Direct Attached Storage (DAS)
Network Storage Solutions
XENON's DAS storage solutions enable IT managers to require storage systems that enable them to optimize capacity ($/GB), performance and reliability as their needs evolve.
A disk storage enclosure contains multiple disk drives so that additional capacity can be added to a server whenever it is needed. Disk storage enclosures can be directly attached to a single server or server cluster.
XENON offers SAS attached storage enclosures which enables the attachment of an external storage array to one or two servers.
XENON’s DAS storage solutions are built around XYRATEX, a recognised worldwide leader for its high availability and high reliability storage building blocks.
Innovative and Cost Effective
Xyratex’s RS-1603-E3-EBD delivers a highly-flexible solution designed to support the needs of every application through delivering an optimal blend of performance, scalability, reliability and cost. This new Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) based storage system replaces traditional parallel SCSI (U160, U320) systems. SAS provides an inherently more flexible infrastructure as it seamlessly supports the use of SATA or SAS disk drives. This capability enables the 1603 EBD system to support the high performance and reliability features of enterprise class SAS disk drives or the low cost, high capacity class of SATA disk drives.
The advanced SAS architecture of the RS-1603-E3-EBD eliminates the performance bottlenecks associated with a parallel SCSI interface, resulting in a significant improvement in performance, scalability and system availability. The sustained throughput and point-to-point disk connections of the system’s design minimize latency, while dramatically improving system management and reliability.
Industry-Leading Enclosure
The RS-1603-E3-EBD is a key building block for implementing a Tiered Storage Architecture (TSA) as it supports the use of both high performance SAS and low cost, high capacity SATA drives in a single storage system. This capability enables you to tailor the performance profile of the storage system to meet both your application and budget requirements through using high performance SAS drives for low latency, I/O intensive online applications and SATA drives for non-mission critical, nearline archival applications.
Xyratex’s industry-leading enclosure provides enterprise-class reliability, and features hot-swappable data path logic, power and cooling modules and enclosure management functions. This fully-redundant enclosure combines outstanding performance with cost-effective scalability, and is fully capable of meeting the demands of 24/7 operations.
Features
- Provides up to 16TB of storage in a single enclosure
- Support for SAS and SATA-II drives in multiple enclosure configurations
- Dual 4-lane 3Gb SAS ports per control module
- Delivers an Enterprise-class HA design with no single point-of-failure
- Multi-initiator support is provided for SAS devices
- StorView™ server-based management software
- FCC class A, UL, cUL & CE mark
