Features Benefits

Storage virtualization

Eliminate physical boundaries of storage consolidation

Thin provisioning

Ensure the most efficient allocation of pooled capacity

Distributed load balancing

Make performance grow linearly by adding subsystems to the virtualized foundation

Prioritized volume accessibility

Ensure applications to achieve their ideal service levels

Data protection:

  1. Snapshot
  2. Volume copy/Volume mirror
  3. Sync and async remote replication

Support the highest data availability and quick service restart after storage accidents

Eight 8Gb/s Fibre Channel host ports
  1. Best-of-class throughput and IOPS, ideal fit for IO-intensive and bandwidth-demanding applications
  2. Backward compatible with 4Gb/s or 2Gb/s speeds, protecting current infrastructure investment

Four 1GbE iSCSI ports
  1. Achieve highly cost-effective remote replication through iSCSI ports
  2. Achieve consolidated SAN tiering to meet service level requirements of tier 1 applications on FC SAN and tier 2 applications on IP SAN

Green design:

  1. High-efficiency power supplies
  2. Intelligent multi-level drive spin-down technology
  1. 80 PLUS-certified power supplies delivering more than 80% energy 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"

Expansion up to 1,344 HDDs

"Pay-as-you-grow" scalability; no waste on what you don’t need, and no worries in terms of forecasting what you will need in the future

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

Host Ports

Eight 8Gb/s Fibre Channel ports
Four 1GbE iSCSI ports

Storage Controller

Dual redundant controllers

Cache Memory

8GB

Drive Connectivity
  • 6Gb/s SAS connectivity
  • Accommodates 3.5-inch 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

Supported Drives
  • 73 or 146GB STEC ZeusIOPS SSD
  • 300, 450 or 600GB - 3.5” 15,000 RPM SAS drives
  • 300, 450 or 600GB - 2.5" 10,000 RPM SAS drives
  • I or 2TB - 3.5" 7,200 RPM SAS Nearline drives

 

Maximum Number of Drives
  • Per system: 16
  • Via JBOD: 112
  • Via scale-out*: 1,344

* Optional

Corresponding Expansion Enclosure

Please refer to Related Information

Form Factor

3U

RAID Functionality
  • Global, delicated or enclosure hot-spare
  • RAID levels supported : RAID 0, 1, 3,  5,  6
  • Online expansion by:
    - Adding new drives
    - Copying and replacing drives with drives of large capacity
  • RAID migration
  • Configurable stripe size and write policy per system
  • Intelligent drive handling 
    - In degraded mode: skips irreparable blocks to continue rebuild
    - In normal operation: data-block verification and repair

Data Service
  • Enterprise Scalable Virtualized Architecture
    - Linear scaling of performance and capacity (Scale-out)
    - Storage pooling
    - Thin-provisioning
    - Automatic data migration
    - Prioritized volume accessibility
    - Distributed load balancing
  • Data Protection*
    Local replication
    - Snapshot
    - Volume copy/ volume mirror
    - Quick recovery
    Remote replication
    - Synchronous and asynchronous
    - Data compression
    - Near continuous data protection (N-CDP)

* Optional

Green Design
  • 80 PLUS-certified power supplies delivering more than 80% energy efficiency
  • Intelligent multi-level drive spin-down

Availability and Reliability
  • Redundant, hot-swappable hardware modules
  • CacheSafe technology
  • Multi-pathing support (EonPath)
  • Device mapper support

Notification

Various event notification methods including email, LAN broadcast, fax, SNMP traps, SMS, and MSN

Management
  • Java-based SANWatch management software
  • RS232 serial port for local access to firmware-embedded utility
  • Automated cache flush and caching mode operation per enclosure status
  • Telnet and SSH system monitoring via Ethernet
  • Platform-independent firmware management GUI
  • Module status LED indicators: component presence detection & thermal sensors via I2C bus

OS Support
  • Windows Server 2003
  • Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2 (including Hyper-V)
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise
  • Sun Solaris
  • IBM AIX*
  • HP-UX*
  • Debian
  • CentOS
  • VMware
  • Citrix XenServer

* Multipathing supported by Veritas

Service and Support

All ESVA systems are shipped with 3-year Standard Service

  • Standard Service:
    - Hardware warranty; replacement part dispatch on the next business day
    - Software update; 24x7 phone, web and email support
  • Advanced Service*: Standard service + Onsite diagnostics on the next business day
  • Premium Service*: Standard service + Onsite diagnostics in 4 hours

* Optional

Power
  • Power supplies: Two 530W DC
  • AC voltage: 100VAC @ 10A to 240VAC @ 5A with PFC (auto-switching)
  • Frequency: 47-63 Hz

Environmental
  • Temperature: 0 to 40°C operating/ -40 to 60°C non-operating
  • Altitude: Sea level to 3660m (12,000ft) operating / sea level to 12,192m (40,000ft) non-operating
  • Relative humidity: 5 to 95% non-condensing, operating and non-operating

Dimensions

Without chassis ears / protrusions:
445mm (W) x 130mm (H) x 514mm (D)

Weight

Without HDDs:19.66kg (43.69lbs)

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Please note the following:

"Default Included" means that a component is standard included in system orders. Customers may order additional units to serve as spare components.

