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SCSI-host Storage Delivering Unprecedented Performance and Scalability

For more than 20 years, SCSI has been the predominant protocol in data centers. Even until now when Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) is gradually replacing it as the succeeding standard for enterprise server and storage environments, many users still trust their Direct-Attached Storage (DAS) deployment on SCSI-host storage. To help users leverage new technology while protecting current investment, Infortrend delivers the EonStor G6 SCSI-to-SAS series. With ASIC667 core technology and four Ultra-320 SCSI host ports, the subsystems provide outstanding processing power to satisfactorily deal with even data-intensive applications. The SCSI-to-SAS models also come with great scalability. When a single S16U subsystem can not support the necessary capacity, users can connect it with expansion enclosures (S16S-J1000-S) for up to 112 drives or daisy-chain additional subsystems or other SCSI devices. By intermixing SAS drives in the installation, tiered storage can be built to meet diverse applications needs at great cost-efficiency.

Robust Availability and Reliability

The EonStor G6 SCSI-to-SAS Series is based on High Availability (HA) modular design. The 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. If 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 Battery Backup Unit (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 80 PLUS Silver-certified power supplies delivering more than 85% 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 Ultra-320 SCSI host ports combined with high-performance SAS drives on the 6th generation, ASIC667 architecture   
  1. Best-of-class throughput and IOPS to satisfy even data-intensive applications
  2. Help users leverage new technology while protecting existing SCSI investment

Green designs:

  1. 80 PLUS Silver-certified power supplies
  2. Intelligent multi-level drive spin-down technology
  1. Power supplies delivering more than 85% 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
Drive interface: SAS disk drives Allow data of different values to be stored in different storage tiers, enabling the best ROI
Capacity expansion through JBOD attachment or daisy-chaining additional subsystems or other SCSI devices "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) Ultra-320 SCSI ports on the 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 Single
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-pathing support (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 high energy efficiency
  2. Dynamic cooling mechanism
  3. Intelligent multi-level drive spin-down
System Components
  1. One (1) RAID controller module
  2. One (1) 1GB DIMM module
  3. Two (2) redundant 530W power supply units
  4. Two (2) redundant cooling modules 
  5. Sixteen (16) hot-swappable drive trays
  6. 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 497mm (D)

Weight

(without HDDs)
  1. Net weight: 20.6kg
  2. Gross weight: 36.2kg

Spare Parts

IFT-83SU14GF16MA RAID controller module, for ES S16U-G1440 subsystem, SAS Exp., 1GB DDR II RAM
IFT-83SU14GF16MB RAID controller module, for ES S16U-G1440 subsystem, SAS Exp., 2GB DDR II RAM
IFT-83SU14GF16MC RAID controller module, for ES S16U-G1440 subsystem, SAS Exp., 4GB DDR II RAM
IFT-9373CFANMOD Cooling fan module, for ES ASIC667 2UR/12-bay and 3U/16-bay subsystems
IFT-9270CHandR Right-side forearm handle, for ES 3U/16-bay subsystems, applicable to the Left or Right-side of JBOD subsystems
IFT-9273CHandLLCD Left-side forearm handle, for Enhanced 3U/16-bay subsystems, LCD panel included
IFT-9373CPSU Power supply unit for EonStor G6 2UR/12-bay and 3U/16-bay subsystems, 530W capacity
IFT-9373CSlider36 Slide rail assembly, for all EonStor G6 subsystems, 24"~36" rack depth
IFT-9373CDTray 3.5" Hard disk drive tray
IFT-9270UJBODCAB SCSI external round cable, VHDCI to VHDCI

Accessories

IFT-9373CBBU Battery backup unit, Li-Ion, for EonStor G6 series subsystems, BBU ID
IFT-9373CCBM* Cache backup module, Li-lon, Flash, for EonStor G6 series subsystems, BBU ID
IFT-9373ASCAB RS-232C cable, DB9 to DB9
IFT-9270CMSASCAB3 SAS external cable, MiniSAS 4X(SFF-8088) to Infiniband 4X(SFF-8470, thumbscrew type), 50 Centimeters.
IFT-9270CMSASCAB4 SAS external cable, MiniSAS 4X(SFF-8088) to Infiniband 4X(SFF-8470,thumbscrew type), 120 Centimeters.
IFT-9270CMSASCAB5 SAS external cable, MiniSAS 4X(SFF-8088) to Infiniband 4X(SFF-8470,thumbscrew type), 170 Centimeters.
IFT-9270UHSTCAB SCSI external round cable, DB68 to VHDCI

* IFT-9373CCBM is a required accessory to implement CacheSafe technology. It is optional for S16U-G1440.