Hardware Installation Guide
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Specifications
Alnico AN-8 RAID Series
Model
AN-824
AN-816
AN-812
824STS/D 824FQS/D 824FHS/D
816STS/D
816FQS/D 816FHS/D 812STS/D
812FQS/D 812FHS/D
Controller
Number
Up to 2
Up to 2
Up to 2
RAID
Architecture
1.2Ghz RAID-On-Chip Dual-Core Storage Processor.
Up to 8GB DDR3-1866 ECC RDIMM (Registered
DIMM) on one socket.
Write-Through or Write-back cache mode support.
NVRAM for RAID configuration and transaction log.
Advanced PCI-Express 3.0 bus architecture.
Default cache memory size: 2GB
Support Flash-based (FBM) or Battery backup modules
(BBM) (Optional).
Real time clock support.
RAID
Features
Multiple RAID 0 and RAID 10(1E) support (RAID
00 and RAID100)
Configurable stripe size up to 1024KB.
Support for native 4K and 512 byte sector SAS and
SATA devices.
Multiple pairs SSD/HDD disk clone function.
SSD automatic monitor clone (AMC) support.
Online array roaming. / Offline RAID set. / Multiple
RAID selection.
Automatic drive insertion / removal detection and
rebuilding.
Online capacity expansion and RAID level migration
simultaneously.
Great than 2TB per volume set ( 64-bit LBA support).
RAID Levels: 0, 1,1E, 3, 5, 6, 50, 60 & JBOD.
Support Global Hot Spare and local Hot Spare disk.
Disk Scrubbing / array verify scheduling for automatic
repair of all configured RAID sets.
DataBolt™ Bandwidth Optimizer for balance faster host
and slower drive devices.
Support spin down drivers for idle disk to extend service
life ( MAID ).
Online RAID level / stripe size migration.
Supports up to 256 SAS devices.
Max 128 LUNs ( volume sets ) per RAID set.
Login record in the event log with IP address and service
(http, telnet, and serial).
System Type
4U Rackmount
3U Rackmount
2U Rackmount
Host
Interface per
Controller
Dual
miniSAS
HD
(4x12Gb)
ports
Quad 16Gb
FC ports
Dual 16Gb FC
ports
Dual miniSAS
HD (4x12Gb)
ports
Quad 16Gb
FC ports
Dual 16Gb
FC ports
Dual
miniSAS
HD
(4x12Gb)
ports
Quad 16Gb
FC ports
Dual 16Gb
FC ports
Disk
Interface
24 x 12Gb SAS / 6Gb SATA drives
16 x 12Gb SAS / 6Gb SATA drives
12 x 12Gb SAS / 6Gb SATA drives
Dual downstream miniSAS (4x12Gb) expand ports per controller
Lockable Disk carrier can support both 2.5’’ and 3.5’’ drives without additional accessories