6498 Storage System
6498 Storage System
Based on our sixth-generation XBB™ architecture, the Engenio 6498 storage system integrates native InfiniBand connectivity, high-performance Fibre Channel or high-capacity SATA (serial ATA) disk drives, and powerful storage management software to create a solution with exceptional performance, up to 112TB of capacity and fully-featured functionality.
This exciting combination will appeal to HPC and technical computing environments (e.g., energy, government labs, biosciences, supercomputing, and scientific research and development), that utilize InfiniBand-based server clusters for high-bandwidth programs and complex application processing. The high per-channel bandwidth delivers maximum throughput across a minimum number of InfiniBand connections, saving switch ports and lowering acquisition and service costs. And the 6498 storage system’s native InfiniBand interfaces provide a cost and performance advantage over Fibre Channel-based or gateway-based solutions for environments utilizing InfiniBand as a server clustering interconnect.
SANtricity Storage Manager Software
SANtricity® Storage Manager software configures and administers the 6498 storage system. With SANtricity software, you can achieve maximum utilization of the purchased capacity through extensive configuration flexibility and custom performance tuning. SANtricity software allows continuous access to user data during administrative tasks, including configuration, reconfiguration, expansion and maintenance of the system.
The fully-integrated replication features found in SANtricity software extend its unparalleled functionality and create even more powerful storage. With multiple replication offerings (volume snapshot, volume copy, remote volume mirror), you can choose the method that best meets your data utilization and protection requirements.
- (4) 10 Gb/s InfiniBand interfaces
- Supports up to 224 Fibre Channel/SATA drives
- 4GB of battery-backed cache
- Online storage administration
- Performance:
- Sustained throughput from disk: 1,300 MB/s
- High per-channel bandwidth delivers maximum throughput across a minimum number of InfiniBand connections which saves switch ports and lowers acquisition and service costs.
- Robust, yet intuitive, storage management software ensures complete control over your rapidly growing storage environment.
- Fully redundant I/O paths, automated failover and online administration create “always-on” availability to keep your data accessible.
- Modular “pay-as-you-grow” scalability lowers acquisition and expansion costs by enabling you to buy only want you need when you need it.
- Support for high-performance Fibre Channel and high-capacity serial SATA disk drives enables a single storage system to satisfy primary and secondary storage requirements.
- Multiple replication options provide additional data protection and the means to improve data utilization.
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