MPAK Technologies - SAS RAID - SAS to SAS / SATA RAID

MPAK's next-generation 8Gb/s Fibre Channel (FC) storage system - S1658E / S1608E - is designed to meet the harshest performance demands in data center. Blazing throughput, robust availability and advanced technology - it provides an ideal choice to support enterprise-class SAN for mission-critical applications.

High-speed SAN with Powerful Scalability

Seeing 8G FC as the common protocol in future enterprise SAN, Infortrend furnishes all its EonStor G6 Fibre-to-SAS/SATA models with two 8G FC host ports on each controller. When data grow 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 (R1684 for S1658E and R1674 for S1608E). Powered by the new-generation RAID engine as its heart, the G6 Fibre-to-SAS/SATA Series can deliver outstanding performance to process the large amount 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.

Robust Availability and Reliability

The Momentum G6 Series is based on High Availability (HA) modular design. All main hardware modules, including controllers, power supplies, and cooling fans, come in redundant pairs to achieve high fault-tolerant capability. The G6 Series also provides comprehensive RAID functions to protect data against drive failure. When one or two drive fail(s), you can still enjoy continuous accessibility to the data of full integrity and later use hot spare to restore the data volume back to its RAID-protected state. To better safeguard cached data, the G6 arrays also come with new CacheSafe technology. In the event of an unscheduled power outage, the BBU will automatically supply power to write cached data into flash module for permanent retention, which eliminates the common 72-hour battery power limitation that can cause data loss.

Easy Management

Through the feature-rich management suite, SANWatch, users can centrally manage multiple Momentum G6 subsystems locally or remotely over the LAN/WAN. In the portal window, an overview of all subsystems is displayed to provide status summary and event info. With only a few clicks, you can easily access the functions necessary to configure, manage, and monitor the arrays. Besides providing all firmware features through a user-friendly GUI, SANWatch also supports script-based configuration of multiple subsystems at a time. When critical events happen, the system would automatically notify you through various configurable methods for proactive handling. With SANWatch, initializing Momentum G6 arrays for applications and monitoring their real-time status changes are all easy to realize.

Green Technologies

Aware of the important role green IT plays in environmental sustainability, Infortrend equips all its EonStor G6 models with advanced power-saving designs. Coming with power supplies delivering more than 80% energy efficiency, dynamic cooling mechanism and intelligent drive spin-down technology, the EonStor G6 achieves outstanding energy efficiency. While benefiting the environment, the green initiative Infortrend takes also enhances business advantages with cut-down energy expenses.

Features	Benefits
Two 8Gb/s Fibre Channel host ports per controller	Best-of-class throughput and IOPS, ideal fit for IO-intensive and bandwidth-demanding applications Backward compatible with 4G or 2G speeds, protecting current infrastructure investment
6th generation, ASIC667 architecture	Boost up to 80% better performance than ASIC 400 models Advanced fault tolerance, ensuring data integrity even in multiple drive failure events
Green designs: High efficiency power supplies Smart drive spin-down technology	Power supplies delivering more than 80% of energy conversion efficiency In spin-down state, drives can save up to 60% of energy consumption
CacheSafe technology	Backup battery automatically supplies power to write cached data into flash module for permanent protection during power outage
Fault-tolerant hardware modules	Redundant controllers, PSUs, fans; high-availability hardware design, preventing "Single-Point-of-Failure"
Drive interface: SAS or SATA-II disk drives	Allow data of different values to be stored in different storage tiers, enabling the best ROI
Maximum expansion of 6 JBODs via multi-lane SAS links, up to 112 HDDs in total	"Pay-as-you-grow" scalability; no waste on what you don’t need, and no worries about what you will need
Powerful management suite, SANWatch, support, including multi-pathing functions	Easy management and monitoring of your subsystems anywhere, locally or remotely Recognize and manage redundant paths; support path failover and load-balancing
Multiple monitoring methods	Real-time problem detection and notification to achieve continuous operation
Intelligent firmware functions	Protect against hardware failure; ensure data integrity and optimized performance

Specifications

Host Interface	Two (2) 8Gb/s FC ports on each controller Concurrent I/O commands Maximum tagged command queuing: 1024
Drive Interface	Sixteen (16) 3Gbps SAS or SATA-II, hot-swappable drive trays Accommodates 1-inch pitch, 3.5-inch SAS or SATA-II disk drives S.M.A.R.T. support NCQ support Automatic bad-sector reassignment Dedicated bandwidth to each connected drive Drive buffer on/off switch
Controller	Dual (S1658E) or single (S1608E)
Form Factor	3U Rack-mount
RAID functionality	Global, Dedicated or Enclosure hot-spare RAID levels supported: RAID 0, 1 (0+1), 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60 Online expansion by: Adding new drives Copying and replacing drives with drives of larger capacity RAID migration Configurable stripe size and write policy per array Intelligent drive handling: In degraded mode: skips irreparable blocks to continue rebuild In normal operation: data-block verification and repair
Management	Java-based SANWatch management software with multi-pathingsupport (EonPath) COM1 serial port for local access to firmware-embedded utility Automated cache flush and caching mode operation per enclosure status GUI, Telnet, and SSH system monitoring via Ethernet Platform-independent firmware manager Various event notification methods including email, LAN broadcast, fax, SNMP traps, SMS, and MSN LCD keypad panel for monitoring and access to all configuration options Module status LED indicators: Component presence detection & thermal sensors via I2C bus
Green Designs	Power supplies delivering more than 80% of energy efficiency Dynamic cooling mechanism Smart drive spin-down
System Components	S1658E Two (2) RAID controller modules Two (2) 1GB DIMM modules Two (2) redundant 530W power supply units Two (2) redundant cooling modules Sixteen (16), hot-swappable drive trays with MUX kits Two (2) pre-installed Cache Backup Modules (CBM), each including one Li-Ion battery backup unit (BBU) and one Flash Backup Module (FBM) S1608E One (1) RAID controller module One (1) 1GB DIMM module Two (2) redundant 530W power supply units Two (2) redundant cooling modules Sixteen (16), hot-swappable drive trays One (1) optional Cache Backup Module (CBM), including one Li-Ion Battery Backup Unit (BBU) and one Flash Backup Module (FBM)
Dimensions (without chassis ears/protrusions)	445mm (W) x 130mm (H) x 514mm (D)
Weight	Net weight:19.66 kg Gross weight: 39.75kg

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