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Quantum Myriad
High-end · all-flash · scale-out - Cloud-native, containerised all-flash scale-out NAS software on 1U NVMe nodes with an internal RDMA fabric, aimed at high-performance unstructured-data workloads.
| Platform | |
|---|---|
| OEM | Quantum |
| Family | Myriad |
| Class | High-end |
| Architecture | Scale-out cluster |
| Status | Legacy / superseded |
| Released | n/a |
| Operating system | Myriad 1.x (Kubernetes-orchestrated microservices) |
| Controllers | n/a |
| Nodes | 5 - ? |
| Cache / memory | n/a |
| Availability | n/a |
| Capacity and media | |
| Media | All-flash |
| Drive types | NVMe SSD |
| Drive note | 1U NVMe storage nodes with 10 x 2.5-inch single-ported TLC NVMe SSDs, 64-core CPU, 1 TB RAM, PCIe 4, 4 x 100 GbE; cluster also needs 2 x 1U load-balancer switches (32 x 100 GbE) and 1 x 1U deployment node. |
| Flash drive sizes | 15.36 TB |
| HDD sizes | n/a |
| Maximum drives | n/a |
| Controller enclosure | 1U, 10 drive bays |
| Expansion | n/a |
| Raw capacity | n/a |
| Cluster maximum | n/a |
| Effective maximum | n/a |
| Data reduction | n/a |
| Protection | n/a |
| Protection note | Software automatically detects, deploys and configures storage nodes; clusters can be expanded or shrunk non-disruptively; FlexSync replication to Myriad or StorNext and synchronisation to ActiveScale/S3. |
| Performance and connectivity | |
| Maximum IOPS | n/a |
| Maximum throughput | n/a |
| Latency | n/a |
| Conditions | Storage-node requirement is listed as 5 per cluster (taken as the minimum); no maximum node count, capacity or performance is published in the documentation. Internal 100 GbE NVMe/RDMA fabric. Myriad no longer appears in the quantum.com product catalogue (its product page redirects to the home page), so it is marked legacy; documentation remains online. |
| Protocols | NFS, SMB / CIFS |
| 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 | Unified User Interface (UUI), Cloud-Based Analytics, Python SDK/API |
| Power | n/a |
| Positioned for | n/a |
| 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://qsupport.quantum.com/kb/flare/Content/Myriad/DocSite/Topics/HardwareOverview.htm |