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1.1 OpenFlex™ Data24 3200 Overview
The OpenFlex™ Data24 3200 is a 2U rack mounted
data storage enclosure built on the OpenFlex
platform. OpenFlex Data24 3200 utilizes two IOMs to
provide data connectivity using QSFP28 connections
through Western Digital's RapidFlex add-in cards.
OpenFlex is Western Digital's architecture that
supports Open Composable Infrastructure (OCI).
The OpenFlex Data24 3200 is a Just-a-Bunch-
Of-Flash (JBOF) platform that leverages this OCI
approach in the form of disagreggated data storage
using NVMe-over-Fabrics (NVMe-oF™). NVMe-oF
is a networked storage protocol that allows storage to be disaggregated from compute to make that storage
widely available to multiple applications and hosts. By enabling applications to share a common pool of
storage capacity, data can be easily shared between applications, or needed capacity can be allocated to
an application regardless of location. Utilizing NVMe™ device-level performance, NVMe-oF promises to
deliver the lowest end-to-end latency from application to shared storage. NVMe-oF enables composable
infrastructures to deliver the data locality benefits of NVMe (low latency, high performance) while providing
the agility and flexibility of sharing storage and compute.
OpenFlex
OpenFlex is Western Digital's
architecture that supports Open
Composable Infrastructure
through storage disaggregation
– both disk and flash natively
attached to a scalable fabric.
OpenFlex does not rule out
multiple fabrics, but whenever
possible, Ethernet will be used
as a unifying connection for both
flash and disk because of its
broad applicability and availability.
Features
• 368TB Max Storage Capacity
• 100Gbps NVMe-oF
• 29.7 kg / 65.5 lbs.
Composable Infrastructure
An emerging category of
datacenter infrastructure that
seeks to disaggregate compute,
storage, and networking fabric
resources into shared resource
pools that can be available
for on-demand allocation (i.e.,
"composable"). Composability
occurs at the software level,
disaggregation occurs at the
hardware level using NVMe-
over-Fabric—will vastly improve
compute and storage utilization,
performance, and agility in the
data center.
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• 200 - 240Vac Input Voltages
• 2U Form Factor
1.1 OpenFlex ™ Data24 3200 Overview
Open Composable API
Western Digital's Open
Composable API is a REST
interface designed for data
center composability. It builds
upon existing industry standards
utilizing the best features of those
standards as well as practices
from proprietary management
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protocols.
• Dual 2000W PSUs
• Operational Temperature: 10°C to
35°C
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