American Megatrends StorTrends 3100i User manual

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Data Sheet
The StorTrends® 3100i is an aordable 3U, rack-mount storage appliance that
oers support for both block and le data. It merges Ethernet-based Storage
Area Networks (IP-SAN) and Network Attached Storage (NAS) on a single
storage platform.
The StorTrends 3100i supports iSCSI, enabling block applications like
Microsoft®Exchange and Oracle®to be deployed or stored on the same server
as traditional le services and storage. The StorTrends 3100i is designed
with performance in mind, and includes features for enterprise-level storage
management such as hardware RAID, advanced snapshots, volume replication,
and failover.
StorTrends products provide
true enterprise-level features to
departmental and small- to mid-size
business (SMB) users. They merge IP-
SAN and NAS functionality into one
cost-eective, scalable, and easily
deployable storage appliance.
The StorTrends 3100i oers
fteen hot-swappable drive bays
with advanced SATA support as well
as highly distinguishing software
features.
Dual-dialect StorTrends®iTX 2.6
software enables transfer of both
block and le data over the existing
Ethernet network. It provides
advanced disaster recovery features
such as syncronous, asynchronous,
and snap-assisted replication, fail-
over, and fail-back. This software also
features high-availability grouping,
network teaming support, UPS
support, advanced snapshots, SAN
and NAS snapshot scheduling,
backup support, and advanced
caching for IP-SAN appliances.
Volume replication allows data
to be stored on multiple StorTrends
appliances at multiple sites, to enable
high availability and disaster recovery
in the event of a catastrophe.
HIGHLIGHTS
3.75 or 7.5 TB IP-SAN & NAS storage
appliance
Cost-eective and scalable
Network Teaming
Universal UPS Support
Volume Replication
- Synchronous
- Asynchronous
- Snapshot-assisted
Failover / Failback
SATA Support with hot swap
Advanced Snapshot
- Redirect on Write (ROW)
- Up to 254 Snapshots (R/O and
R/W) per volume
- Up to 992 Snapshots per box
- Snapshot scheduling for SAN &
NAS
- Rollback from any snapshot
- Random snapshot deletion
Uses existing Ethernet infrastructure
Hardware RAID support: RAID levels
0, 1, 1+N, 10, 10+N, 5, 50
Online capacity expansion, RAID level
migration
High Availability (HA) Grouping
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StorTrends’ Advanced Snapshot
capability features Redirect-on-Write
(ROW) technology with near-zero
degradation when writing or rolling
back snapshots. Administrators can
schedule up to 254 read-write and
254 read-only snapshots per volume,
and up to 992 snapshots per box. A
maximum of 32 volumes per target is
supported.
SAN snapshots are supported
through Microsoft®VSS snapshot
technology, or by specic agents for
application servers such Exchange
Server and Oracle. Microsoft®VSS-
based snapshots also support SQL
Server and agent-less LAN-free
backup.
Advanced caching improves read
and write-back performance, and
allows for ecient IO scheduling,
while IO aggregation signicantly
improves snapshot performance.
StorTrends appliances can be
managed by the integrated web-based
GUI or with ManageTrends™, which
provides discovery and management
of multiple StorTrends appliances
deployed across the network.

Features
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3U IP-SAN and NAS Storage Appliance
3.75 or 7.5 TB IP-SAN & NAS Storage
Appliance
Dual Dialect Software Stack StorTrends iTX
2.6
High performance
Cost-eective and scalable
Transfers block and le data over existing
Ethernet network
Sturdy 3U rack mountable chassis
Redundant Power Supplies
Low Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
Supports major le transfer protocols
Network Teaming
Advanced Snapshot Capability
Volume Replication
High Availability (HA) Grouping
Storage Alerts
Volume Expansion
Support for volumes up to 8TB
Support for 32 volumes
SATA support with hot swap
Hardware RAID Controllers
UPS support
ADS/NIS support
Hardware Specications:
On-board CPU
Intel® Dual Xeon® 2.8 GHz Hyper-threaded
Host Interface
Dual Gigabit Ethernet
Drive Interface
15 x 1” hot-swap SATA bays
Drive & Storage Capacity
250 GB per drive or 500 GB per drive
3.75 TB or 7.5 TB per Appliance
Hardware RAID support
RAID levels 0, 1, 1+N, 10, 10+N, 5, 50
Online capacity expansion
Online RAID level migration
Multiple array types per drive
Distributed sparing
Read with Write-back caching
Global dedicated and distributed hot-spare
Status LEDs
Yes
Expansion Slots
Two (x8) PCI-Express slots
One (x4) PCI-Express slots
One 64-bit 133 /100 MHz PCI-X
Data Management Ports
Two 1 Gigabit Ethernet Data Ports
Other Connectors
Two Fast UART 1650 serial ports
Two USB 2.0/1.1 ports
Power Specications
760W AC power supply module w/PFC
AC Voltage (100-240V, 50-60Hz, 14/7Amp)
Triple-Redundant
Cooling Specications
Four 4 x 9cm hot-swappable 5,000RPM fans
Two 2 x 8cm rear exhaust, hot-swappable fans
Fan tachometer monitoring
Operating Environment
Operating Temperature
10° to 35°C (50° to 95°F)
Non-operating Temperature
-40° to 70°C (-40° to 158°F)
Operating Relative Humidity
8% to 90% (non-condensing)
Non-operating Relative Humidity
5% to 95% (non-condensing)
Physical Characteristics
Dimensions: 5.2”H x 17.7”W x 25.5”D
Weight: 72 lbs.
