World’s fastest scale-out storage system?

Huawei has launched OceanStor 9000, claimed to be the world’s fastest scale-out storage system aimed specifically at the media industry at CeBIT 2015 in Hanover. This system will help customers build media production platforms that easily meet the challenges encountered during the evolution to 4K.

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“Changes in the media industry market have proven difficult for the IT industry,” said Joerg Karpinski, Sales Director of Enterprise Germany, Huawei. “To address the changes, Huawei has released a media solution that features ultimate performance, energy efficiency, and simplicity. The solution meets requirements for 4K UHD editing and propels the application of 4K technology in the media industry forward.”


The OceanStor 9000 provides industry-leading flexible scalability to 288 storage nodes that provide up to 60 PB of storage space. The storage space can be linearly expanded along with business growth. By building a flexible, online media resource pool, the OceanStor 9000 enables smooth transition from HD to 4K UHD. Thanks to its high-density, energy-efficient system design, the OceanStor 9000 reduces space usage by 200% and energy consumption by 30%, further lowering the OPEX of media asset.


Employing an innovative, converged architecture, one OceanStor 9000 is able to provide resource sharing for all media workflows, including ingesting, editing, playout, management, and storage. The free, intelligent data flow enabled by the system eliminates storage silos of traditional media architecture to boost efficiency of all workflows while bringing down the management cost.


“Anticipating the IT industry changes and trends, Huawei Storage constantly innovates to optimize industry solutions and collaborates with partners to offer industry-leading products and solutions that help customers grow business,” said Fan Ruiqi, President of the Huawei Storage Product Line. “In the media industry, Huawei innovates and optimizes the OceanStor 9000 for 4K video editing and workflows so that the product becomes the solution of choice for customers to transition to 4K UHD video editing.”

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