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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 models with four 8G FC host ports on each controller for flexible connectivity. 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 S16S-J1000-R . Powered by the new-generation RAID engine as its heart, the G6 Fibre-to-SAS 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 EonStor 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 while the hot spare is used 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 EonStor 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 EonStor 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 multi-level 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
Four 8Gb/s Fibre Channel host ports per controller
  1. Best-of-class throughput and IOPS, ideal fit for IO-intensive and bandwidth-demanding applications
  2. Backward compatible with 4G or 2G speeds, protecting current infrastructure investment
6th generation, ASIC667 architecture
  1. Boost up to 80% better performance than ASIC 400 models
  2. Advanced fault tolerance, ensuring data integrity even in multiple drive failure events

Green designs:

  1. High efficiency power supplies
  2. Intelligent multi-level drive spin-down technology
  1. Power supplies delivering more than 80% of energy conversion efficiency
  2. 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 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
  1. Easy management and monitoring of your subsystems anywhere, locally or remotely
  2. 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
Host Interface
  1. Four (4) 8Gb/s FC ports on each controller
  2. Concurrent I/O commands
  3. Maximum tagged command queuing: 1024
Drive Interface
  1. Sixteen (16) 3Gbps SAS, hot-swappable drive trays
  2. Accommodates 1-inch pitch, 3.5-inch SAS disk drives
  3. S.M.A.R.T. support
  4. NCQ support
  5. Automatic bad-sector reassignment
  6. Dedicated bandwidth to each connected drive
  7. Drive buffer on/off switch
Controller Dual redundant 
Form Factor 3U Rack-mount
RAID functionality
  1. Global, Dedicated or Enclosure hot-spare
  2. RAID levels supported: RAID 0, 1 (0+1), 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60
  3. Online expansion by:
    1. Adding new drives
    2. Copying and replacing drives with drives of larger capacity
  4. RAID migration
  5. Configurable stripe size and write policy per array
  6. Intelligent drive handling:
    1. In degraded mode: skips irreparable blocks to continue rebuild
    2. In normal operation: data-block verification and repair
Management
  1. Java-based SANWatch management software with multi-pathingsupport (EonPath)
  2. COM1 serial port for local access to firmware-embedded utility
  3. Automated cache flush and caching mode operation per enclosure status
  4. GUI, Telnet, and SSH system monitoring via Ethernet
  5. Platform-independent firmware manager
  6. Various event notification methods including email, LAN broadcast, fax, SNMP traps, SMS, and MSN
  7. LCD keypad panel for monitoring and access to all configuration options
  8. Module status LED indicators:
    1. Component presence detection & thermal sensors via I2C bus
Green Designs
  1. Power supplies delivering more than 80% of energy efficiency
  2. Dynamic cooling mechanism
  3. Intelligent multi-level drive spin-down
System Components
  1. Two (2) redundant RAID controller modules
  2. Two (2) 1GB DIMM modules, upgradable to 4GB
  3. Two (2) redundant 530W power supply units
  4. Two (2) redundant cooling modules
  5. Sixteen (16), hot-swappable drive trays with MUX kits
  6. Two (2) pre-installed Cache Backup Modules (CBM), each 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 497mm (D)

Weight

(without HDDs)
  1. Net weight:19.66 kg
  2. Gross weight: 39.75kg

Spare Parts

RAID controller module IFT-83SF18GF164MA RAID controller module, for ES S16F-G1840-4 subsystem, SAS Exp., 1GB DDR-II RAM
RAID controller module IFT-83SF18RF164MA RAID controller module, for ES S16F-R1840-4 subsystem, SAS Exp., 1GB DDR-II RAM, CBM
Right-side forearm handle IFT-9270CHandR Right-side forearm handle, for ES 3U/16-bay subsystems, applicable to the Left or Right-side of JBOD subsystems
Left-side forearm handle IFT-9273CHandLLCD Left-side forearm handle, for Enhanced 3U/16-bay subsystems, LCD panel included
Power supply unit IFT-9373CPSU Power supply unit for EonStor G6 2UR/12-bay and 3U/16-bay subsystems, 530W capacity
Slide rail assembly IFT-9373CSlider36 Slide rail assembly, for all EonStor G6 subsystems, 24"~36" rack depth
Drive tray IFT-9373CDTray 3.5" Hard disk drive tray
Cache backup module IFT-9373CCBM* Cache backup module, Li-lon, Flash, for EonStor G6 series subsystems, BBU ID
Serial port Y-cable IFT-9373AYCAB Serial port Y-cable for dual-controller subsystems, 2 DB-9 to 1 DB-9; maintenance-free during controller failover/failback
IFT-83SF18GF16MA RAID controller module, for ES S16F-G1840 subsystem, SAS Exp. 1GB DDR-II RAM
IFT-83SF18RF16MA RAID controller module, for ES S16F-R1840 subsystem, SAS Exp. 1GB DDR-II RAM, CBM

Accessories

RAID controller module IFT-83SF18RF164MB RAID controller module, for ES S16F-R1840-4 subsystem, SAS Exp., 2GB DDR-II RAM, CBM
RAID controller module IFT-83SF18RF164MC RAID controller module, for ES S16F-R1840-4 subsystem, SAS Exp., 4GB DDR-II RAM, CBM
RAID controller module IFT-83SF18GF164MB RAID controller module, for ES S16F-G1840-4 subsystem, SAS Exp., 2GB DDR-II RAM
RAID controller module IFT-83SF18GF164MC RAID controller module, for ES S16F-G1840-4 subsystem, SAS Exp., 4GB DDR-II RAM
Battery backup unit IFT-9373CBBU Battery backup unit, Li-Ion, for EonStor G6 series subsystems, BBU ID
Cache backup module IFT-9373CCBM* Cache backup module, Li-lon, Flash, for EonStor G6 series subsystems, BBU ID
Optical FC cable IFT-9270CFCCab01 Optical FC cable, LC-LC, MM-62.5/125, Duplex, LSZH, O.D.=1.8mm*2, 1 Meter
Optical FC cable IFT-9270CFCCab02 Optical FC cable, LC-LC, MM-62.5/125, Duplex, LSZH, O.D.=1.8mm*2, 5 Meters
Optical FC cable IFT-9270CFCCab03 Optical FC cable, LC-LC, MM-62.5/125, Duplex, LSZH, O.D.=1.8mm*2, 10 Meters
SAS external cable IFT-9270CMSASCAB3 SAS external cable, SFF-8470 to SFF-8088, 50 Centimeters
SAS external cable IFT-9270CMSASCAB4 SAS external cable, SFF-8470 to SFF-8088, 120 Centimeters
SAS external cable IFT-9270CMSASCAB5 SAS external cable, SFF-8470 to SFF-8088, 170 Centimeters
RS-232C cable IFT-9373ASCAB RS-232C cable, DB9 to DB9
Small Form Pluggable Optical Transceiver IFT-9370CSFP8G Avago Fibre Channel 8.5 / 4.25 / 2.125 GBd Small Form Pluggable Optical Transceiver, LC, wave-length 850nm, multi-mode

* IFT-9373CCBM is a required accessory to implement CacheSafe technology. It is default for S16F-R1840 and optional for S16F-G1840.