K2 Gen6, linear scalability for CPU cores

Kaminario has announced the 6th generation K2 All Flash Array (hereinafter K2 Gen6). Evolving into the 6th generation, the K2 All Flash Array has been released as a petabyte-class storage equipped with the performance and agility required by the on-demand era.



K2 Gen6 allows for linear scaling of CPU cores and, unlike the closed architecture of traditional storage architectures, enables independent SSD capacity expansion.

The K2 Gen6 provides PB-level scalability. The K2 is configured in K-block units. Each K-block consists of a pair of controllers configured in an active/active manner and drive shelves that can accommodate one to up to four additional drives. Each shelf contains 24 SSDs. The shelves of the K2 Gen6 use 4 terabyte 3D TLC drives. For this reason, 1 K2 Gen6 K-block can achieve an effective capacity of 1 PB through scale-up expansion.

This represents nearly five times higher scalability compared to the 5th generation K2 K-block. Designed with a true scale-out architecture, the K2 allows access to volumes from all active and active controllers. Equipped with Intel Broadwell CPUs, the K2 Gen6 delivers twice the performance of the previous generation. For reference, Kaminario customers using previous generation products can add K2 Gen6 modules to their existing environments without interrupting equipment operation.

The K2 Gen6 is not only enhanced in physical capacity and SSD density. It optimally utilizes hardware resources through innovative compression algorithms. With improved compression efficiency, the K2 Gen6 demonstrates a data reduction rate of over 25% under most operating conditions.

K2 Gen6 is based on VisionOS, the essence of Kaminario technology. VisionOS follows a software-defined architecture and framework structure to provide advanced data services.