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FlashDisk^® SAS/SATA Expandable SX-2300 Series

Tiered SAS/SATA Storage to 84 TB with 8 Gb Fibre Channel Ports
Supports Virtualization - Exceptional Speed - RAID 6 Data Protection

FlashDisk SX-2300 tiered storage provides both performance and capacity in one disk array expandable to 84 TB that fits right into your current SAN, NAS or directly attached environment. It offers a low entry price and inexpensive expansion increments with SAS or SATA disks in separate 2U high, 12-drive shelves. FlashDisk provides RAID 6 with dual parity, powered by high speed ASICs, to deliver vastly superior reliability while sustaining full performance for both SAS and SATA shelves.

Virtual servers and high performance databases require enterprise class performance and reliability. The FlashDisk SX-2300 offers SAS disks to 450 GB at 15k rpm for enterprise performance and to 600 GB at 10k rpm for mainstream applications.

Storage intensive applications including backup, snapshot, archive, disaster recovery, virtual tape library, data acquisition, imaging, video and audio require inexpensive secondary storage. The FlashDisk SX-2300 offers 1 TB SAS or SATA 7.2k rpm disks for capacity intensive applications.

FlashDisk SX-2300 supports a base unit base unit with single or dual redundant controllers with mirrored cache and up to 6 expansion shelves totaling 84 TB available. It is available for SAS, iSCSI and Fibre Channel hosts. With 4 SAS or 4 Fibre Channel ports, it supports 4 hosts - or 2 hosts with dual redundant controllers. The iSCSI model supports all host servers on the associated LAN and the Fibre Channel unit can be attached to a switch.

RAID 6 provides dual parity that protects against two drive failures and to help ensure that critical disk rebuilds after a drive failure are successful.

FlashDisk SX-2300 Series

	Compatibility
	•	Supports VMware, Citrix, Microsoft Virtual Servers and Applications

	•	Supports any open O/S

	•	No host software or drivers needed

	•	Cluster: Windows, Novell, UNIX, Linux...

	Connectivity, Capacity & Scalability
	•	Supports up to 84 SAS and/or SATA disks

	•	Up to 4 F/C 8 Gb or 4 SAS 4x wide hosts

	•	2 GB of cache per controller

	•	Scales to 84 TB with 6 expansion shelves

	Reliability & Serviceability
	•	RAID 6 dual parity data protection

	•	Hot-swappable drives, power supplies, fans, BBUs, AC inlets, optional controllers

	•	Hot spares with automatic drive rebuilds

	•	Supports drive path failover & load balancing

	•	No single point of failure configurations

	Centralized & Remote Management
	•	FlashView embedded RAID management

	•	Managed out-of-band via Ethernet, Telnet, FlashConsole management appliance option

	•	Automatic event and alert notification

	•	FlashAlert 24-hour “call-home” service

Model	SX-2302S	SX-2304R	SX-2382S	SX-2388R	SX-2312S	SX-2314R
Number of Controllers	Single	Dual Redundant	Single	Dual Redundant	Single	Dual Redundant
Host Interface	2 SAS 4x wide	4 SAS 4x wide	iSCSI	iSCSI	8 Gb Fibre Channel	8 Gb Fibre Channel
Number of Host Ports	2	4	2	8	2	4
Number of Expansion Shelves	4	3	4	3	6	6
Number of Total SAS/SATA Disks	60	48	80	64	84	84
RAID 5: IOPS (R/W)	40K / 33K	78K / 40K	58K / 34K	59K / 37K	69K / 54K	105K / 51K
RAID 6: IOPS (R/W)	40K / 31K	78K / 40K	58K / 34K	60K / 36K	68K / 53K	102K / 49K
RAID 5: Throughput MB/s. (R/W)	460 / 330	1,150 / 460	416 / 308	718 / 309	1,150 / 737	1,750 / 785
RAID 6: Throughput MB/s. (R/W)	440 / 290	1,150 / 400	416 / 297	720 / 290	1,102 / 635	1,708 / 772

