storage services
call for a faster and higher-quality network.
As Ethernet technologies have evolved, lossless Ethernet has solved the problem
of storage performance fluctuation caused by packet loss. More importantly, the
performance of 25/40/100G Ethernet is much higher than that of 32G FC, making
lossless Ethernet an important area of development in the all-flash era. Now,
vendors and customers are proactively pushing the maturity of the lossless
Ethernet-based NVMe over Fabrics (NoF) network ecosystem to the next level.
Huawei's launch of the next-generation lossless Ethernet storage network
solution NoF+ sits in line with the all-flash and all-IP trends of data center
storage. Based on the intelligent lossless, perception, and collaboration
features, the solution overcomes the packet loss challenges of traditional
Ethernet and achieves high performance, high reliability, and easy O&M.
-Intelligent algorithms for 87% higher IOPS: Packet loss occurs on traditional
Ethernet networks, where a packet loss of 0.1% decreases the network throughput
by 50%. The Huawei NoF+ Solution includes an iLossless algorithm to achieve
zero packet loss with 100% storage network throughput. Compared to FC, the IOPS
improves by 87% and the latency reduces by 42%. In intra-city active-active
scenarios, the solution uses 100GE links for 70 km lossless transmission,
reducing cross-DC links by 90% compared to FC links.
-Proactive fault detection and failover within one second: Traditional Ethernet
networks lack proactive fault detection and notification mechanisms. When a
fault occurs, link failover takes a long time, thus interrupting storage
services. The NoF+ Solution provides intelligent perception capabilities,
meaning that switches can proactively report faults within milliseconds and
work with storage devices to implement failover within one second, without
affecting storage services when a single point of network failure occurs.
-Plug-and-play and one-click capacity expansion of storage: In storage
scenarios, traditional Ethernet networks need to be manually configured node by
node, which is a complex and error-prone process. The NoF+ Solution implements
intelligent collaboration between storage devices and switches and supports
plug-and-play and one-click capacity expansion of storage devices. Service
changes can be automatically synchronized to the entire network after being
configured at a single point, greatly improving the service provisioning
efficiency.
Until now, the NoF+ Solution has been jointly innovated and commercially
deployed in industries such as finance, carriers, and other enterprises. The
solution takes full advantage of the million-level IOPS of all-flash storage
and meets the petabyte-level development requirements of the financial
industry. Looking forward, Huawei will continue to adhere to its
customer-centric business strategy and work with partners to develop new and
improve existing storage network practices. This will likely see Huawei surge
to the forefront of all innovation across different industry scenarios, and
make Huawei the first stop in enterprise digital transformation.
Source: Huawei
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Caption: Kevin Hu, President of Huawei Data Communication Product Line and Peter Zhou,
President of Huawei IT Product Line jointly launch NoF+
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