VAST Foundations & Architecture

An introduction to the foundational elements of VAST architecture, covering the Disaggregated and Shared Everything (DASE) model, hardware components, and data reduction techniques. Agenda: • Introducing the VAST Data Platform and DASE Architecture • Cluster Hardware Options (CBoxes, DBoxes, EBoxes) • Deployment Options and Asymmetric Scaling • Multi-Protocol Capabilities and Security Suite • Data Reduction, Similarity, and Erasure Codes • Life of an I/O (Write/Read Path and Data Path Logic)