| Operating System |
64bit embedded Linux
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| Storage Management |
RAID level 0 ,1 ,0+1 ,3 ,5 ,6 ,10 ,30 ,50, 60, and N-way mirror
RAID EE level 5EE, 6EE, 50EE, and 60EE
Flexible storage pool ownership
Thin Provisioning (QThin) with space reclamation
SSD Cache (QCache1)
Auto Tiering (QTiering1)
Global, local, and dedicated hot spares
Write-through and write-back cache policy
Online disk roaming
Spreading RAID disk drives across enclosures
Background I/O priority setting
Instant RAID volume availability
Fast RAID rebuild
Online storage pool expansion
Online volume extension
Online volume migration2
Auto volume rebuilding
Instant volume restoration
Online RAID level migration
SED & ISE drive support
Video editing mode for enhanced performance
Disk drive health check and S.M.A.R.T. attributes
Storage pool parity check and media scan for disk scrubbing
SSD wear lifetime indicator
Disk drive firmware batch update
Volume QoS (Quality of Service)
Advanced disk awareness
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| iSCSI Host Connectivity |
Proven QSOE 2.0 optimization engine
CHAP & mutual CHAP authentication
SCSI-3 PR (Persistent Reservation for I/O fencing) support
iSNS support
VLAN (Virtual LAN) support
Jumbo frame (9,000 bytes) support
Up to 256 iSCSI targets
Up to 512 hosts per controller
Up to 1,024 sessions per controller
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| Fibre Channel Host Connectivity |
Proven QSOE 2.0 optimization engine
FCP-2 & FCP-3 support
Auto detect link speed and topology
Topology supports point-to-point3 and loop
Up to 256 hosts per controller
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| High Availability |
Dual-Active (Active/Active) SAN controllers
Cache mirroring through NTB bus
ALUA support
Management port seamless failover
Fault-tolerant and redundant modular components for SAN controller, PSU, FAN module, and dual port disk drive interface
Dual-ported HDD tray connector
Multipath I/O and load balancing support (MPIO, MC/S, Trunking, and LACP)
Firmware update with zero system downtime
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| Security |
Secured Web (HTTPS), SSH (Secure Shell)
iSCSI Force Field to protect from mutant network attack
iSCSI CHAP & mutual CHAP authentication
SED & ISE drive support
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| Storage Efficiency |
Thin Provisioning (QThin) with space reclamation
Auto Tiering (QTiering1) with 3 levels of storage tiers
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| Networking |
DHCP, Static IP, NTP, Trunking, LACP, VLAN, Jumbo frame (up to 9,000 bytes)
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| Advanced Data Protection |
Snapshot (QSnap), block-level, differential backup
Writeable snapshot support
Manual or schedule tasks
Up to 64 snapshots per volume
Up to 64 volumes for snapshot
Up to 4,096 snapshots per system
Remote Replication (QReplica)
Asynchronous, block-level, differential backup based on snapshot technology
Traffic shaping for dynamic bandwidth controller
Manual or schedule tasks
Auto rollback to previous version if current replication fails
Up to 32 schedule tasks per controller
Volume clone for local replication
Configurable N-way mirroring
Integration with Windows VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service)
Instant volume restoration
Cache-to-Flash memory protection1
M.2 flash module
Power module: BBM (Battery Backup Module) or SCM (Super Capacitor Module)
Support USB UPS and network UPS with SNMP management
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| Virtualization Certification |
Server Virtualization & Clustering
Latest VMware vSphere certification
VMware VAAI for iSCSI &, FC
Windows Server 2016, 2012 R2 Hyper-V certification
Microsoft ODX
Latest Citrix XenServer certification
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| Easy Management |
USB LCM1, serial console support, online firmware update
Intuitive Web management UI, secured web (HTTPS), SSH (Secured Shell), LED indicators
S.E.S. support, S.M.A.R.T. support, Wake-on-LAN, and Wake-on-SAS
RESTful API support
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| Green & Energy Efficiency |
80 PLUS Platinum power supply
Wake-on-LAN to turn on or wake up the system only when necessary
Auto disk spin-down
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| Host Operating Systems Support |
Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016
SLES 10, 11, 12
RHEL 5, 6, 7
CentOS 6, 7
Solaris 10, 11
FreeBSD 9, 10
Mac OS X 10.11 or later
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| Note |
The function is optional and is not included in the default package.
The feature is based on RAID level migration of disk groups on the fly in thick provisioning pools.
16Gb Fibre Channel only supports Point-to-Point topology.
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