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Atipa Qualifier-YA16 Array

A flexible and high performance hardware platform for DAS, NAS and SAN.

The RAID type used to protect an array of disks is based upon several factors including: capacity, availability, performance, and cost. These factors are based upon current company requirements, however often storage needs change with time. A RAID solution should allow your storage to keep pace with changing business requirements as your needs change. A good solution should also minimize your downtime if an event occurs.

Atipa Qualifier Array YA16 is carefully designed to balance all these factors to create an effective storage Subsystem to meet your requirements while centered on high density and low cost per TB. The Qualifier YA16 Array combines full-service storage management, scalability and mission-critical availability at a price point targeted for enterprises of all sizes.

The Qualifier YA16 consolidates large amounts of storage into a single, high-density, energy-efficient, easy-to-manage solution that can be economically expanded. The data protection services create an environment where data and sites are protected against loss because they are easy to restore and quick to recover.

Instant Availability/Background Initialization

RAID 0 and RAID 1 volume set can be used immediately after the creation. But the RAID 3, 5 and 6 volume sets must be initialized to generate the parity. In the Normal Initialization, the initialization proceeds as a background task, the volume set is fully accessible for system reads and writes.

The operating system can instantly access to the newly created arrays without requiring a reboot and waiting the initialization complete. Furthermore, the RAID volume set is also protected against a single disk failure while initialing. In Fast Initialization, the initialization proceeds must be completed before the volume set ready for system accesses.

Array Roaming

The RAID subsystem stores configuration information both in NVRAM and on the disk drives it can protect the configuration settings in the case of a disk drive or controller failure. Array roaming allows the administrators the ability to move a completely raid set to another system without losing RAID configuration and data on that raid set. If a server fails to work, the raid set disk drives can be moved to another server and inserted in any order.

Online Capacity Expansion

Online Capacity Expansion makes it possible to add one or more physical drive to a volume set, while the server is in operation, eliminating the need to store and restore after reconfiguring the raid set. When disks are added to a raid set, unused capacity is added to the end of the raid set. Data on the existing volume sets residing on that raid set is redistributed evenly across all the disks. A contiguous block of unused capacity is made available on the raid set. The unused capacity can create additional volume set. The expansion process is illustrated as following figure.

The RAID subsystem controller redistributes the original volume set over the original and newly added disks, using the same fault-tolerance configuration. The unused capacity on the expand raid set can then be used to create an additional volume sets, with a different fault tolerance setting if user need to change.

Online RAID Level and Stripe Size Migration

User can migrate both the RAID level and stripe size of an existing volume set, while the server is online and the volume set is in use. Online RAID level/stripe size migration can prove helpful during performance tuning activities as well as in the event those additional physical disks are added to the RAID subsystem.

Before the invention of RAID level and stripe size migration, changing the RAID level and stripe size of a RAID system meant backing up all data in the disk array, re-creating disk array configuration with new RAID level and stripe size, and then restoring data back into RAID system.

For example, in a system using two drives in RAID level 1, you could add capacity and retain fault tolerance by adding one drive. With the addition of third disk, you have the option of adding this disk to your existing RAID logical drive and migrating from RAID level 1 to 5. The result would be parity fault tolerance and double the available capacity without taking the system off.

RAID 6

A RAID 6 array is essentially an extension of a RAID 5 array with a second independent distributed parity scheme. Data and parity are striped on a block level across multiple array members, just like in RAID 5, and a second set of parity is calculated and written across all the drives. As larger disk arrays are considered, it is desirable to use stronger codes that can tolerate multiple disk failure.

When a disk fails in a parity protected disk array, recovering the contents of the failed disk requires successfully reading the contents of all no-failed disks. RAID 6 provides an extremely high fault tolerance, and can sustain two simultaneous drive failures without downtime or data loss. This is a perfect solution when data is mission-critical.

SNMP

Qualifier YA16 RAID subsystem firmware-embedded Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). An SNMP-based management application (also known as an SNMP manager) can monitor the disk array. An example of An SNMP management application is Hewlett-Packard’s Open View. The firmware-embedded SNMP agent can be used to augment the RAID controller if you are already running an SNMP management application at your site.

MPIO

Multipathing solutions are designed to provide failover through the use of redundant physical path components-adapters, cables, and switches-between the server and storage device.

