Unified Storage & Server Hyper-Converged Appliance

USS™ is the ideal hyperconverged ” ALL IN ONE infrastructure solution” to consolidate all of your server + Storage + Network into one easy to manage appliance.

Use of embedded virtualized operating systems such ESXi or HyperV integrated with SAN Storage Controller allows for complete hardware utilization and substantial reduction in Capex & Opex.

USS flexibility replaces the “fixed hardware model” of the past with on-demand resource allocation (such as CPU, memory, storage, etc.) based on your application needs.

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With the StoneFly USS, you can:

Replace your datacenter by migrating existing Windows and Linux physical servers into Virtual Machines hosted on the StoneFly USS.
Quickly spin up new Virtual Machines on the StoneFly USS.
Use the StoneFly USS appliance’s iSCSI (and/or optional Scale Out NAS) Storage for your physical machine
- Virtual Machines hosted on the StoneFly USS
- Virtual Machines hosted on third-party appliances running VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, or Citrix XenServer
- Global shared back-end object/block/image Storage for OpenStack

Create numerous delta-based snapshots to back up the iSCSI volumes containing your VMs and Storage. Then use mountable read-write snapshot volumes for recovery.
Synchronously replicate (campus mirror) all of your VMs and Storage to a second on premises USS appliance for business continuity.
Asynchronously replicate all of your VMs and Storage to the cloud or a StoneFly USS at a remote site for disaster recovery.
Protect your data and increase system uptime with high performance hardware RAID.
Optimize your data with StoneFly’s optional enterprise-level features including data deduplication, encryption, thin provisioning, and more.
Scale out Storage and VMs across multiple USS nodes.

Available In Three Configurations

Single Node configuration

A look inside StoneFly USS-HA Node

Easy Scale Out of USS Appliance Nodes. A look inside multiple USS scale out nodes

USS-HA™ is the ideal hyperconverged infrastructure solution to consolidate all your Server, Storage and Network into one easy to manage, fully redundant, highly available modular appliance with NO single point of failure. Embedded virtualization allows all the hardware (CPU, storage, network, etc.), be utilized and distributed more effectively. This results in the great reduction in CAPex, Opex.

USS flexibility replaces the “fixed hardware model” of the past with on-demand resource allocation (such as CPU, memory, storage, etc.) based on your application needs.

Embedded Hypervisor (ESXi or Hyper-V) with integrated clustered SAN Storage (SCVM™) has the ability to create virtual machines on each of two controllers ( 2 top units in the picture).

The SCVM will provide the iSCSI-SAN with data services (Snapshot, Deduplication, Encryption, Mirroring, Cloud Connect, Thin provisioning etc.). If any virtual machine on either Host controller fails then, the controller will host the virtual machine by migrating using V-motion or live migration. The Data is stored in shared dual ports Storage array with dual active-active failover failback (the bottom unit in the picture) hardware RAID controller.

Virtual Machines installed on the StoneFly USS along with their hyper-converged storage are protected by StoneFly’s advanced delta-based snapshot technology, which allows you to recover a VM, file or volume from up to 63 points in time. Easily restore files that have been accidentally deleted, incorrectly modified, corrupted, or infected by a virus. Snapshot volumes are fully mountable and feature read and write capability if needed. Optional VSS agents ensure that your databases are properly quiesced for accurate snapshots.

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StoneFly’s real-time Synchronous Mirroring of your Virtual Machines and hyper-converged storage to a secondary USS appliance (campus mirroring) on your premises over the Local Area Network (LAN) allows you to have a full and identical copy of everything on your primary USS. Delta-based snapshots on the secondary appliance maintain point in time recovery. To ensure that your recovery measures are fully-effective, you can easily spin up replica VMs on the mirror appliance for DR testing or compliance.

This secondary USS appliance not only allows you to do everything that you could already do on the primary appliance, but also allows you to spin up one or all of your VMs on the mirror appliance in the event that a VM on the primary appliance has failed or if the entire primary appliance is down. When the primary appliance is repaired, a bare metal recovery of the primary appliance can be performed from the secondary appliance to restore the mirror.

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StoneFly SCVM™ 8.0 iSCSI Virtual Storage Appliance

Logical Volume Creation and Patented Advanced Storage Virtualization Services
200 iSCSI Volumes Supported with 1022 Concurrent Host iSCSI Sessions
iSCSI Port Teaming, Failover and Load-Balancing
Volume-Level Access Control and Dynamic Volume Management
Support for iSCSI, SNMP Traps, UPS, Nagios, RAID Monitoring, Call Home
System-Wide Graphical Performance and Utilization Reporting
Advanced Report Management
Automated Online Volume / Storage Expansion

StoneFly StoneFusion 8.0 Advanced Features Package

StoneFly Snapshot Services with 2520 Delta-Based Snapshots per Subsystem
Mountable Read-Write Snapshot Volumes
Snapshot Schedule Utility, Command Line Interface Utility
StoneFly Real-Time Synchronous Mirroring of iSCSI Volumes and Nodes (Campus Mirroring)
Multi-Site/Multi-Appliance Replication and Unified Central Management System
Thin Provisioning with Space Reclamation
Tiered Storage Architecture with Hardware and Software Support

Available Software Upgrade Options

Asynchronous Replication (One-to-Many & Many-to-One)
Hardware-Enabled Block Level AES 256 Volume Encryption
NAS with Support for CIFS/SMB and NFS Protocols
Fibre Channel SAN Target (License Bundled with Choice of 4Gb/8Gb/16Gb/32Gb HBAs)
Optimized Block Level Parallel Data Deduplication with High-Performance Index Engine
VSS Agents Support

USS Series Hardware Features

Choice of 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40 or 44 Storage Virtualization Engines per Node
Up to 2TB (USS-803X, 1203, 2403X) or 3TB (USS-1603, 2403) Data Packet and Command Queuing Cache for SSPP® (32GB Minimum)
USS-803X Supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 with RAID Cache Flash Protection
USS Models 12-Bay & Larger Support RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50 and 60 with RAID Cache Battery Backup
12Gb SAS Technology
8 to 24 Hot-Swappable Disk Drives per Chassis
Choice of SAS, SSD or Tiered Storage
Two Rear Hot-Swappable RAID Certified Drives Mirrored at RAID 1 for VMware and SCVM, Independent of Data Storage Array (Excludes USS-803X)
USS Models 12-Bay & Larger Scale Capacity with up to 10 Expansion Units per Node
Supports 1Gb Copper; 10Gb RJ-45/CX4 Copper, SFP+, SR/LR Optical; 40Gb QSFP+, CR4 Copper, SR4/LR4 Optical
Choice of VMware vSphere Hypervisor (Essentials, Essentials Plus, Standard, Enterprise Plus)
Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) v2.0 with KVM-Over-LAN
Integrated DVD+/-RW Optical Drive (USS-803X & 1603 Only)
Redundant 80-PLUS® Certified Hot-Swappable Power Supplies
Dynamic Storage Expansion
Operating Temperature: 10° to 35°C (50°F to 95°F)
Relative Humidity: 8 to 90%, Non-Condensing

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