Windows NAS

Aberdeen AberNAS N-Series for Windows have been designed for use with the latest Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2012 R2. Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 offers a number of greatly enhanced capabilities and benefits when compared with previous versions. Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 delivers excellent economics for a shared storage solution by gaining leverage from industry-standard hardware matched with robust storage capabilities. It delivers continuous availability that is designed to protect organizations from a range of failures and to help prevent downtime, and it offers organizations a scalable and reliable solution. Other new features include next generation processors, improved expansion bus tecnology, greater memory capacity and more efficient power supplies.

E5-2600 v4 Xeon processor and DDR4-2400 memory support

More execution resources for higher overall performance. With up to 22 cores per socket, up to 55 MB of last-level cache (LLC), and support for up to 12 percent faster DDR4 memory versus previous-generation memory, the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v4 product family increases performance across a broad range of workloads, from business and technical computing applications to communications and storage solutions. These processors come in a wide variety of configurations, so core counts, frequencies, and power levels can be tailored for individual workloads to deliver optimal performance.

• Up to 22 cores and 44 threads per socket
• Up to 55 MB of last-level cache (LLC) for fast access to frequently used data
• 9.6GT/s QPI processors support DDR4 2400MHz memory

Opening the server storage bottleneck

12Gb/s SAS to the server marketplace creates solutions that eliminate data bottlenecks in sizable storage environments.

Intelligent Platform Management Interface

For hardware-level platform monitoring and control functions, the IPMI protocol utilizes an out-of-band network to provide a flawless and secure path for mission-critical applications when regular in-band connectivity is lost or is unresponsive. Remote access for monitoring and administration allows the server administrators to view a server’s hardware status remotely, receive an alarm automatically if a failure occurs, and power cycle a system that is non-responsive.

AberNAS W-Series Highlights:

• VMware NAS and iSCSI storage certified
• Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2012 R2
• IPMI w/KVM over LAN for Remote Server Management
• SAS 12G Storage Support
• Intel E5-2600 v4 Series Support
• 512GB DDR4 Memory Support
• PCI-E 3.0 Support
• RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 Configurable
• Hardware RAID w/ BBU
• Redundant power supply
• iSCSI Target Capable
• JBOD expansion without the need for an additional RAID controller
• Supports XDAS Expansion with HBA
• Embedded Flash OS Recovery

High-performance and Reliable File Storage for Virtualization and Applications

With Windows Storage Server® 2012 R2 you can deploy and manage storage for server applications such as Hyper-V, SQL and IIS in the same manner you manage storage for traditional file serving. Windows Storage Server 2012 helps reduce the cost of storage significantly by delivering FiberChannel/SAN-like performance on industry-standard hardware with excellent throughput and multiple redundant paths from the server to the storage. In addition, it includes advanced capabilities such as on-line corruption repairs and storage pooling to enhance its reliability. Best of all, your organization will be able to leverage existing skillsets and easily deploy, manage and provision application storage in the same way as it would for their file shares.

Flexible, Cost-effective Options for Shared Storage

Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 includes a robust range of file serving and storage capabilities. It addresses heterogeneous environments, enables more efficient storage utilization and is delivered as a turnkey, file based storage solution on industry standard hardware. Delivering a similar level of performance and reliability as more expensive storage solutions, it offers unified storage with support for both file (SMB and NFS) and block (iSCSI) protocols, allows for a flexible mix of configurations and enables efficient storage utilization with thin provisioning and data de-duplication technologies. Allowing you to manage storage in the same way as Windows Server workloads, Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 takes advantage of your Windows Server management skill sets and tools including Active Directory, PowerShell and System Center.

Continuous Availability for Enterprise-class Operations

Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 helps preserve uptime by enduring failures, at multiple tiers, including storage, network and compute, without noticeable service interruption. Organizations of all sizes will be able to benefit from higher levels of availability with transparent failover of applications and the ability to maintain clustered environments without service disruption. Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 offers high levels of availability, reliability, and performance that were traditionally only seen in datacenter deployments, but are valuable to customers of all sizes.

New and changed features in Windows Storage Server 2012 R2

Building Upon Success – The AberNAS 265 triples the storage capacity of the original AberNAS 211 thus truly providing, “the most storage capacity you can get for your money” – “Storage Central”
PC Magazine

“The AberNAS won’t disappoint businesses in need of lots of storage capacity at a very good price.”
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“Aberdeen’s AberNAS line grows with your company”
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“Stirling 1U servers deliver improved operational efficiency within a dynamic VMware environment”
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“Exceptional processor performance, dynamic scalability, and increased stoarge capabilities”
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Aberdeen Reliability

Aberdeen brings an industry leading 5 Year Warranty to the table with every fully configured AberNAS rackmount server. Our custom configured rackmounts and along with our pre-configured Stirling line of servers and AberNAS network appliances come with a 5 Year Warranty standard unlike of some other companies’ 1 or 3 year warranties. Take advantage of the speed, storage and security of the AberNAS by Aberdeen.

Aberdeen C.A.R.E.S.

Aberdeen offers a 30 day trial assessment program on completely configured servers and/or storage. We are so confident that once you try one of our custom configured rackmount servers you will not only be completely satisfied with the evaluation unit but will choose Aberdeen to fulfill all your future rackmount server needs.