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Volume Replication
Synchronous
Asynchronous
Snap-assisted
Replication Wizard
Failover / Failback
Advanced Snapshots
Up to 254 read-only, 254 writeable snapshots per
volume
Up to 992 snapshots per box
Snapshot scheduling for SAN & NAS
Redirect (allocate) on Write (ROW)
Random snapshot deletion
Rollback to any snapshot
Mounting snapshots as Read-Only or Read-Write
Caching-assisted snapshots
Backup
VSS-based backup support for Windows® 2003
Servers
Backup agents for popular application servers
iSCSI tape support
Networking
TCP/IP, FTP, HTTP/HTTPS, SNMP, Windows® (CIFS),
UNIX (NFS), Apple®
iSNS Conguration
Up to 16 iSNS servers are supported
Compatible with MS iSNS Server v3.0 and later
versions
iSNS client supporting Draft 22 of iSNS
specication
Security
ACL security implementation supports: Local
users, Windows® NT/2000 Domain users,
Windows® 2003 Active Directory users, NIS
Domain users
iSCSI Target Congurations
iSCSI Qualied Name (iqn) format
Enable/Disable individual network ports for iSCSI
trac
iSCSI target supporting iSCSI RFC 3720
Tight iSCSI and iSNS integration
iSCSI error recovery level 0, 1 and 2
Maximum of 4 connections per session
Maximum of 32 volumes per target
Multiple levels of authentication: Mutual Chap,
user name/password Chap authentication & iSCSI
initiator WWN name
iSCSI Portal Tag conguration from UI
View iSCSI data and error statistics
Management
Command line interface through RS232 & SSH
Integrated web-based management
Tool for easy customization, branding and theme
updating
Event Management
Detailed Event Log
SNMP Traps (up to 4 destinations)
Storage Data Management
Storage pool
LUN (Logical Unit Number) creation &
management
LUN dynamic volume expansion
Dynamic NAS volume expansion
Unied RAID Management
RAID levels 0, 1, 1+N, 10, 10+N, 5, 50
Hardware RAID controllers
Auto RAID rebuild
Remote Management
SNMP, SMIS 1.1, VDS
UPS Support
Universal UPS Support
Supports Windows® OS/iTX/Linux as UPS slaves
and many UPS makes & models
Applications Supported
Oracle®, SQL, Microsoft®Exchange, VMware®, MMS
(and many more)
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Advanced Features
Advanced Snapshot Technology
AMI’s Advanced Snapshot technology enables
up to 254 snapshots (R/O and R/W) from
the block or le level. The module allows for
rapid creation and deletion of a snapshot
with near-zero degradation, permitting
faster back-ups than ever before - with the
assurance of a complete and secure back-up.
Advanced Snapshot technology is focused
on performance, enabling customers to mount
a snapshot as a volume, read from a snapshot
simultaneously, instantaneously roll back to a
snapshot and delete it.
Replication
Synchronous Replication allows data to be
stored on multiple StorTrends appliances at
multiple sites, for high data availability and
disaster recovery. Volumes are protected
from site failure at the granularity of an I/O:
primary and secondary sites are always in-sync
with each other. Asynchronous replication
minimizes bandwidth requirements for users
willing to tolerate a few seconds of data loss,
reducing bandwidth cost dramatically.
Snap-assisted Replication
This technology allows replication of
snapshots in chronological order on
a remote machine. Snapshots can be
organized by application-based consistency
groups. In fail-over to a secondary appliance,
StorTrends iTX will automatically rollback to
the latest consistent snapshot.
Advanced Caching Technology
Advanced Caching, a unique technology
created by AMI, utilizes sector granularity
technology based on an AMI proprietary
mechanism, resulting in outstanding
performance gains. Advanced Caching
technology assists in snapshot read-modify-
writes and in replication.