As part of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2025), the Russian developer of data storage and virtualization solutions, "Aerodisk", for the first time demonstrated engineering samples of its hi-end storage system, based on the Aquarius hardware platform.
The new solution provides simultaneous symmetric access to data through eight active controllers (symmetric active-active). The system was created from scratch as a domestic product. The target market is corporate customers from the financial, industrial and government sectors.
The solution architecture is based on a scalable model with active clustering of up to 8 controllers, combined into a single resource pool with symmetric routing of I/O requests. This means that each controller has equal access to all volumes and ensures even load distribution without the need for centralized management of access paths.
As noted in "Aerodisk", each controller is a computing module based on a domestic hardware platform with high-performance processors and extensive network interface connectivity. Data transfer is implemented using the NVMEoF protocol.
The hardware part of the system is built on the "Aquarius" platform with maximum localization of components. The system uses domestic control and switching modules. The possibility of connecting domestic virtualization solutions and operating systems is provided. At the first stage, the functionality of the system will be basic, with subsequent expansion: it is planned to introduce deduplication, compression, snapshot mechanisms, as well as other storage optimization tools.
