Unlock Half-Petabyte NVMe Performance with the RocketStor 654x Series

The Ultimate Solution for Data-Intensive Workloads

In the 21st century, data has become the new premium currency, fueling innovation and dictating the pace of progress across industries worldwide. As organizations generate and process more data than ever before, the demand for large-scale, high-speed storage solutions has skyrocketed. HighPoint’s RocketStor 654x series of external NVMe RAID enclosures were designed specifically to address these demands. The following article explores the innovative hardware architecture and unique feature set than makes this all possible.

Maximized Performance with Dual 48-Lane PCIe Gen4 Switches

Dual 48-lane PCIe Gen4 Switch ICs enable RocketStor 654x series enclosures to accommodate nearly ½ Petabyte of storage capacity at speeds up to 28GB/s.

Device Side (External Enclosure )	Host Side (Low-Profile PCIe 4.0 x16 Adapter)

Dedicated PCIe Gen4 Switch chipsets have been integrated into both the enclosure (device side), and low-profile adapter (host side). This innovative hardware architecture eliminates the risk of a performance bottleneck, enabling the adapter switch IC to handle all upstream bandwidth while the enclosure switch IC handles the downstream bandwidth. x4 lanes of dedicated PCIe Gen4 bandwidth is allocated each drive tray to maximize the performance potential of each U.2 or U.3 SSD.

The RocketStor 654xAW offers exceptional versatility, making it the go-to solution for a wide array of data-intensive applications. The performance-focused Switching Architecture combined with the ability to accommodate up to eight 2.5” enterprise and datacenter class NVMe media up to 61.44TB in capacity enable administrators to tailor NVMe storage for diverse workloads.

Unlike most client-class NVMe media, Enterprise and Data Center class SSDs are often engineered to accommodate specific workloads, and are generally classified by their performance characteristics. In addition, these type of SSDs are designed to operate for extended periods of time, and have very high endurance ratings, usually expressed as DWPD (disk-writes per day) as opposed to TBW (total bytes written) that is commonly associated with client-class media. Some of the more common types of Enterprise/Data Center NVMe SSDs are discussed below.

SSDs tailored for mix-use are suitable for a wide range of tasks, and are capable of delivering solid sequential and random read/write performance. Example use cases include SMB servers, high-performance workstations and virtualization platforms.

SSDs designed to maximize Sequential Transfer speed are ideal for applications that must rapidly ingest and/or process large volumes of data, such as AI or Machine Learning platforms, and media post production workstations. These type of applications often favor storage tuned to deliver maximum sustained write performance.

SSDs designed to maximize Random transfers are an excellent choice for platforms designed to address the needs of many simultaneous users, such as an enterprise file server, content delivery network (CDN), and media/asset libraries. These applications benefit from storage tuned for random access, with a focus on random-read performance, and high endurance ratings.

The ability to support such a diverse range of storage media enable RocketStor 654x series enclosures to rapidly adapt to evolving workflows and accommodate a wide spectrum of high-demand computing environment such as data centers, financial services, content creation, and scientific research. In these industries, reliability and speed are paramount, and the RocketStor 654xAW ensures organizations can handle vast amounts of data with ease, maintaining peak performance across multiple tasks and workloads.

Seamless Storage Expansion

RocketStor 654x series are available with up to 8 independent and removable 2.5” drive trays, each of which is capable of supporting enterprise and datacenter grade NVMe media, including today’s densest 61.44TB drives. This enables a single enclosure to support an astounding ½ Petabyte of blazing fast NVMe storage in an ultra-compact external device that stands only 4.84” tall!

The state of the PCIe Switch architecture, CDFP Hot-Plug support, and HighPoint’s proven RAID technology and intuitive management suite provide true NVMe hot-swap capability. The ability to add, remove or replace U.2 and U.3 media on the fly is an invaluable asset for any professional application, and can dramatically simplify storage expansion, upgrade and service workflows.

In Summary

RocketStor 654x enclosures are engineered to accommodate nearly ½ Petabyte of today’s leading 2.5" NVMe Enterprise and Data Center class storage devices. Armed with industry leading dual PCIe Switch architecture, a robust compact external form-factor, and up to eight removable hot-swappable drive bays, RocketStor 654x series enclosures deliver the performance, flexibility and reliability needed to support a diverse range of computing environments and application-specific workloads, from high-performance media workstations and virtualization platforms to cloud storage servers, content delivery networks and enterprise data centers.

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