High Speed IP SAN with Powerful Scalability
Aberdeen furnishes all its XDAS D-Series iSCSI 10G-to-SAS/SATA models with two 10GbE iSCSI ports on each controller and a new SAS2.0 6G hard drive backplane. When data grows out of the capacity threshold of a single subsystem, you can scale it up to an installation housing more than one hundred drives through expansion enclosures. Powered by the new-generation RAID engine as its heart, the new D-Series iSCSI-to-SAS/SATA Series can deliver outstanding performance for processing large amounts of data. The no-delay, smooth operations it enables can satisfactorily meet the service levels your business requires. Coupled with the broad support for enterprise-level OS and server virtualization, it can serve as data storage for top-tier applications.
High-Availability SAN Delivers Great Price-Performance
Data availability is critical to any business operation. Aberdeen's XDAS D-Series storage solution features high-availability hardware designs with redundant, hot-swappable hardware components, such as RAID controllers, power supplies and cooling fans to eliminate single point of failure. Hardware RAID protection ensures data accessibility during drive failure. In the event of a power outage, CacheSafe technology will automatically leverage power of the Battery Backup Unit (BBU) to safeguard cached data by writing it to the flash module for permanent retention. To protect valuable data sets against more critical threats, the D-Series also supports local and remote replication capabilities. Data availability can be achieved with minimal downtime in case of human errors or data volume failure by employing D-Series replication features. Leveraging Infortrend's world class RAID engine and Fibre Channel protocol, XDAS D-Series storage solutions deliver breakthrough performance for demanding business applications. The models supporting Small Form Factor (SFF) drives can further increase performance density to support highly IO-intensive applications.
Flexible Scalability
The XDAS D-Series storage solution supports dynamic scaling to aid in the planning for future storage growth while satisfying the current storage needs. Flexible drive type and capacity support (2.5-inch or 3.5-inch, SAS or FC, and various drive sizes) satisfies current applications and enables you to accommodate future needs. D-Series storage solutions can be expanded to more than two hundred drives to meet the proliferation of storage growth. The “scale as you grow” flexibility of the D-Series storage solution minimizes the upfront investment and provides the best overall Total Cost of Acquisition (TCA).
Intuitive and Easy Management
Storage management should be simple. The XDAS D-Series storage solution includes a comprehensive management software suite, SANWatch, to centrally manage multiple D-Series subsystems over a standard TCP/IP network. Status and event information summary can be viewed on the portal window. Necessary functions to configure, manage and monitor the D-Series are only a few clicks away. Besides providing all firmware features through a user-friendly GUI, SANWatch also supports script-based configuration of multiple XDAS D-Series subsystems simultaneously. Automatic critical event notifications can be customized to suit the most critical storage environment. SANWatch will guide users through initializing, configuring and maintaining the EonStor DS every step of the way.
High Energy Efficiency
Contributing to environmental sustainability, the XDAS D-Series storage solution enables energy cost-savings while maintaining performance. It is equipped with power saving designs such as high-efficiency power supplies, dynamic cooling mechanism and intelligent multi-level drive spin-down technology.
Local Replication
In business-critical environments, users require strong protection for their valuable data sets. To help users protect data in the most efficient way, local replication leverages the power of XDAS storage systems to provide snapshot and volume copy/mirror capabilities. With space-saving snapshot copies, users can easily restore files or rollback data as necessary. With the full data copies, users can quickly restore service when a RAID-protected volume fatally fails.
| Included Local Replication |
| Snapshot |
Snapshot images per source volume: 64
Snapshot images per system: 1024 | Volume Copy |
Source volumes per system: 16 |
| Replication pairs per source volume: 4 |
| Replication pairs per system: 64 |
| Advanced Local Replicaition Option |
| Snapshot |
Snapshot images per source volume: 256
Snapshot images per system: 4096 |
Volume Copy |
Source volumes per system: 32 |
| Replication pairs per source volume: 8 |
| Replication pairs per system: 256 |
Features |
Benefits |
Increased
availability |
Immediately use disk-based full data copies to support applications when source
data volume fails; constantly mirrored copies minimize data loss
Restore files and roll back data in seconds; data is protected from accidental or
malicious losses to ensure the highest system availability |
Data protection
with snapshots |
Instantly take point-in-time data images and use them as granular recovery points
while consuming minimum disk space and performance by storing only data changes |
Flexible data
copy deployment |
Split and re-sync mirroring between source and copy as business needs require;
flexibly leverage independent copies of production data for secondary applications |
Remote Replication Option
Remote replication leverages the power of storage systems to copy data between storage pools or systems in IP or FC SAN at different sites. When source data fails due to system malfunction or accidents, users can leverage the disk-based remote copy to restart service in minutes. If users would like to transfer responsibility back to the source, it can be quickly synced with the remote copy for only differentials. To further ensure the integrity of the remote data, remote replication allows users to protect the remote copy with snapshot technology. Granular snapshot images can help restore the corrupt remote copy in seconds when it is required to resume business service.
Features |
Benefits |
| Minimized unplanned
downtime |
Reduce recovery time after system failures; intact data copies at remote sites can
be immediately used to support applications |
Flexible data
copy protection |
Synchronous and asynchronous options for IP and FC SAN; users can split and
re-sync
the mirroring between source and copy as needed and take snapshots
for remote data
to enhance protection |
Affordable
data protection |
Achieve enterprise-class protection at affordable price points; companies with tight budgets do not need to compromise on data protection |
| Data compression |
Leverage data compression for asynchronous remote replication for increased
efficiency |
Thin Provisioning
Thin provisioning technology allows users to allocate a large amount of virtual capacity for an application server regardless of the physical capacity actually available. Actual space is used only when data writes occur. By automatically allocating system capacity to applications as needed, thin provisioning technology can significantly increase storage utilization. Thin provisioning also greatly simplifies capacity planning and management tasks. Thin provisioning enables you to purchase only the disk capacity you actually need. This means no more up-front capacity allocation, no more dedicating resources for each application, and no more paying for power and cooling of disks you may not need for months or years to come.
Features |
Benefits |
Increase storage
utilization |
“Just-in-time” capacity allocations helps Increase storage utilization up to 80%-90% |
| Reduced costs |
With increased storage utilization, users can add disk space as needed and delay
storage purchases to leverage disk drive price declines |
Simplified
management |
Simplifies capacity planning and volume utilization tracking; after initial provisioning,
volumes will automatically grow to accommodate new writes and IT managers only
need to ensure there is enough free space in the storage pool |
Increased
availability |
Eliminates capacity expansion downtime; both data volumes and storage can be
expanded without disrupting business production |
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