NAS Storage Product Introduction (Reprinted Self-Singdi)
(Aoc Ma Tiandi Digital Technology Co., Ltd. May 30, 2001 15:36)
NAS Storage Product Introduction Procom Netforce 1500 Series Introduction Procom Netforce 3200 Series Introduction Procom Netforce Typical Application Procom Company Profile NAS (Network Storage) and SAN (Storage Network) As two new mainstream storage technology, fundamentally changed Some storage structures provide an important condition with storage management, and the integration of the two technologies has become a general trend to get a consensus of the market. US Procom's latest storage high-end product Netforce3200 sftsft can not only simultaneously be applied to the SAN and NAS hybrid environments, but also do not need to purchase any software packages, and do not need to purchase any software packages. It is a high availability dual operating system storage product with extremely high redundant structures. The SAN function provided by US Procom uses a fully Fiber Channel hardware technology. The default fiber channel interface is more than 4, and an infinite expansion, supports the business application of the SERVER / Client computing architecture, 200MB fiber channel bandwidth The double ring protection structure is more unparalleled to ensure the efficient storage environment, the hardware-level RAID protection covers RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 3, RAID 5, RAID 10, RAID 30, RAID 50, can be arbitrary Configuration, such as databases, it is best to use RAID5, and video data should use RAID 3, etc. Fundamentally eliminates the risk of data loss using software RAID 4, because software RAID is used, when all data cannot be recovered, all mainstream RAID products are protected by hardware controller. US Procom's latest storage high-end product Netforce3200 sftsft, using hardware dual controller protection, but also to SAN functions. The SAN feature provided by PROCOM companies support Veritas and Legato's SAN backups. The NAS feature provided by US Procom provides a dual CPU dual operating system protection mechanism. Since the operating system that supports network storage is BSD-based core (Berkeley University develops currently recognizes the most stable and most efficient UNIX operating system), its data processing Effectiveness and stability are all in general. NAS is suitable for peer network small file access methods, such as (CAD, software development, network email, etc.). Therefore, each of the two is often required, and there is often two applications in the operation environment of the general enterprise. The NAS feature provided by US Procom provides dual-Qigan Ethernet and double hundred ganguang bandwidth. At present, the total bandwidth is 275MB (2000MB 200MB), which will support 500MB, that is, 4 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces, and all external networks The interface also comes with the user needs any combination of any combination, the widest channel can be brought by a IP address 275MB bandwidth, which is bound to a channel. The NAS feature provided by US Procom contains embedded backup software supports NDMP direct file backups, fundamentally avoids the occupation of valuable network bandwidth resources. US Procom's NAS can fully realize the sharing of files under different operating system platforms, users access the same file through different network protocols, there is no need to transform the existing Ethernet wiring structure, under a variety of operating system platforms, users There is no need to purchase individual data storage devices for different operating systems, thereby greatly saving costs. In terms of system configuration, US Procom provides customers with unreserved full-featured packages and free upgrade sales strategies, allowing users to eliminate the troubles and risks of complex package configurations encountered when purchasing products. If the customer has not purchased a package function that does not need to purchase, the package function can increase the price, which has caused the uncertainty of customer investment.
Netforce 3200 SFT provides high availability of key business applications: Netforce3200 SFT Series is designed for customers who require large capacity and constantly data access. It is equipped with 5 sets of disk array modules, maximum capacity can reach 7TB. Smaller volume provides such high performance and capacity, which is very suitable for companies that want to e-commerce, it will cause more customers' interest It is easier to expand more than simple SANs, easier to install, more manageable, and have better fault tolerance. Download data is shorter. Low overall cost (TCO), with good scalability in the network, making your investment best return. Netforce can adapt to your existing network system. Due to direct networking, add Netforce in the network will be very simple and fast. The high availability of Netforce3200 SFT SFT is reflected in the following: First, its hardware design is a completely redundant structure, and is modular, hot-swappable and hot replacement, (hot plug redundant fan, power supply) Avoid single-point failure. Implement online expansion, without changing the original configuration, nor does it need to be out and back up the original data. Therefore, it is more in line with Internet e-commerce applications. Second, Netforce 3100HA / 3200SFT has RAID0, 1, 3, 5, 1 0, 3 0, 5 0 fault tolerance for global thermal backup, 64-bit log file system to ensure data integrity. It fully supports the SAF-TE fault tolerant system, when the system is operating or encountered by disasters, it can constantly obtain information, so that the file system can make a comprehensive disaster recovery to ensure the successful operation of the system. Third, Netforce 3100HA / 3200SFT can install 60-96 18G / 36G / 50G / 73G Fiber Channel SCSI hard drive at the same time. Netforce3200 SFT provides a highly available shared file system solution. Its independent OS design