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Huawei OceanStor 18500 V3
Huawei OceanStor 18500 V3
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Huawei OceanStor 18500 V3 — Product Documentation List, Overview, and Specifications
1. Product Documentation List
| No. | Document Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | OceanStor 18500 V3 Product Overview | High-level introduction covering positioning, target industries, and key value propositions |
| 2 | OceanStor 18500 V3 Technical Specifications | Detailed hardware and software specifications table |
| 3 | OceanStor 18000 V3 Series Architecture White Paper | Deep-dive into SmartMatrix 2.0 architecture, reliability design, and Active-Active capabilities |
| 4 | OceanStor 18500 V3 Performance Benchmark Report | SPC-1 benchmark results and performance analysis |
| 5 | OceanStor 18500 V3 Deployment Guide | Installation, configuration, and deployment best practices |
| 6 | OceanStor 18500 V3 Data Protection Solutions Guide | HyperSnap, HyperClone, HyperMetro, HyperReplication and related data protection software documentation |
| 7 | OceanStor 18500 V3 Virtualization Integration Guide | Compatibility and integration with VMware, FusionSphere, XenServer, and Hyper-V |
| 8 | OceanStor 18500 V3 Storage Management Software User Guide | DeviceManager, UltraPath, eSight, BCManager, and Cloud Service management tools |
| 9 | OceanStor 18500 V3 Site Preparation Guide | Power, cooling, space, and environmental requirements |
| 10 | OceanStor 18500 V3 Best Practices for OLTP/OLAP | Application-specific tuning and configuration recommendations |
2. Product Overview
The Huawei OceanStor 18500 V3 is a high-end enterprise storage system designed for mission-critical workloads. It is part of the OceanStor 18000 V3 series, which sets a benchmark for reliability, performance, and cloud-ready convergence in enterprise storage .
Positioning and Target Applications
The OceanStor 18500 V3 is engineered for large-scale OLTP and OLAP database applications, cloud computing environments, and other data-intensive mission-critical workloads. It is widely deployed across government, finance, telecommunications, energy, transportation, and manufacturing industries . The system delivers 99.9999% solution availability, making it suitable for enterprises that cannot tolerate service interruption .
Architecture and Reliability
At the core of the OceanStor 18500 V3 is the exclusive SmartMatrix 2.0 system architecture. This architecture can tolerate dual points of failure and supports gateway-less Active-Active deployment for both SAN and NAS environments. The system scales from 2 to 16 controllers, with each controller functioning as an active node in the cluster. Even in the event of multiple controller failures, business operations can continue without interruption .
Performance
The OceanStor 18500 V3 delivers industry-leading performance. In an SPC-1 benchmark submission, a 16-controller configuration achieved 2,340,241 SPC-1 IOPS™ with an overall response time of 0.537 ms . Under full-flash configurations, the system achieves up to 3 million SPC-1 IOPS™ with sub-1 ms latency, enabling responsive performance for the most demanding enterprise applications .
Scalability and Convergence
The system supports up to 16 TB of cache and scales to 6,400 2.5-inch drives or 3,072 3.5-inch drives in the 18500 V3 configuration . It converges SAN and NAS protocols, backup, and heterogeneous virtualization into a single platform, supporting smooth evolution toward future cloud-based data center architectures .
3. Technical Specifications
| Category | Specification |
|---|---|
| Product Type | SAN / Unified Storage (SAN + NAS) |
| System Architecture | SmartMatrix 2.0 |
| Maximum Controllers | 16 |
| Maximum Cache | 16 TB |
| Processor | Multi-core, multi-processor |
| Maximum Host Interfaces | 384 |
| Maximum Hosts | 65,536 |
| Maximum LUNs | 65,536 |
| Drive Bays | 6,400 (2.5″) / 3,072 (3.5″) |
| Supported Drive Types | 2.5″: SSD, SAS; 3.5″: SSD, NL-SAS |
| Storage Protocols | FC, FCoE, iSCSI, InfiniBand, NFS, CIFS, HTTP, FTP |
| Port Types | 16 Gbps FC, 8 Gbps FC, 10 Gbps FCoE, 1/10 Gbps Ethernet, 56 Gbps InfiniBand, SAS 3.0 (backend, single port 4×12 Gbps) |
| Supported Operating Systems | AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, Linux, Windows, and others |
| Virtualization Platforms | FusionSphere, VMware, XenServer, Hyper-V |
| Data Protection Software | HyperSnap (Snapshot), HyperClone, HyperCopy, HyperMirror, HyperMetro (Active-Active), HyperReplication, HyperLock (WORM), HyperVault |
| Key Business Assurance | SmartQoS, SmartPartition, SmartCache |
| Resource Efficiency | SmartThin, SmartMotion, SmartTier, SmartErase, SmartMigration, SmartVirtualization, SmartMulti-tenant, SmartQuota, SmartDedupe & SmartCompression |
| Management Software | UltraPath, BCManager, DeviceManager, eSight, Cloud Service |
| Power Supply | AC 220V / 240V / 380V, 32A |
| Dimensions (Max Cabinet) | 600 × 1232 × 2000 mm (including casters and feet) |
| Weight (Fully Configured) | System Cabinet: 680 kg; Drive Cabinet: 540 kg |
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