System
ESVAF7028300Virtualized Scale-Out 3U Storage including 8xFC-8G ports ,4xGbE ports, 2xSAS-6G Exp. ports 2x4GB DDR-II, 2x(PSU+FAN module), 2x(BBU+Flash module), 1xRackmount kit

Hard Disk Drive/Solid State Drive/MUX Board
T41530HS2641-0030ESVA 300GB SAS 15K RPM HDD with drive tray
T41545HS2641-0030ESVA 450GB SAS 15K RPM HDD with drive tray
T41560HS2641-0030ESVA 600GB SAS 15K RPM HDD with drive tray
T472A0XS2XX1-0030ESVA 1TB SAS 7.2K RPM HDD with drive tray, 1 in 1 Packing
T472A1XS2XX1-0030ESVA 2TB SAS 7.2K RPM HDD with drive tray, 1 in 1 Packing
TBXX14ES1XX1-0030ESVA 146GB SAS SSD with drive tray
TBXX73ES1XX1-0030ESVA 73GB SAS SSD with drive tray
TF1030XB1XX1-0030ESVA 300GB SAS 10K RPM 2.5" HDD in 3.5" drive tray for Fx0-2830 & E60/E10-2x30 & J60-230, 1 in 1 Packing
TF1045XB1XX1-0030ESVA 450GB SAS 10K RPM 2.5" HDD in 3.5" drive tray for Fx0-2830 & E60/E10-2x30 & J60-230, 1 in 1 Packing
TF1060XB1XX1-0030ESVA 600GB SAS 10K RPM 2.5" HDD in 3.5" drive tray for Fx0-2830 & E60/E10-2x30 & J60-230, 1 in 1 Packing

Data Service License
SOFT-DRSEV-0010ESVA Local Replication License (Snapshot and Volume Copy/Mirror)
SOFT-REM-0010ESVA Remote Replication License
SOFT-SCOU-0010ESVA Scale-Out License

Expansion Enclosure
ESVAJ602300ESVA 3U Expansion Storage, 4 x SAS-6G ports

Service & Warranty
SERV-ADVRA-00103-year Advanced Service for ESVA Strorage
SERVE2-ADVRA-00104th & 5th Year Advanced Service for ESVA Storage
SERVE2-PRERA-00104th & 5th Year Premium Service for ESVA Storage
SERVE2-STARA-00104th & 5th Year Standard Service for ESVA Storage
SERV-PRERA-00103-year Premium Service for ESVA Storage

Cable/SFP Module
9270CFCCab01-0010Optical FC cable, LC-LC, MM-62.5/125, Duplex, LSZH, O.D.=1.8mm*2, 1 Meter
9270CFCCab02-0010Default IncludedOptical FC cable, LC-LC, MM-62.5/125, Duplex, LSZH, O.D.=1.8mm*2, 5 Meters
9270CFCCab03-0010Optical FC cable, LC-LC, MM-62.5/125, Duplex, LSZH, O.D.=1.8mm*2, 10 Meters
9370CSFP8G-0010Default IncludedFibre Channel 8.5 / 4.25 / 2.125 GBd Small Form Pluggable Optical Transceiver, LC, wave-length 850nm, multi-mode
9373AYCAB-0010Default IncludedSerial port Y-cable for dual-controller subsystems, 2 DB-9 to 1 DB-9; maintenance-free during controller failover/failback

Fibre/iSCSI/SAS HBA
BH1QGF210-0010BIZ,HBA,QLE2562,FC-8G,Dual port,PCI-E,1-pack.

Controller Module
83SF28RF1661C-0010Default IncludedRAID controller module for ESVA F70-2830, SAS Exp. w/4G DDR-II RAM and Cache backup module

Other Accessories
9373CBBU-0010Battery backup unit, Li-Ion, for ESVA family, ESDS family and ES G6 series subsystems, BBU ID
9373CCBM-0010Default IncludedCache backup module, Li-lon, Flash, for ESVA family, ESDS family and ES G6 subsystems, BBU ID
9373CFBM-0010Flash backup module, for ESVA family, ESDS family and EonStor G6 subsystems
9373CPSUV-0010Default IncludedPower supply unit w/FAN module for ESVA systems, 530W capacity
9373CSlider36-0030Default IncludedSlide rail assembly, for ESVA family, ESDS family and ES G6 subsystems, 24"~36" rack depth

 

Datasheets
  1. ESVA family datasheet
  2. ESVA service datasheet
  3. ESVA data service datasheet
  4. ESVA expansion enclosure datasheet
  5. ESVA FC-host datasheet
Corresponding RAID / Expansion Enclosure
Data Services
Related Products
FC-host Series