effectively avoids the hacker application software to violate its system. The dual fiber data channel is used, a dual RAID controller. The heat replacement redundant power group, redundant fan and hot swap hard drive allow you to add or replace them without stopping. Netforce high availability fault tolerant structure greatly reduces the risk of the system, further enhances the security and availability of the system. Cross-platform file sharing: Netforce3200 SFT SFT series adopts direct Internet access, realized investment protection, realizing data sharing in heterogeneous environments, without spending a lot of money; network file system (NFS) protocol, different Consistent support for UNIX vendors, such as Solaris, HP-UX, Linux, BSD and other mainstream systems. At the same time, Netforce3200 SFT SFT also supports the Universal Interconnection File System (CIFS) under the Windows platform of Microsoft. Netforce3200 SFT SFT also supports UNIX Directory Services, NIS, and Windows Domain Server Mode Authentication Systems and File Shared Level Safety Mode - Windows NT File Access Control List (ACLS). Netforce3200 SFT a big feature is to support cross-platform sharing of users in Netforce in a variety of different network environments. This is difficult to access in traditional network storage devices. Dual-Caption (SFT): Netforce3200 SFT Series uses a fully redundant configuration on server hardware to avoid single-point failure to ensure network security. A dedicated core is connected to the two sets of server modules and is in an online state. When the network runs, the other modules are faulty, and the additional modules automatically replace the error in the error within 5 seconds.
This excellent feature provides a very safe guarantee for the operation of e-commerce and important business. In addition, the fault tolerant system uses a dual CPU processor to further improve performance. Performance Optimization: Since Netforce3200 SFT is specifically used in data storage management, the storage and application is separated, thereby greatly alleviating the burden on the application server in the storage I / O management, speeding the speed of the application service response, making the original application The server is no longer generated in the bottleneck of the storage I / O, and the network bandwidth is effectively released, and Netforce has enhanced network overall performance. It is equipped with a high-efficiency 64-bit file system to accelerate the transmission of data. Netforce3200 SFT provides a new concept of data storage and sharing, simplifies storage of complexity, more reasonable data stream allocation, reducing the process of data exchange, which further enhances data storage capacity. The result of the Benchmark test shows that Netforce3200 SFT average access time is less than 5 milliseconds, in the test-based customer system, it is even faster than the local hard drive. Netforce's operating system is more reasonable for UNIX and Windows customers with the highest level of stable operation. Low total total cost (TCO): Enterprise wants to grow data storage capacity, but often pay 5-6 times funded, Netforce3200 SFT provides the best solution, and it is extremely high Performance can maximize the overall cost of the system. The advantage of it is plug-and-play, so that you don't have to separately allocate a powerful server to specifically manage and mount storage devices. After the Netforce is selected, it will find very little input, and no expensive funds to purchase server and storage software that connect to the storage device, without spend a lot of funds and time for training professional system engineers. After the data is managed, all valuable data will always stay in the place where everyone can share, and will not find someone else. Centralized retrieval of unified forms of search, more accelerated response speed. Simple management: According to advanced technology and user-friendly design philosophy, NETforce3200 SFT SFT series designed with NAS / SAN independent operation platform can fully meet the fast and efficient characteristics of e-commerce, follow WEB-based browsers in HTTP and Java technology. Wizard installation wizard, directly access technology, makes system installation and commissioning can be complete quickly and easily. Procom's simple installation and use technology will run through the entire installation process, so that the engineers with a slightly computer common sense can complete the system installation and commissioning. Further simplifying the management method of data storage: Netforce3200 SFT provides a powerful management platform, and the GUI graphics management interface allows administrators to implement comprehensive control and operation of the device, even network settings, permission settings, hot spare plates. Set, create new volume resources, local backup, email error notification, SNMP settings, RAID settings, etc., the administrator does not need to type complex commands, just click the mouse and open IE, the operation is very simple. The Help file connected to the context is convenient to provide detailed help of the relevant processes. Netforce3200 SFT achieves real distributed storage, centralized storage management ideas, completely changing traditional storage concepts, realizing the quality of the production and application of storage equipment, the characteristics of its data centralized management, greatly reduced system management The workload between members and users. The built-in DHCP function simplifies the trouble of manually setting and managing IP addresses. Backup and Recovery: In order to maximize the availability and integrity of the stored data, the software system of Netforce3200 SFT provides checkpoints, also named "Snapshot". This feature is a real-time backup of the recently changed file system. Due to false deletion, erroneous modification caused by mistake operation, it is fully able to recover the file before modifying.
