When we first released the new HPE Alletra MP platforms, I wrote a few articles going over the benefits and how the flexible new hardware platform manifests into different “personalities” for high end block and file solutions.
This time I want to take a deeper dive into the architectural benefits of our approach and how the new R4 software for Alletra MP Block enables certain things no other vendor can come close to – plus give a taste of what may be possible in the future given the amazing flexibility of the underlying architecture (it’s a blog, I can’t provide roadmaps here).
I will cover things like fractional multi-dimensional scaling (that allows things impossible with other vendors like adding a single controller node without needing to add capacity) but also resiliency in the face of simultaneous failures that would cripple all other storage systems I’m aware of. It’s not meant to be a comprehensive coverage of everything, but hopefully enough to give you a taste.
Let’s go!
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