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Chapter 1 RAID introduction
1.1 Features
iStarUSA iSCSI series
is a high-performance RAID solution including the
following Models
o
iAge820-iSCSI
: Desktop 8 bay iSCSI(Host) to SATA II (Disk) Raid Storage
o
mAge208U20-iSCSI
: 2U-8 bay iSCSI (Host) to SATA II (Disk) Raid Storage
o
mAge316U20-iSCSI
: 3U-16 bay iSCSI (Host) to SATA II (Disk) Raid Storage
iStarUSA iSCSI
storage solution features:
•
Front-end 2 ports GbE NIC ports with load-balancing & fail-over for
high availability.
•
iSCSI jumbo frame support.
•
RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 3, 5, 6, 50, 60, & JBOD ready.
•
SATA II drive backward-compatible.
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One logic volume can be shared by as many as 32 hosts.
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Host access control.
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Configurable N-way mirror for high data protection.
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On-line volume migration with no system down-time.
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HDD S.M.A.R.T. enabled for SATA drives.
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Global/dedicated cache configurable by volume.
With proper configuration,
iStarUSA
product can provide non-stop service with
a high degree of fault tolerance by using RAID technology and advanced
array management features. Should you have any question, please feel free
to contact your local sales representative or directly send email to
iSCSI
GbE enclosure connects to the host system via iSCSI interface. It can
be configured to any RAID level. The controller provides reliable data
protection for servers and
RAID 6
. RAID 6 allows two HDD failures without
producing any impact on the existing data. Data can be recovered from the
existing data and parity drives. (Data can be recovered from the rest
disks/drives.)