Specifications
RAID Engine Intel Xscale i80321@400Mhz
RAID Levels 0,1,0+1,3,5,6,and JBOD
Cache Support (Write back) Up to 1GB of DDR 266 SDRAM
System Type Rack mountable 3U
Host Interface Mini SAS (8088 type)Channels
Disk Interface SATA II
Host Transfer Rate 3GB/sec per channel
Disk Channel 16 of SATAII (3Gb)
LCD Display 2 Lines by 16 characters
Hot Swap and Redundant Yes (Power Supply, Hard Disk Drive & Fan)
Hot Spare Yes (Disk Down)
Battery Back-Up Module Optional, Supporting 72 hours battery back-up time
LAN Web browser-based RAID manager via build in 10/100 Ethernet port
Array Management Support
Automatic Bad-Sector & Error Recovery
Yes
Automatic Drive Rebuilds
Alarm buzzer and E-mail Notification
Online Array Roaming
Yes. Automatic Data rebuilds.
Online RAID level Migration Yes
Online Capacity Eapansion and RAID
Level Migration simultaneously
Yes
Operating Systems OS independent and transparent
Power Supply Redundant by Dual 460W Power modules with PFC feature, Loading Sharing type and cable-less design.
Atipa i224 Xeon 2P 24-Bay Storage Server

Enterprise-class hot swappable, redundant and RAID level support with low power consumption saves on operating costs.

Build a flexible foundation with Atipa i224 Storage Server for your businesses, whether it's small or enterprise. Management software included for centralized management of all RAID controllers on the network.

Dual core ROC (RAID on Chip) together with 512MB of DDR2 write cache delivers outstanding performance at a fraction of cost.

In addition to Multiple RAID LUN (logical unit number) support, the i224 Server features 24 hot plug SAS/SATA hard drive trays and 2 fixed internal hard drive bays in a 4U space.

The i224 Server offers maximum "disk per space" ratio in a 4U form factor; high power efficiency (85%+), optimized HDD signal trace routing and improved HDD tray design to dampen HDD vibrations added more value to your investment.

The Atipa i224 Server supports 24 enterprise-class SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) or high-capacity SATA (Serial ATA) disk drives. Flexible network connectivity includes Ethernet, Fibre Channel or Infiniband via add-in cards.

Processor (2) Intel® Harpertown Quad-Core Xeon® Processor 5400 sequence up to 3.16 GHz
Power Supply 760W Triple-Redundant Power Supply
Memory 16GB memory standard, Up to 32GB DDR2 667 / 533MHz ECC fully buffered DIMM
Disk Totaling 24TB with (24) 1TB SATA II Enterprise Server Drive in 24 Hot-swap Drive Bay
Form Factor 4U
RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 5, 5EE, 6, 10, 50 and 60
Software Java-based GUI Management Utility, Remote configuration, monitoring & notification, SNMP, SMTP, Remote firmware updates
Atipa i216 Xeon 2P 16-Bay Storage Server
Scalable up to 48TB

The Atipa i216 Storage Server offers an ideal solution for a variety of business environments. With great reliability, wide-ranging scalability, strong manageability, the i216 Server is a solid, cost-effective solution for a range of environments, from small businesses to database servers. The i216 supports SAS or SATA2 drives for configuration and application flexibility. Applications needing maximum reliability, serviceability and uptime can benefit from fully redundant hot-swap power supplies and fans; a triple 760W power supply with tachometer-monitored blowers provide maximum power and cooling and is fully operational on a single active power supply.

Support for 16-drive hot-swap SAS or SATA2 drives compute to extremely low cost per TB, ideal for primary and secondary storage (by connecting up to 2 more enclosures), D2D and content archive applications, the Atipa i216 Storage Server delivers access to data 500x faster than tape at a lower TCO.

Processor (2) Intel® Harpertown Quad-Core Xeon® Processor 5400 sequence up to 3.16 GHz
Memory 16GB memory standard, Up to 32GB DDR2 667 / 533MHz ECC fully buffered DIMM
Disk Totaling 16TB with (16) 1TB SATA II Enterprise Server Drive in 16 Hot-swap Drive Bay
Form Factor 3U
RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 5, 5EE, 6, 10, 50 and 60
Software Java-based GUI Management Utility, Remote configuration, monitoring & notification, SNMP, SMTP, Remote firmware updates

Why RAID 6?

RAID 6

RAID 6 is a method used to protect data from two hard drive failures and to rebuild bad data blocks discovered during RAID rebuilds.

What is RAID 6?

RAID 6 is defined as additional disk drive failure tolerance provided by a second independent distributed parity scheme. RAID 6 offers another level of protection that has been in existence for some time, but has, until recently, been available almost exclusively in proprietary devices.

By using additional parity calculations, RAID 6 can protect mission-critical data from two concurrent disk drive failures. With the growth of disk array sizes, increasing disk densities and the introduction of Serial ATA (SATA,) drives (said by some to have lower reliability) into the storage market, the likelihood for two concurrent failures is increasing.

Accelerate With RAID 6!

Intelligent RAID solutions utilize an I/O subsystem, that is separate from the host CPU, to provide greater performance and reliability. Intel is delivering I/O processors with hardware accelerators that increase the performance and reliability of RAID 6 solutions.

Various and flexible choices are available, please contact sales@atipa.com
or "request for a quote"for your specific requirements.



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