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Adoption, integration & management
Yes, install the same as any other NVMe SSD. There are no special drivers or software configuration required. It works with the system using standard NVMe commands. So, migration from old devices onto modern SSDs would follow a workflow like any other.
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The drives do not require any special software or driver installation.
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Encryption for data-at-rest is table-steaks for enterprise & data center drives. Offloading compression to the drives is more efficient and scalable than CPU-based compression. To enable additional compute functions to be done in or near the drives, the drives need to be able to manage the compression and the encryption.
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The drives can increase capacity through NVMe commands in the user’s environment. You don’t need to pay us an additional fee to expand the capacity of the drives you bought… they’re your drives, use them however you need to!
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We are happy to consult with your team to discuss the storage capacity as well as the total workload needed to help you determine the right number of drives and total capacity of storage.
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We plan for quarterly updates which include release notes. Of course, if a security issue arises, we will issue an off-cycle release as soon as the fix is implemented.
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Nope, you can replace a ScaleFlux drive with any other vendor’s drive… you’ll just need to buy one with 2x the capacity to store the same amount of data and you may need to buy 2 of their drives to reach the same system performance.
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ScaleFlux drives work anywhere and NVMe SSD can be used and there is no minimum requirement for CPU / DRAM. However, these are enterprise drives with requirements for power, airflow, and ambient temps to avoid thermal throttling. No integration into the applications is required. To take full advantage of the extended capacity, users do need to monitor the NUSE parameter via the NVMe protocol commands.
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Absolutely correct. The compression ratio is dependent on the type of data (anyone who tells you differently is misleading you!). We have a compression estimator tool to let you test your data (with or without having deployed our drives, the estimator mimics the compression algorithm in the drives). That said, we have examples of the CR customers have realized across a variety of data types.
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The only real infrastructure change is in the capacity monitoring. When using the compression for extended capacity, you need to monitor the physical capacity gas gauge as well. This is handled through standard NVMe commands for “thin-provisioned namespaces.” We can provide a guide to those commands upon request.
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ScaleFlux SSDs are installed and present the same as any other NVMe SSD and as a result have the same requirements. They can cohabitate peacefully in any system that supports NVMe devices.
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Adoption, integration & management
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The drives do not require any special software or driver installation.
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Encryption for data-at-rest is table-steaks for enterprise & data center drives. Offloading compression to the drives is more efficient and scalable than CPU-based compression. To enable additional compute functions to be done in or near the drives, the drives need to be able to manage the compression and the encryption.
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The drives can increase capacity through NVMe commands in the user’s environment. You don’t need to pay us an additional fee to expand the capacity of the drives you bought… they’re your drives, use them however you need to!
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We are happy to consult with your team to discuss the storage capacity as well as the total workload needed to help you determine the right number of drives and total capacity of storage.
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We plan for quarterly updates which include release notes. Of course, if a security issue arises, we will issue an off-cycle release as soon as the fix is implemented.
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Nope, you can replace a ScaleFlux drive with any other vendor’s drive… you’ll just need to buy one with 2x the capacity to store the same amount of data and you may need to buy 2 of their drives to reach the same system performance.
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ScaleFlux drives work anywhere and NVMe SSD can be used and there is no minimum requirement for CPU / DRAM. However, these are enterprise drives with requirements for power, airflow, and ambient temps to avoid thermal throttling. No integration into the applications is required. To take full advantage of the extended capacity, users do need to monitor the NUSE parameter via the NVMe protocol commands.
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Absolutely correct. The compression ratio is dependent on the type of data (anyone who tells you differently is misleading you!). We have a compression estimator tool to let you test your data (with or without having deployed our drives, the estimator mimics the compression algorithm in the drives). That said, we have examples of the CR customers have realized across a variety of data types.
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The only real infrastructure change is in the capacity monitoring. When using the compression for extended capacity, you need to monitor the physical capacity gas gauge as well. This is handled through standard NVMe commands for “thin-provisioned namespaces.” We can provide a guide to those commands upon request.
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ScaleFlux SSDs are installed and present the same as any other NVMe SSD and as a result have the same requirements. They can cohabitate peacefully in any system that supports NVMe devices.
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