
User Guide 1. Overview
1.1 OpenFlex Data24 Overview
1.1 OpenFlex Data24 Overview
The OpenFlex Data24 is a 2U rack mounted data
storage enclosure built on the OpenFlex platform.
OpenFlex is Western Digital’s architecture that
supports Open Composable Infrastructure (OCI).
The OpenFlex Data24 is a Just-a-Bunch-Of-Flash
(JBOF) platform that leverages this OCI approach
in the form of disagreggated data storage using
NVMe-over-Fabrics (NVMe-oF™). NVMe-oF is a
networked storage protocol that allows storage
to be disaggregated from compute to make that
storage widely available to multiple applications and
hosts. By enabling applications to share a common pool of storage capacity, data can be easily shared
between applications, or needed capacity can be allocated to an application regardless of location.
Utilizing NVMe™ device-level performance, NVMe-oF promises to deliver the lowest end-to-end latency
from application to shared storage. NVMe-oF enables composable infrastructures to deliver the data
locality benefits of NVMe (low latency, high performance) while providing the agility and flexibility of sharing
storage and compute.
Composable Infrastructure
An emerging category of
datacenter infrastructure that
seeks to disaggregate compute,
storage, and networking fabric
resources into shared resource
pools that can be available
for on-demand allocation (i.e.,
“composable”). Composability
occurs at the software level,
disaggregation occurs at the
hardware level using NVMe-
over-Fabric—will vastly improve
compute and storage utilization,
performance, and agility in the
data center.
OpenFlex
OpenFlex is Western Digital’s
architecture that supports Open
Composable Infrastructure
through storage disaggregation
– both disk and flash natively
attached to a scalable fabric.
OpenFlex does not rule out
multiple fabrics, but whenever
possible, Ethernet will be used as
a unifying connect for both flash
and disk because of its broad
applicability and availability.
Open Composable API
Western Digital's Open
Composable API is a REST
interface designed for data
center composability. It builds
upon existing industry standards
utilizing the best features of those
standards as well as practices
from proprietary management
protocols.
• 368TB 1 Max Storage Capacity • 200V - 240V Input Voltages • Dual 2000W PSUs
• 100Gbps NVMe-oF • 2U Form Factor • Operational Temperature: 10°C to
35°C
• 29.7 kg / 65.5 lbs.
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