Overview

Chelsio Unified Storage Server (USS) is a turnkey, high-performance storage platform that unifies SAN and NAS services into a single appliance. It supports block and file protocols at scale—including iSCSI, NFS, SMB, NVMe/TCP, and NVMe-oF—while leveraging Chelsio offload technology to maximize IOPS and throughput with low CPU overhead. USS ships as bootable media or loadable software for x86-64 systems, provides a web-based management interface with a setup wizard, and is designed for OEM branding and integration.

Features and Capabilities

• Performance & Throughput: Up to multi-million IOPS and tens of Gbps throughput on a single Chelsio adapter; NVMe/TCP and protocol offloads reduce host CPU load.
• Multi-protocol Support: File and block services including NFS (v3+), SMB, SFTP, iSCSI (offload), NVMe/TCP offload, and NVMe-oF targets.
• Storage Management: Thin provisioning, snapshots, volume cloning, remote mirroring, dynamic provisioning, and flexible volume management.
• Deployment Options: Delivered as bootable flash media or loadable software image for standard x86-64 servers; OEM-friendly branding and packaging.
• Web-based Administration: Intuitive web GUI, multi-language support, and first-time setup wizard for rapid deployment and simplified administration.
• High Availability & DR: Support for remote replication and mirroring to enable disaster recovery and consolidation of file servers.
• Workload Fit: Suited for AI/ML data stores, virtualization, video storage, data warehousing, and general enterprise SAN/NAS use cases.
• Hardware Ecosystem: Integrates with Chelsio Unified Wire adapters and DPUs to accelerate storage network protocols and enable NVMe/TCP offload.