Elastic Block Storage

Carrier light computing storage (elastic block storage)

Elastic block storage service benchmarking AWS EBS

Project background

LUISUAN Technology has in-depth cooperation with an operator to create a customized light computing storage disk frame based on the GP7000 all-flash storage platform, benchmarking AWS EBS elastic block storage, and providing a high-performance, elastically scalable, and highly reliable persistent block storage base for the operator's cloud host.

Core Highlights

Highlights	key data
Ultimate storage performance	Up to 70 million IOPS · 300GB/s bandwidth
Light computing integration	Built-in GP7000-DPU, protocol offloading and nearby processing
Elastic block storage	Benchmark AWS EBS, create/mount/expand on demand
Green energy saving	The overall energy consumption of the cluster is reduced by more than 30%

Why you need elastic block storage

In the cloud computing system, elastic block storage (such as AWS EBS) provides mountable persistent disks for cloud servers: creating volumes on demand, mounting/unmounting at any time, flexible adjustment of capacity and performance, and supporting snapshot backup, encryption, and multi-tenant isolation. With the expansion of operators' AI training, big data and high-concurrency enterprise applications, the adaptability of the original storage facilities is insufficient, and a set of EBS-like high-performance block storage base is needed.

AWS EBS capabilities	This plan is realized
Block Volume	Elastic block volume based on GP7000, which can be mounted to cloud hosts
Performance tiering (gp3/io2, etc.)	Multi-level IOPS/throughput configuration, up to 70 million IOPS, 300GB/s
Snapshots and backups	Snapshot/backup mechanism and dual-port NVMe high availability
Flexible expansion and scheduling	Connect to cloud management and control platform for automated management and flexible scheduling
Encryption and tenant isolation	Multi-tenant volume isolation and encrypted storage

core design

Storage module: end-to-end NVMe all-flash

Dual-port NVMe U.2 SSD, single disk capacity up to 248TB
The whole machine can be configured with up to 24 hard drives and 300GB/s bandwidth
Up to 70 million IOPS, end-to-end NVMe architecture

Light computing module: GP7000-DPU

Integrated customized lightweight computing unit with storage protocol processing and data offload computing capabilities
Avoid redundant computing power of traditional computing nodes and achieve the integration of "light computing + high-performance storage"

Storage and calculation collaboration and management and control docking

Diskless storage and computing separation architecture, independent storage expansion, storage tasks are processed nearby
Open up the operator's cloud management and control platform to automate management, flexible scheduling and status monitoring

Benchmarking the core capabilities of AWS EBS

Elastic block-level storage: Create/mount/unmount block volumes on demand, elastically adjust capacity and performance
High performance layering: Multi-level IOPS/throughput configuration to meet AI training, high-concurrency database and other scenarios
Data is reliable: Snapshot and backup, dual-port high availability, data integrity assurance
safety and isolation: Multi-tenant volume isolation and encrypted storage, adapting to the multi-tenant architecture of the cloud platform

Solution value

value	illustrate
Excellent performance and energy efficiency	Extreme storage performance supports AI training and high-concurrency databases, reducing cluster energy consumption by more than 30%
Lower the replacement threshold	Accurately match resource allocation, smoothly connect with existing facilities, and significantly reduce replacement costs and risks.
Can be copied and upgraded	The "universal platform + customized transformation" methodology can be extended to data centers in different regions