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VTrak E-Class RAID subsystem with Fibre Channel Connectivity

System and Controller Features

Controllers

Dual Active/Active, RAID Controllers with Failover/Failback

Drive Configurations

Supports up to sixteen 3.5 drive modules
 

4X 1TB 3Gb/s SATA with single controller upgradable to dual
8x 1TB 3Gb/s SATA

16x 1TB 3Gb/s SATA
16x 450GB 3Gb/s SAS

External I/O Ports
(per controller)

Dual 4Gb Fibre Channel host port;

One external 3Gb/s 4x wide SAS port for expansion chassis.

Data Cache

Shared 2GB predictive data cache per controller with Automatic write cache destaging 72-hour battery backup

Command Queue Depth

1024 commands per VTrak system

Operational Features

RAID Level

RAID 0, 1, 1E, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 Any combination of these RAID levels can exist at the same time ;

Configurable RAID stripe size: 64K, 168K, 256K, 512K and 1MB stripe size per disk

Background task priority tuning: adjustment of minimum I/O reserved for server use during all background tasks

Hot spares

Multiple global or designated dedicated hot-spare drives with revert options

Max LUNs per subsystem

256 in any combination of RAID levels and array types

Max LUNs per array

32 logical drives (LUNs); Supports LUN Carving by allowing an array to be divided into multiple logical drives; RAID level, stripe size, sector size and cache policy can be configured per LUN. Supports out of order logical drive deletion and re-creation

Max LUNs per Target ID

Up to 256, depending on host side driver and operating system

LUN Masking and Mapping

Supports multiple hosts

Disk data formats

Supports Disk Data Format (DDF) for industry wide standardization and drive roaming between
VTrak systems

Background Activities

Media Patrol; Background synchronizing; Foreground initialization; Rebuild; Redundancy Check; SMART condition pooling; OCE (Online Capacity Expansion); RLM (RAID Level Migration); Priority Control, Rate Control and watermarking per BGA in Disk and NVRAM

RAID Robustness

Physical Drive Error Recovery: PDM (Predictive Data Migration): Replace un-healthy disk member in array, and keep array on normal status during the data transition between healthy drive and replaced drive, Bad Sector Mapping, Media Patrol, SMART, Hard/Soft Reset to recover drive from bad status, drive Power-control to recover a drive from hung status. Array Error Recovery: Data recovery from bad sector or failed drive for redundant RAID, RAID 5/6 inconsistent data Prevent (Write Hole Table), Data content Error Prevent (Read/Write Check Table) NVRAM event logging

SCSI Commands

Supports extensive SCSI command set equivalent to SCSI/FC hard disk drives;

Variable sector size (512Byte to 4KB) to break OS 2TB limitation; 16Byte CDB support for 64-bit LBA address

System Management

Supported Operating Systems

Mac OS X, Mac OS X server, versions 10.5.2 and later, Windows 2003, Linux (Red Hat, SuSE)

Management Tools

Operating System independent; Localized in multiple languages; SSL Security support;
WebPAM PROe via out-of-band Ethernet; Command Line Interface or Command Line Utility via RJ-11 Serial Port or Ethernet (Telnet);

Standard Management Protocols: SNMP, WBEM/CIM; Auto, Express and Advanced configuration support for novice and skilled users

Management Interfaces/Protocols

Bonjour system discovery, no previous knowledge of IP address is needed
Embedded Web server and mgmt support, no host software is needed to configure or manage

Ethernet, RJ-11 Serial Port; SNMP, SSL, Telnet; Email, audible (buzzer), and visible (LEDs) alarms

Mechanical Specification

Voltage

100-240 Vac Auto-Ranging

Current (Maximum)

8 A @ 100 Vac; 4 A @ 240 Vac (current rating with two power cords)

Power Supply

Dual 500W, 100-240 Vac auto-ranging, 50-60 Hz, dual hot swap and redundant with PFC, N+1 design

Power Consumption

108.38 Watts (under load w/o HDD), 523.91 Watts (under load with SAS HDD)

Operating Temperature/ Humidity

5°~40°C (-40°~60°C non operational) / Maximum 95%

Vibration 

Random, 0.21 grms, 5-500Hz, X, Y, Z axis 

Dimensions (H x W x D) 

13.1x 44.65x 56.1 cm (5.2 x 17.6 x 22.1in)

Weight
* Assume each hard drive =
  0.5 kg

Net weight: 30.5 kg (67.2 lbs) without drives, 38.5 kg (84.9 lbs) with 16 drives*
Gross weight: 37.5kg (82.7 lbs) without drives

Safety

CE, FCC ClassA, VCCI, cUL, TUV, CB, BSMI, C-Tick, MIC

Warranty and Support  

Warranty

Three years complete system limited warranty

Support

»  24 x 7 email and phone support
»  24 x 7 access to Promise support site drivers, firmware, compatibility

»  Advanced replacements program
»  Promise ServicePlus Onsite part replacement option