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Enterprise File Sharing (NFS and SMB)
Under the DDN family, both Nexenta by DDN and Tintri by DDN have collaborated to offer an option leveraging NexentaStor technology as a virtual NAS appliance for file services.
In today’s virtualized datacenters, it is common to have different storage solutions used as primary storage for applications running in virtual machines/virtual desktops, and for general file sharing and user profile storage. There are increasingly more applications and uses cases, forcing some to look to different vendors to add on to their current deployment. Is adopting and integrating a different vendor solution the only answer, ultimately adding complexity? With inevitable growth and system lifecycles, there is an opportunity to consolidate file sharing on the same primary storage used to serve virtualization.
Serve your VM workloads alongside full-featured file services
o take advantage of the opportunity for consolidation, Nexenta by DDN and Tintri by DDN have optimized softwaredefined storage for Tintri’s infrastructure so that customers can serve their VM workloads alongside full-featured file services (NFS & SMB) under one, consolidated solution.
This allows customers to capitalize on their investment with the addition of a software integrated into their existing storage. With a specialized Virtual Storage Appliance for Tintri infrastructure, customers can seamlessly add software-defined file services to their existing virtualized environment.
Architecture Details
Easily deployed as an OVF on VMware ESXi hosts and the Tintri datastore, The NexentaStor VSA for Tintri is optimized to leverage the data reduction efficiencies and performance optimization inherent when storing data on Tintri infrastructure, and is designed for virtualization on VM-level actions.
The NexentaStor VSA for Tintri is built with a mature homegrown SMB stack for Windows and Mac clients, and is easily managed via NexentaFusion or a VMware vCenter plugin (Flex or HTML5). To enhance the reliability of the NexentaStor VSA, the optional use of the NexentaStor High Availability allows for minimal downtime and automated failover of file services in the event of a virtual machine or node failure. Built with the NexentaStor REST API, NexentaStor VSA can be integrated with existing Nexenta storage infrastructures and managed through the NexentaFusion interface or the VMware vCenter Plugin.
Simple Management
CLI, state of the art REST API and centralized management via NexentaFusion or a VMware vCenter plugin (Flex or HTML5)
Leverage your existing Tintri infrastructure, and simply add our software-defined storage to it
Enterprise Feature Set
NFSv3, NFSv4, SMB 2.1, SMB 3.02, Active Directory integration, Windows style ACLs, space-optimized snapshots, clones, remote replication
Maximize space savings from Tintri inline compression and deduplication.Customers that utilize NexentaStor for Tintri keep all of the benefits they know and love with Tintri while gaining some more.
| Manufacturer | DDN |
|---|---|
| Part No. | nexentastor |
| End of Life? | No |
| Architecture | Easily deployed as an OVF on VMware ESXi hosts and the Tintri datastore, The NexentaStor VSA for Tintri is optimized to leverage the data reduction efficiencies and erformance optimization inherent when storing data on Tintri infrastructure, and is designed for virtualization on VM-level actions. The NexentaStor VSA for Tintri is built with a mature homegrown SMB stack for Windows and Mac clients, and is easily managed via NexentaFusion or a VMware vCenter plugin (Flex or HTML5). |
| Network Support | Adding File Access to all-flash infrastructures (10GbE & 40GbE) and built in deduplication |