INNOVATORS IN STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES

BlueStor
System Overview

BlueStor Technology

BlueStor™ is a technology represented by an ever-expanding product family that addresses today's accelerating needs for high performance, highly scalable and ultra-reliable data storage.

BlueStor's expansive product line is the result of R&D that began in 2001, and has resulted in JMR being awarded new patents along the way. BlueStor products include rack mount storage servers; JBOD and RAID storage shelves; all using many common high-grade components to provide extremely flexible, ultra high performance storage at a very competitive cost.

BlueStor PeSAN™ (PCIe Storage Attached Networks) DAS and NAS systems offer the highest bandwidth, and fastest data transfers in the industry, at cost points well below one dollar per Gigabyte. Using only 16 disk drives in dual RAID 5 sets (one 3U storage shelf), BlueStor achieves peak transfer rates of greater than 1.7GB/s, with the limitation being the number of disk drives.

3.3GB/s or greater transfer rates are achieved when using two storage shelves and 32 disk drives; and going to three shelves (48 disks) results in transfer rates in excess of 4.5B/s. These unmatched performance metrics for less than $0.50/GB system cost in a small-scale disk array significantly raises the performance bar while setting a new milestone for cost-affordable storage in the SMB and SME markets.

The high performance-to-cost ratio, as well as the compact form factor of BlueStor systems, make it the ideal choice for a variety of cost-conscious, performance oriented applications in the general IT and video related markets. BlueStor is perfect for online/nearline storage, data backup and recovery, production (HD direct to disk) and post-production; NVOD and VOD content distribution; surveillance/security; high speed D2D; medical imaging; geo-spatial imaging, and pre-press (automated printing). PeSAN directly attaches to the host server's PCIe bus using a simple host adapter we provide. The host adapter can have either one or two x8 PCIe external connections while occupying a single motherboard slot. Using a simple off-the-shelf cable, the x8 PCIe bus electrically attaches to the PeSAN storage shelf with its self-contained hardware RAID controller to provide best-in-class performance without burdening server processor resources - at a much lower cost than competing Fibre Channel or Infiniband attached systems.

All BlueStor 3U rack mount products provide up to sixteen (16) hot-swappable SAS or SATA II disk drives installed vertically, not horizontally, for minimum vibration, best signal path optimization and minimum airflow restriction.