What is PetaSAN?
PetaSAN is an enterprise-grade storage area network (SAN) solution optimized for large-scale data growth and intensive workloads. It utilizes a shared storage architecture to consolidate storage resources and provide unified access to data across an organization.
Key capabilities and benefits of PetaSAN include:
- Scalability to handle exponentially growing data while maintaining performance
- Very high throughput and low latency to support I/O-intensive applications
- Comprehensive data protection with snapshots, replication, encryption and access controls
- Storage pooling to reduce stranded storage capacity
- Data tiering for intelligent placement across different media types
- Seamless integration with virtualization platforms
- Centralized management console for monitoring and automation
PetaSAN uses high-speed Fibre Channel networks to connect servers and storage devices. It delivers enterprise-class capabilities for industries dealing with rapid unstructured data growth such as media, healthcare, research and financial services. With robust data accessibility, protection and consolidation features, PetaSAN provides a future-ready storage infrastructure at petabyte scale.
TrueNAS, Unraid, Western Digital My Cloud, ReadyNAS, XigmaNAS, OviOS Linux, ESOS, Open-E Data Storage Software SOHO, StorPool, StorMagic SvSAN, Dell EMC UnityVSA are some alternatives to PetaSAN.