--- description: Today DataDirect Networks (DDN) introduced the industry’s first enterprise scale-out parallel file system appliance, the GS7K. The GS7K is complete with... title: DataDirect Networks Introduce Industry’s First Enterprise Scale-Out Parallel File System Appliance with Cloud Tiering image: https://www.storagereview.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/data-direct-networks-badge-small.png --- [![Storage Review]()](https://storagereview.com/) --- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/@storagereview) [X (Twitter)](https://twitter.twitter.com/storagereview) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/storagereview/) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/storagereview-com) [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/storagereview?sub_confirmation=1) [Email](mailto:info@storagereview.com) [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/1y6VnznABhHeOSMOmbDTz0) [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/StorageReview/) [Discord](https://discord.gg/TwMHb4azdC) [RSS Feed](https://www.storagereview.com/rss.xml) [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@storagereview) [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/@storagereview) [X (Twitter)](https://twitter.com/storagereview) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/storagereview/) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/storagereview-com) [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/storagereview?sub_confirmation=1) [Email](mailto:info@storagereview.com) [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/1y6VnznABhHeOSMOmbDTz0) [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/StorageReview/) [Discord](https://discord.gg/TwMHb4azdC) [RSS Feed](https://www.storagereview.com/rss.xml) [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@storagereview) [![StorageReview.com]()](https://www.storagereview.com) ≡ Menu - [Home](https://www.storagereview.com/) - [Storage Reviews](https://www.storagereview.com/review) - [End User Reviews](https://www.storagereview.com/consumer) - [Enterprise Reviews](https://www.storagereview.com/enterprise) - [Ubiquiti Reviews](https://www.storagereview.com/best/ubiquiti-reviews) - [SR Merch](https://store.storagereview.com) - [Leaderboards](https://www.storagereview.com/best) - [Best Storage Arrays](https://www.storagereview.com/best/storage-arrays) - [Best Enterprise SSDs](https://www.storagereview.com/best/enterprise-ssds) - [Best Servers](https://www.storagereview.com/best/servers) - [Best Enterprise GPUs](https://www.storagereview.com/best/enterprise-gpus) - [Best Desktops for Local AI](https://www.storagereview.com/best/desktops-local-ai) - [Best Laptops for Local AI](https://www.storagereview.com/best/laptops-local-ai) - [Best Local LLM Tools](https://www.storagereview.com/best/local-llm-tools) - [Agentic AI Hardware](https://www.storagereview.com/best/agentic-ai-hardware) - [Best SSDs & Hard Drives](https://www.storagereview.com/best_drives) - [Best Portable SSDs](https://www.storagereview.com/best/portable-ssds) - [Best Business Laptops](https://www.storagereview.com/best/business-laptops) - [Best Mobile Workstations](https://www.storagereview.com/best/mobile-workstations) - [Best Desktop Workstations](https://www.storagereview.com/best/desktop-workstations) - [Best Mini PCs](https://www.storagereview.com/best/mini-pcs) - [Best Laptop Battery Life](https://www.storagereview.com/best/laptop-battery-life) - [Storage Reference Guide](https://www.storagereview.com/storage-reference-guide) - [About SR](https://www.storagereview.com/about-storagereview) - [StorageReview.com Sweepstakes Rules and Regulations](https://www.storagereview.com/storagereview-com-sweepstakes-rules-and-regulations) Search [Home](https://www.storagereview.com/) » [News](https://www.storagereview.com/news) » DataDirect Networks Introduce Industry’s First Enterprise Scale-Out Parallel File System Appliance with Cloud Tiering # DataDirect Networks Introduce Industry’s First Enterprise Scale-Out Parallel File System Appliance with Cloud Tiering by Adam Armstrong on October 1, 2014 [Enterprise](https://www.storagereview.com/enterprise)  ◇  [Enterprise Storage](https://www.storagereview.com/enterprise/enterprise-storage) Today DataDirect Networks (DDN) introduced the industry’s first enterprise scale-out parallel file system appliance, the GS7K. The GS7K is complete with enterprise-class features, NAS access, and Cloud tiering capabilities. ![]() Managing Big Data presents challenges to organizations such as massively scalable and powerful storage that needs to scale on demand. Traditional scale-out systems have bottlenecks that prevent them from the performance and capacity to reach the requirements of Big Data. DataDirect Network's GS7K is a massively scalable parallel file system with enterprise grade data management and protection in an all-in-one appliance. The GS7K combines DDN's Storage Fusion Architecture with the performance and scalability of IBM's GPFS file system giving customers the best of both worlds: massive performance and scalability with simplicity and rich features such as migration between SSD, SAS, SATA tiers, Cloud and tape under one global namespace, and federation of GS7K namespaces for multi-site ingest, distribution and collaboration across multiple GS7K clusters. Customers can start small, 60 drives in a 4U rack space with 6GB/s and add up to 4 more blocks giving them up to 396 drives in a 20U rack space with 12GB/s per scale-out chassis. **Key benefits and features include:** - Snapshots and Rollback - Quotas - Replication - Cloud connectivity - Data tiering - Comes fully configured simplifying setup and deployment - Scales to 100s of GB/s performance and PBs of capacity by adding more GS7K systems - DirectMon cluster management framework for simple administration - Leverages Storage Fusion Xcelerator combining the performance of flash with the economy of rotating media - Enterprise grade data protection and management - System is four times denser than commodity – 84 drive in 4U - 24/7 support **Availability** The DataDirect GS7K will be available Q4 of this year.  [DataDirect site](http://www.ddn.com/) **Engage with StorageReview** [Newsletter](https://www.storagereview.com/storage_newsletter) |  [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/StorageReview "Opens in a new window") | Podcast  [iTunes](https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/storagereview-com-storage-reviews/id1060681115 "Opens in a new window")/ [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/1y6VnznABhHeOSMOmbDTz0 "Opens in a new window") |  [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/storagereview/ "Opens in a new window") |  [Twitter](https://twitter.com/storagereview "Opens in a new window") |  [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@storagereview? 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