What is the name of the OceanStor Dorado V6 storage architecture?

Question

Options

• ASmartMatrix
• BVirtual Matrix
• CASIC

• A
  71% (32)
• B
  20% (9)
• C
  9% (4)

Explanation

SmartMatrix is the proprietary architecture name for Huawei's OceanStor Dorado V6 all-flash storage system - it describes a full-mesh interconnect topology that allows any controller to access any storage resource directly, eliminating bottlenecks and single points of failure.

Virtual Matrix (B) is the architecture used in the older OceanStor V3/V5 hybrid series, not the Dorado V6 all-flash line - a common mix-up since both are Huawei architectures. ASIC (C) is not an architecture name at all; it's a type of chip (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit) that Huawei uses within the Dorado V6 hardware to accelerate tasks like deduplication and compression, but it doesn't name the overall architecture.

Memory tip: Think "Dorado = Smart" - the Dorado line is Huawei's premium all-flash (i.e., the "smart" choice), so it gets the SmartMatrix architecture. The older hybrid arrays got the "Virtual" name.

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