Executive Summary RAID-5 configurations, while providing redundancy and data protection, can severely reduce the lifespan of SSDs. Workloads that typically exhaust SSDs in 3 years under RAID-0 or RAID-10 setups can shorten their lifespan to just 1.75 years in an...
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The RAID 10 Killer: How Host FTL Outperforms Traditional RAID
OVERVIEW: BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS OF TRADITIONAL RAID RAID 10 has long been the go-to solution for organizations seeking a balance between data redundancy and storage performance. By combining striping speed with mirroring protection, RAID 10 delivers quick...
maxRAID: 19TB High-Perfromance Use Case
This evaluation compares a 19TB high-performance storage system, assessing maxRAID against conventional RAID solutions like MD RAID, Xinnor, and GRAID. While conventional RAID depends on high-endurance SSDs for longevity, maxRAID delivers optimized performance with...
maxRAID: 200TB Database Use Case
This evaluation compares a 200TB database storage system using 30.72TB drives, assessing maxRAID against RAID-10 and RAID-5 solutions, including MD RAID, Xinnor, and GRAID. RAID-10 requires 14 drives, while RAID-5 needs 8. With maxRAID’s advanced compression—achieving...
How maxRAID Works: The Big Picture
maxRAID is a host-based Flash Translation Layer (FTL) that optimizes All-Flash Arrays. But how does it deliver such impressive benefits? It all comes down to intelligent design and math. At its core, maxRAID is a block translation layer that excels in handling garbage...