Chapter 1

Introduction

1.1Product Overview1.1.1Product Introduction

This chapter briefly introduces the A16E-G2130-4 iSCSI-to-SATA-II storage subsystem. The A16E subsystem comes with four (4) GbE host ports capable of large I/O transfers over iSCSI packets.

Infortrend’s iSCSI storage supports network initiators

compatible with the IETF iSCSI

 

standard (RFC 3720) with the

 

following functionalities:

Figure 1-1: A16E-G2130-4 Subsystem

 

Access control via

IQN and IP

CHAP security

Jumbo frames

Header Digest mode

Internet SCSI (iSCSI) protocols are embedded in firmware and I/Os are rapidly processed via dedicated algorithms. The iSCSI storage is built around reliable hardware and sophisticated RAID technologies. I/O requests are packaged and transmitted over local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), or the Internet using the existing networking hardware and thus the total cost of ownership is reduced. With the help of the networking flexibility, the subsystem is ideal for location-independent data storage, backup, and retrieval.

The subsystem delivers extreme performance that results from the combined performance of multiple disk drives and the level of data protection unseen in other iSCSI storages. Featuring all standard RAID functionalities as other EonStor subsystems, the A16E subsystem provides a reliable platform for IT operations such as backup, data-mining, or strategic allocation.

This subsystem features a high-density architecture that supports up to sixteen (16) hot swappable, SATA-II hard drives in a 3U-profile chassis. The subsystem is powered by a RAID controller board featuring the latest ASIC400, RAID6 ASIC as the XOR engine. The pre-installed 512MB DDR RAM DIMM module can be upgraded to a 2GB capacity DIMM to support complicated applications that hold numerous ID/LUN combinations.

Product Overview

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