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FlashDisk^® SAS/SATA Expandable SX-3400 Series

Tiered SAS/SATA Storage Solution - Expandable to 80 TB
Integrated Primary and Secondary Storage - RAID 6 Data Protection

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SX-3400 Series SATA disk arrays provide high capacity SATA storage
solutions in an expandable architecture that provides 80 TB of high
performance coupled with extraordinary RAID 6 data protection at low
cost from Winchester Systems FlashDisk SX-3400 Series disk arrays provide a tiered storage solution. It supports high performance SAS disks and high capacity SATA disks in separate shelves. SAS and SATA shelves are combined to create an integrated and tiered storage solution in an expandable architecture. Available for both SAS and Fibre Channel hosts, it provides up to 80 TB with high performance, ASIC-based RAID 6 data protection at low cost.

The base unit contains single or dual redundant controllers with mirrored cache and supports up to 4 expansion shelves and up to 80 total disk drives. SAS disk are available up to 300 GB with 15K rpm for the highest performance and up to 400 GB with 10K rpm for the best price/performance value. SATA disks are available with up to 1 TB capacity for storage intensive applications including backup, snapshot, archive, disaster recovery, virtual tape library, data acquisition, imaging, video and audio.

The FlashDisk SX-3400 Series also provides a unique “SAN-in-a-Box” design so you can directly attach up to 8 Fibre Channel hosts or up to 4 SAS hosts without costly switches, redundant HBAs or host-based failover software.

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

FlashDisk SX-3400 Series

	Connectivity, Capacity & Scalability
	•	Supports up to 80 SAS and/or SATA disks

	•	Up to 8 4Gb/2Gb Fibre Channel or up to 4 SAS 4x wide hosts

	•	512 MB to 2 GB of cache per controller

	•	Scales to 80 TB with 4 expansion shelves via SAS (Serial Attach SCSI) connections

	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

	Compatibility
	•	Supports any open O/S

	•	No host software or drivers needed

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

	Centralized & Remote Management
	•	FlashView embedded RAID management

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

	•	Automatic event and problem alert notification

	•	FlashAlert 24-hour “call-home” service

Model	SX-3402S	SX-3404R	SX-3494S	SX-3498R
Number of Controllers	Single	Dual Redundant	Single	Dual Redundant
Host Interface	SAS 4x Wide	SAS 4x Wide	4 Gb Fibre Channel	4 Gb Fibre Channel
Number of Host Ports	2	4	4	8
Number of Expansion Shelves	4	3	4	3
Number of Total SAS/SATA Disks	80	64	80	64
RAID 5: IOPS	39K Read / 29K Write	80K Read / 41K Write	73K Read / 57K Write	117K Read / 57K Write
RAID 6: IOPS	39K Read / 29K Write	79K Read / 41K Write	72K Read / 56K Write	114K Read / 56K Write
RAID 5: Throughput (MB/second)	753 Read / 534 Write	1,514 Read / 931 Write	733 Read / 470 Write	1,052 Read / 458 Write
RAID 6: Throughput (MB/second)	764 Read / 470 Write	1,506 Read / 833 Write	703 Read / 405 Write	1,027 Read / 452 Write

Additional Specifications

3U RAID Base Unit	SX-3400 Series 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 interface	SAS 4x wide or Fibre Channel host ports - SFP optical
Expansion shelf interface	SAS 4x wide
Number of drives/Total capacity	16 drives/16 TB in base - 80 TB total with expansion
On-line capacity expansion	Automatically adds new drives to existing array
Cache memory capacity	512 MB standard, upgradable to 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 - Fibre Channel only
Host adapters available for	PCI-X, PCI, PCI Express & Sbus
Power supplies and AC inlets	Dual hot-swap redundant 530 W each; dual AC inlets

3U Expansion Shelf	SX-3400S/SX-3400R - 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	16 SAS or 16 SATA disk drives only
Maximum capacity	6.4 TB SAS or 16 TB SATA per shelf
Removable drive trays	Hot swappable; individual drive locks
Power supplies	Dual hot-swappable; 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		73, 146, 300 GB 15k rpm; 400 GB 10k rpm; 3.5/3.9 ms.
SATA disk drives		500, 750 GB, 1 TB; 7.2K rpm; 8.5 ms.

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 @ 9A; 240 VAC @ 4.5 A; 530 W with PFC
RAID unit dimensions	5.1"h x 17.5"w x 19.2"d
RAID unit weight	Approximately 77 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

FlashDisk SATA Expandable SX-3400 Series - High Capacity SATA Storage Solution with 2nd Generation RAID 6 Data Protection from Winchester Systems

Convenient IP Storage

  Affordable iSCSI storage to
  11.25 TB with redundant
  controllers - affordable,
  easy-to-install and manage

High performance Fibre
Channel disk arrays

  Ultra-high performance Fibre Channel
  disk array supports RAID 6 - expands to
  28.8 TB

Affordable, high performance Network
Attached Storage scalable to over 40 TB

Affordable Windows NAS appliance
scalable to over 40 TB

High capacity SATA disk arrays

  Compact and low cost SATA
  enclosure with 2 Gb Fibre Channel
  provides up to 6 TB for expanding
  rackmount server storage

  High performance 16-bay array
  supports 12 TB with 4 Gb Fibre
  Channel, Ultra320 SCSI or 1 Gb
  Ethernet connectivity and superior
  RAID 6 data protection.

  Cost effective E-SATA storage for
  business-critical applications
  supports 18 TB in one enclosure
  with dual SCSI or 8 Fibre Channel
  hosts

  Expandable 2U SATA array supports
  4 SAS hosts and up to 60 TB with 4
  expansion shelves and 60 total
  disks.

  Expandable 3U SAS/SATA array
  supports 4 SAS or 8 Fibre Channel
  hosts and up to 80 TB with 4
  expansion shelves and 80 total
  disks.

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for SCSI or Fibre Channel hosts

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  TB SCSI disk array with 2 SCSI host
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Storage Monitoring and "Call Home"

Embedded GUI for visual and simplified
storage management

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management appliance

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