Additional Specifications

2U RAID Base Unit	SX-2300S/SX-2300R - Supports expansion shelves
Controller	Single/Dual redundant 64-bit RAID controller
RAID levels supported	0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 1+0, 15, 16, 30, 50, 60
Host interfaces	SAS 4x wide or Fibre Channel host ports - SFP optical
Expansion shelf interface	SAS 4x wide
Number of drives/Total capacity	12 drives/12 TB in base - 60 TB total with expansion
On-line capacity expansion	Automatically adds new drives to existing array
Cache memory capacity	2 GB per controller
Non-volatile cache	Li-ION battery - minimum 72 hours
Maximum LUNs	1024 total, 64 per host ID
Maximum number of hosts	4 SAS or 64 Fibre Channel
LUN mapping/filtering	Configurable per logical partition
Host adapters available for	PCI-X, PCI Express
Power supplies and AC inlets	Dual hot-swap redundant 460/530 W; dual AC inlets

2U SATA Expansion Shelf	SX-2300S/SX-2300R - JBOD expansion shelves
Expansion architecture	Single/Dual SAS (Serial Attach SCSI) bus
Expansion shelf architecture	Multiplexed access to each drive within the shelf
Maximum drives	12 SAS or 12 SATA disk drives only
Maximum capacity	12 TB SAS or 12 TB SATA per shelf
Removable drive trays	Hot swappable; individual drive locks
Power supplies	Dual hot-swappable; 460/530 Watts each
Cooling system	Dual hot-swappable fan modules
Active components	No active data path components on the midplane
S.E.S. monitoring controllers	Dual, hot-swappable SCSI Enclosure Services modules

SAS/SATA Disk Drives		Enterprise Class SAS/SATA Disk Drives
SAS disk drives		146/300/450 GB 15k; 600 GB 10k; 500 GB/1 TB 7.2k rpm
SATA disk drives		500/750 GB, 1 TB; 7.2k rpm

Controls and Indicators
LCD front operation panel		2 x 16 character display, push button controls.
LED indicators		LED power, battery, controller, and system status.
Alerting		Audible and visual alerts.
Component failure		Failure indication through LCD, RS-232C, and GUI.
LCD front operating console		View and edit logical RAID/physical drives, setup hotspare drives, map hosts, check parity, enable writeback cache, rebuild failed drive, view logs...

Compatibility
Operating systems	Supports 14 Operating Systems including Windows, Linux, and UNIX
Platforms supported	Intel, SUN, HP, IBM RS-6000, Apple, SGI
Cluster support	Supports 9 industry-standards including Windows, Linux, and Veritas
Remote monitoring ports	RJ45 10/100 Ethernet, dual RS-232
Communication protocols	TCP/IP, SNMP, SSH

Options
FlashNAS Appliance	High performance NAS filer with snapshots; supports CIFS/NFS/AFP; NSPF option
XOsoft WANsync	Replication over IP for disaster recovery

Storage Management
FlashView and FlashConsole	Automatic event and problem alert notification
FlashAlert call home service	24-hour call center available for immediate action
Manage out of band	Ethernet, TELNET via FlashConsole
Centralized management	Manage from any LAN workstation with web browser and no additional software

General
Uninterruptible power supply	Required when using write-back cache
Redundant AC power	Dual 90-260 VAC Inlet, 47-63 Hz
Power Consumption	100 VAC @ 8/10A; 240 VAC @ 4/5A; 460/530 W; PFC
RAID unit dimensions	3.5"h x 17.5"w x 19.2"d
RAID unit weight	Approximately 63 lbs. fully loaded with drives
Operating temperature	0° to 40° C
Cooling System	Two dual hot-swap, ball bearing blowers; <51 dB-A
Compliance	FCC, UL, CE, CSA

Warranty & Service
Standard Warranty	One year, next day on-site and toll-free hotline
Installation and service	On-site installation; 24x7 service available

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  supports 18 TB in one enclosure
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