Virtualization

Virtualization is at the heart of modern IT infrastructure, enabling multiple virtual machines to run on a single physical host. However, virtualized environments demand highly efficient storage solutions to ensure data reliability, high performance, and low latency. This is where Xinnor’s xiRAID excels.

xiRAID is a high-performance software RAID solution optimized for virtualized environments. Whether you're running Proxmox VE, VMware, or other hypervisors, xiRAID enhances storage performance without compromising data integrity. By fully utilizing CPU resources and minimizing I/O overhead, xiRAID enables faster disk operations, improves throughput, and optimizes the use of available storage hardware, making it ideal for virtualized workloads.

Why Choose xiRAID for Virtualized Environments?

High Performance in Virtual Machines

xiRAID delivers near-native drive performance in virtual environments by leveraging advanced data processing algorithms that minimize the performance impact typically seen with software RAID solutions.

Efficient Resource Utilization

xiRAID’s optimized software architecture ensures that RAID operations do not become a bottleneck in virtualized environments. It effectively balances CPU and memory usage, allowing other virtualized workloads to run smoothly without storage-induced delays.

Flexibility and Scalability

As your virtualized environment grows, xiRAID can seamlessly scale with it. It supports various RAID levels and configurations, giving administrators the flexibility to choose the right balance between performance, redundancy, and storage capacity.

Lower TCO

xiRAID's software-defined architecture reduces the need for expensive hardware RAID controllers, lowering overall infrastructure costs while still delivering high reliability and performance.

Ease of Integration

Whether in Proxmox, VMware, or other virtualization platforms, xiRAID integrates smoothly into existing environments. Its compatibility with major hypervisors ensures that deploying and managing xiRAID is straightforward.

VMware Solution

Virtual Raid Appliance

VMware is a dominant force in the virtualization space, and Xinnor's xiRAID Opus offers a cutting-edge solution for VMware environments, delivering superior storage performance without the need for hardware RAID controllers.

This collaboration with Western Digital introduces a Virtual RAID Appliance (VRA) solution that integrates high-performance storage with virtualized VMware environments. The VRA leverages Western Digital's OpenFlex Data24 NVMe-oF Storage Platform and the xiRAID Opus software RAID engine to offer performance, security, cost-effectiveness, and compatibility.

The VRA creates RAID-protected virtual block devices, which are then re-exported to the virtualization cluster as Datastores. Extensive performance tests demonstrate the solution's scalability, achieving millions of IOPS for both random and sequential operations and fully utilizing 100 Gigabit interfaces with only eight drives. This approach enables the VRA to deliver performance levels comparable to high-end flash arrays while optimizing IT operations and infrastructure investments.

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Proxmox Solution

Advanced Virtualization Performance with xiRAID Opus

Proxmox VE is a powerful open-source virtualization platform that offers flexibility and high performance. When paired with xiRAID Opus, Proxmox environments benefit from significant performance boosts in storage operations.

In a recent blog post, we explored how xiRAID Opus dramatically enhances Proxmox virtualization performance. Using xiRAID Opus in a Proxmox environment enables a single virtual machine to achieve performance levels comparable to a large physical server connected to a high-end storage system. This level of performance is typically unattainable with competing solutions, especially within a virtualized environment.

The post covers detailed benchmark results, showing reduced latency and increased throughput, all without requiring specialized hardware.

	Sequential Write (GB/s)	Sequential Read (GB/s)	Random Write (M IOPS)	Random Read (M IOPS)
Baseline	55,4	72,5	1,22	16
xiRAID	45	71,5	1,7	6,2

By handling RAID processing efficiently at the software level, xiRAID Opus ensures that Proxmox VMs have the data access speed they need to perform at their best, even under heavy load conditions.

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Elevate Your Virtualization with xiRAID

In today’s data-driven world, storage performance is crucial for maintaining high levels of service in virtualized environments. Xinnor’s xiRAID solution offers a perfect blend of performance, reliability, and cost-effectiveness, designed to meet the demanding needs of modern IT infrastructures.

Whether you’re running Proxmox VE, VMware, or other hypervisors, xiRAID ensures that your virtual machines have the fast, reliable storage they need to perform optimally. By delivering software-defined RAID with unmatched performance and flexibility, xiRAID empowers businesses to scale their virtualized environments efficiently while lowering overall costs.

Explore how xiRAID can transform your virtual infrastructure today.