Hyper-Converged Storage Solutions with Intel Skylake CPUs

Storage Spaces Direct enables the use of hyper-converged software-defined storage solutions for virtualization. Combined with Microsoft Windows Server 2016, powerful Intel® server hardware allows storage and application servers to run on the same platform. Hyper-converged storage and cluster appliances (HCCA) offer significant advantages over traditional storage approaches, especially when combined with Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct technology.

Using S2D, up to 16 nodes (minimum 2 nodes) can be combined into a cluster to create highly available storage for Hyper-V environments. In principle, local storage from the cluster nodes is aggregated into a virtual pooled volume that delivers maximum availability, flexibility, and performance. Upon request, we provide fully configured hyper-converged storage solutions that can be integrated into existing infrastructures with minimal effort.

Due to its close hardware integration, the platform achieves industry-leading application performance with up to several million IOPS. Scale performance further by adding additional nodes or extending existing nodes through external JBOD enclosures or internal storage expansion. By utilizing SMB 3.0 (Server Message Block) over RDMA, the solution achieves extremely low Ethernet latency while maintaining efficient CPU utilization. Microsoft Hyper-V has also been significantly enhanced in the latest Windows Server release. In addition to full Unix guest operating system support, Hyper-V now includes advanced security features such as Shielded VMs and TPM integration.

Performance Optimization with Intel® Scalable Xeon® Processors (Purley)

Hyper-Converged Storage Stack

To optimize HCCA system performance, the use of the latest scalable Intel® Xeon® processors is highly recommended. Happyware enables customers to combine hyper-converged storage solutions with Intel Inside Xeon platforms to maximize performance, scalability, and flexibility.

The 5th generation Intel Xeon processor family accelerates performance for the most demanding datacenter workloads. With up to 28 cores and 56 threads per processor, along with up to 38.5 MB last-level cache, these processors deliver the specifications required for high-end server deployments, including S2D environments.

Through high scalability and increased availability enabled by clustering, organizations can combine the most critical requirements of modern computing infrastructures. In particular, enhanced support for Intel NVMe drives enables shared storage clusters with extremely low latency, maximizing both IOPS and throughput.

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