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H3C UniStor X18000 G6
High-end · all-flash · scale-out - High-density all-NVMe distributed storage that ships 4 nodes plus switching in one 2U chassis, built for AI training, genomics, autonomous-driving data and mixed block/file/object workloads.
| Platform | |
|---|---|
| OEM | H3C |
| Family | UniStor X10000 |
| Class | High-end |
| Architecture | Scale-out cluster |
| Status | Current |
| Released | n/a |
| Operating system | n/a |
| Controllers | 8192 |
| Nodes | 4 - 8192 |
| Cache / memory | n/a |
| Availability | n/a |
| Capacity and media | |
| Media | All-flash |
| Drive types | NVMe SSD |
| Drive note | 2U chassis with 4 nodes and 2 built-in switches; each node has 1 Intel 4th Gen Xeon, up to 512 GB memory, optional Optane persistent memory, 2 x 480 GB system SSDs and 12 x E1.S NVMe SSD data drives (base_drive_bays is per node). |
| Flash drive sizes | n/a |
| HDD sizes | n/a |
| Maximum drives | n/a |
| Controller enclosure | 2U, 12 drive bays |
| Expansion | n/a |
| Raw capacity | n/a |
| Cluster maximum | n/a |
| Effective maximum | n/a |
| Data reduction | n/a |
| Protection | 2-8 replicas, Erasure coding N+1 to N+4 |
| Protection note | Rebuild under 15 min/TB; fault and protection domains; snapshots, clones, asynchronous remote replication and stretched active-active; WORM for files and objects; data durability up to 11 nines. |
| Performance and connectivity | |
| Maximum IOPS | n/a |
| Maximum throughput | n/a |
| Latency | n/a |
| Conditions | One 2U chassis delivers 4 nodes that form a distributed cluster on their own (nodes_min = 4); scales to 8,192 nodes and EB-level namespace. Front-end 10/25/100GE TCP/IP and 100GE RoCE; PCIe 5.0 and internal 200G switching modules. power_w = typical consumption of one 2U chassis. No capacity, IOPS or throughput figures published. |
| Protocols | iSCSI, NFS, SMB / CIFS, FTP, HDFS, S3 object, OpenStack Swift |
| Fibre Channel | - |
| Ethernet | 100 GbE |
| Host ports | n/a |
| Limits | |
| Volumes / LUNs | n/a |
| File systems | n/a |
| Snapshots | n/a |
| Management and support | |
| Management | Web GUI or CLI; AI-assisted O&M; SNMP |
| Power | 1,800 W |
| Positioned for | AI / ML, Virtualization, Databases, Analytics |
| Warranty | n/a |
| Design terms | Storage pool · LUN · Host group · Asynchronous replication |
| Data services | |
✓ Deduplication
✓ Compression
✓ Thin provisioning
✓ Snapshots
✓ Clones
✓ Asynchronous replication
? Synchronous replication
✓ Active-active / metro
✓ Encryption at rest
? Immutable snapshots
? Ransomware detection
✓ Quality of service
✓ Automated tiering
? Cloud tiering
? VMware vVols
✓ Kubernetes CSI
✓ Native file services
✓ Native object (S3)
✓ Non-disruptive upgrades
✓ Scale-out
✓ stated by the OEM · ✕ not offered · ? not stated | |
| Source | |
| Product page | https://www.h3c.com/cn/Products_And_Solution/Storage/H3C/Products/Mass_Storage_Device/Products_Series/X1000/H3C_UniStor_X18000_G6/ |
| Datasheet | https://download.h3c.com/app/cn/download.do?id=10695375 |