- Support for high-performance Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) and flash memory
- Massive data storage capacity that easily scales to petabytes with Cisco UCS Manager
- Policy-based storage management framework for zero-touch capacity on demand
- Dual-port 40-Gbps system I/O controllers with Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) 1300 platform embedded chip
- Unified I/O for Ethernet or Fibre Channel to existing NAS or SAN storage environments
- Support for Cisco bidirectional (BiDi) transceivers, with 40-Gbps connectivity over existing 10-Gbps cabling infrastructure
The Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server (Figure 1) is a modular, high-density, high-availability, dual-node storage-optimized server well suited for service providers, enterprises, and industry-specific environments. It provides dense, cost-effective storage to address your ever-growing data needs. Designed for a new class of data-intensive workloads, it is simple to deploy and excellent for applications for big data, data protection, software-defined storage environments, scale-out unstructured data repositories, media streaming, and content distribution.