Huawei Launches Lossless Ethernet Storage Network Solution NoF+ to Spark Digital Finance Innovation
SHANGHAI,June 4,2021 -- 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 financialindustry. 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.
