Enterprise IT-solution provider Oracle on Monday launched a new
enterprise grade flash storage system that it claims will deliver
superior performance than existing technology, capacity scaling and
quicker responses while handling mixed workloads.
Called All Flash
FS1, the new storage system can work faster in mixed workload scenarios
like handling online transaction processing (OLTP) and high-speed data
backup in an enterprise storage area network (SAN) environment as well
as in private or public cloud storage systems.
While OLTP is a
class of information systems that facilitate and manage
transaction-oriented applications, SAN is a dedicated network that
provides access to consolidated, block level data storage.
"It
delivers input-output prioritisation based on business value and can
scale to nearly 1 petabyte (PB) of raw flash capacity," the company said
in a statement.
"High latency has impacted customers on shared
storage platforms for years, slowing down OLTP response times and
preventing mixed workloads from running at full speed. Customers are
looking to flash to address these issues. Our new storage system will
take of these specific problems," said Mike Workman, senior vice
president, flash storage systems, Oracle.
Latency is a time interval between the stimulation and response which in the IT world can be treated as input and output.