Many online content delivery systems or networks (CDN), such as an on-demand video or audio streaming service, employ large networks of compact edge servers, deployed to cover specific locales. Depending on the media content and target audience, a distributed network model can be much more efficient than a traditional data center, which relies on a smaller number of large-scale servers designed to cover large geographic regions. The reason is simple, and perfectly explains the “edge” terminology; the smaller systems are in a much better position to serve their customers as they are located physically closer to their targets. In other words, a decentralized network – moving the appropriate data source from the center of the network (the cloud) to the outer edges of the network (the ground) optimizes delivery time to these customers. Such servers require a robust, high-speed modular storage solution that can be easily and quickly installed, serviced, upgraded and redeployed.

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HighPoint NVMe RAID AICs and Enclosure solutions are ideal for edge server applications. The robust, compact devices can host up to eight U.2/U.3 or M.2 NVMe SSDs, and can be easily integrated into any server and industrial platform with PCIe 4.0 or 3.0 x16 connectivity. Each solution employs an advanced NVMe RAID engine capable of supporting one or more RAID 0, 1 or 10 arrays.