In common scenarios, a storage system must interwork with one or more servers to provide services. Servers must be managed and maintained independently, incurring extra costs on manpower and resources. Generally, storage nodes have underused computing capabilities, which is a waste of resources for customers.
The InfoContainer feature enables OceanStor 9000 to provide virtual machine (VM) services. With InfoContainer, OceanStor 9000 can use idle computing resources of a storage system to provide virtual devices for users to install the VM operating system and software, which can deliver application-based services such as video surveillance and file warehousing, eliminating the need of setting up an independent application server
shows the benefits of InfoContainer.
Benefit | Description |
|---|---|
Reducing user costs, system complexity, and device power consumption, improving system integration, increasing the data access speed, decreasing delay, and delivering convenient access. | VM operating systems and application software are deployed on storage nodes to integrate service software and storage, without any need for an independent server. Files generated during services are directly stored to the shared directory of a file system, which saves the process of mutual transfer between servers. |
Flexibly allocating application-required resources. | Proper hardware resources are allocated to service applications in VMs to maximize the application performance and maximize the usage of hardware resources. |
