StoneFly MSC OptiSAN

Product Description

Enterprise Class IP SAN

StoneFly’s revamped OptiSAN Configurations have been redesigned to offer enhanced redundancy, availability and performance. Using high performance fibre channel and SAS interconnects, the redesigned OptiSAN is designed for enterprise environments looking for a versatile SAN for primary and secondary storage applications. The OptiSAN now supports SAS and SATA drives for online transaction processing, database, email, disk based archives, disk to disk backup and other core applications. The cornerstone of the OptiSAN is the i4000 Storage Concentrator Storage Virtualization Engine, which offers dual core processing power, dedicated iSCSI Cache, and the award-winning StoneFusion IP SAN platform. The OptiSAN’s high-performance storage subsystem offers redundant, active/active RAID controller functionality for enhanced performance and increased system bandwidth. Additionally the OptiSAN offers cost-effective expansion via the optional Spod 12000 Expansion Array. OptiSANs are available with single or dual i4000 Storage Concentrator Nodes.

Unit Features

High Performance Storage Virtualization Engine System Features

Dual-Core Processing Power
Supports High-Performance Storage Interconnects
4X Internal System Bandwidth of Previous Generations
Offers Over Twice the Processing Power of Previous Generation Storage
Concentrators
Dedicated Storage Engine System Memory
Dedicated System Management Ports
Dual Gigabit iSCSI Connections for Availability, Redundancy and Performance
Each i4000 Storage Concentrator is a Standard 1U Rackmount Chassis
High Performance Fibre Channel Based Storage Interconnection

StoneFusion Operating System Features

StoneFly iSCSI Management
- Logical Volume Creation
- Storage Virtualization
- Volume Level Access Control and Management
- System-Wide Reporting

StoneFly Clustering
- Active/Active Clustering
- Load Balancing
- Seamless Failover Operations

StoneFly Snapshot
- Delta-based Snapshots
- Mountable Snapshot Volumes for RollBack and Testing
- Snapshot Scheduler
- Autonomous Snapshot Manager
- Command Line Interface for Zero Window Backups

StoneFly Reflection
- Real-time Synchronous Mirroring of iSCSI Volumes
- Supports Mirrored Volumes Across Campus Environments
- Autonomously Maintains all StoneFly Mirrors

High-Performance Storage Subsystem

Supports Twelve SATA or SAS Disk Drives
Supports Up to Spod 12000 Expansion Arrays
Dual Active-Active RAID Controllers with Transparent Failover and Failback Operation
Dedicated Battery-Backed RAID Cache on Each Controller
Out-of-Band Ethernet Interface for Remote Status Monitoring & Configuration
- Supports Automatic Drive Failure Notification
- Supports Online RAID Rebuild
Hot-Swappable Dual Redundant Power Supplies
Supports RAID Levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 and 50
Each Storage Subsystem is Housed in a 2U 19” Rackmount Chassis

Cost Effective Expansion Array

Supports Twelve SATA or SAS Disk Drives
Hot-Swappable Dual Redundant Power Supplies
Each Expansion Array is Housed in a 2U 19” Rackmount Chassis
Centrally Managed By OptiSAN Storage Subsystem

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Intelligent IP SANs Made Simple with StoneFusion

The award-winning StoneFusion® Intelligent Network Storage Platform (NSP), StoneFly’s patent-pending baseline storage networking architecture, reduces the total cost of ownership by lowering management costs and increasing storage utilization. By adding block level storage intelligence to the IP networking core, StoneFusion powered Storage Concentrators deliver all the benefits of managed SANs, including increased storage utilization through resource consolidation, storage provisioning, access control, volume management, and feature-rich managed storage supporting advanced storage services including clustering, mirroring, and snapshotting. At the core of StoneFusion is a robust storage virtualization engine that enables provisioning of physical storage resources in to virtual storage volumes. These logical volumes are presented to the host as normal SCSI disks, using industry standard hardware and software iSCSI initiators. With StoneFusion the power of IP SAN centralization is at your fingertips.