The Stornado
By 45Drives
High Density All-flash Storage Server
Transfer speeds of up to 55 GB/s and 8 million IOPS
Linux Pre-installed
By 45Drives
High Density All-flash Storage Server
Transfer speeds of up to 55 GB/s and 8 million IOPS
Linux Pre-installed
As the cost of SSDs has decreased and performance demands have increased, more and more companies are turning to all-flash servers for storage. SSDs have significantly lower latency and faster read/write speeds than HDD, which results in enhanced responsiveness and efficiency for users.
If your application requires an all-flash server, the 45Drives Stornado is your solution. The Stornado is the densest all-flash server available on the market, with 32-bays in a 2U chassis. This enterprise-ready all-flash server is backed by the 45Drives support team.
High Density All-flash Storage Server
2U height
32 Bays for 2.5“ SSDs
Toolless Drive Access
Linux Pre-installed
Windows Option with Hardware RAID available
The Stornado F2 is the next-generation Stornado, featuring 32 NVMe drive bays. The Tri-Mode backplane enables the use of U.3 NVMe, SATA, or SAS drives. NVMe drives have dropped in price and are now accessible for high-density, affordable storage. This ultra-high-speed server has been benchmarked with transfer speeds of 55GB/s and 8 million IOPS. This is the ultimate choice for your latency-sensitive applications and the industry-leading hardware for U.3 NVMe.
Specifications:
| AMD | Intel | |
|---|---|---|
| Motherboard | ME03-CE0 | MS73-HB0 |
| CPU | Up to EPYC 8534P (64 CPU cores @ 2.3GHz / 128 threads) | 2x Xeon 4th Gold 6430 (32 cores @ 2.1GHz / 64 threads) |
| RAM | Up to 1.15TB ECC DDR5 | Up to 1.53TB ECC DDR5 |
| HBA | LSi 9600-16i Tri-Mode (NVMe, SATA, SAS) | LSi 9600-16i Tri-Mode (NVMe, SATA, SAS) |
Our engineers at 45HQ have been hard at work, developing this powerhouse of a server to tackle the most demanding storage applications. The 16-Bay NVMe Stornado will be one of the fastest servers ever created by 45Drives, achieving lightning-fast transfer speeds benchmarked at:
The new Stornado will also feature:
From the Lab: A first look at the fully-built 16-Bay NVMe Stornado prototype
The Stornado F1 all-flash server features 32, 2.5" SSD bays. This dense, high-performance server is optimized for your low latency and high-performance requirements. This high speed server has been benchmarked with transfer speeds of 12.5 GB/s and 732 thousand IOPS.
Specifications:
| Enhanced | Turbo | |
|---|---|---|
| Motherboard | AMD Based: ME03-CE0 Intel Based: MS03-6L0 |
AMD Based: ME03-CE0 Intel Based: MS03-6L0 |
| AMD CPU | AMD EPYC 8124P (16 cores @2.45GHz / 32 Threads) AMD EPYC 8224P (24 cores @2.55GHz / 48 Threads) |
AMD EPYC 8324P (32 cores @2.65GHz / 64 Threads) AMD EPYC 8534P (64 cores @2.3GHz / 128 Threads) |
| Intel CPU | Intel Silver 4410Y (12 cores @2.0GHz / 24 Threads) Intel Gold 5418Y (24 cores @2.1GHz / 48 Threads) |
Intel Gold 6430 (32 cores @2.1GHz / 64 Threads) |
| Memory | Starting at 16GB DDR5 ECC RDIMM | Starting at 16GB DDR5 ECC RDIMM |
| Total Memory Slots | 12 (AMD) or 8 (Intel) | 12 (AMD) or 8 (Intel) |
| Memory Expandable up to | 2TB | 2TB |
Clustering links your servers to create a unified namespace managed from a single interface, allowing easy scalability for users. Your data remains accessible through redundant storage across the cluster, ensuring availability even during planned or unplanned downtime.
We provide these clustering solutions using Ceph, open-source software designed for scalable and highly available storage.
The features of Ceph are complemented by the speed of the Stornado storage server and SSD drives. SATA SSDs leverage their flash technology to enhance performance over traditional HDDs, resulting in reduced data transfer times and minimized latency.
NVMe drives further enhance performance by dramatically increasing data throughput and efficiency. They also use the PCIe interface for direct, high-speed CPU connections, which reduces data transfer times and minimizes latency. This is especially beneficial in high-demand environments like big data analytics and real-time applications, ensuring clusters operate at peak performance by minimizing bottlenecks in data access and processing.
At 45Drives, we’ve reinvented the way enterprise storage and virtualization are delivered with our ‘New Enterprise’ model. Like legacy vendors, we provide full solutions - consulting, architecture, hardware, software, configuration, and support. But unlike legacy vendors, our open, non-proprietary model eliminates the risk of lock-in contracts.
