Definitions

Dispersive™ Software Defined Storage (Dispersive™ SDS) solutions comprise three different components that collaborate to divide and store data in ways that increase the security and reliability of information and the speed with which one can access it.

These components are:

Client: An edge device which utilizes a network drive interface natively, or which does so with Dispersive™ software (required for mobile phones), to save data to Dispersive™ SDS network storage devices

Network Storage Device: Software which allows any network block device to accept data from the shuffling server and rolls it to other devices in the virtualized storage pool

Shuffling Server: Server-based software which divides and forwards software across a virtualized storage pool of network block devices

Small (<50 users)

• Intel i7 Quad Core
• Memory: 16 GB
• HDD: 250 GB
• CentOS 6.6

Medium (<10,000 users)

• Intel Xeon E2400 6 core
• Memory: 64 GB
• HDD: 500 GB x2
• CentOS 6.6

Large (<40,000 users)

• Intel Xeon E5-2650 20 Core
• Memory: 128 GB
• HDD: 500 GB x2
• CentOS 6.6

Clients

Edge Device

Computer

• Intel i5 or dual-core Intel Core M
• Memory: 4 GB RAM (greater if recommended by specific operating system)
• HDD: 2GB
• Linux (CentOS 6.6/Ubuntu 12.04 LTS/Fedora (20)/Windows/Apple OS 10.9/ Android/ iOS  (with integration)

Smart Phone

• Memory: 1GB RAM
• Android / iOS (with integration effort)