RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A
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Chapter 1 RAID introduction
1.1 Features
RS16FS
controller is a high-performance RAID controller.
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Backplane solution
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Fibre Channel (FC x2) – to – SATA II/SAS (xN bays) RAID controller.
Features:
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Front-end 2-ported 4Gb FC ports with load-balancing & failover for high
availability.
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RAID 6, 60 ready.
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Snapshot without relying on host software. (optional)
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SATA II drive backward-compatible.
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One logic volume can be shared by as many as 16 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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SAS JBOD expansion support.
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Microsoft VSS, VDS support. (optional)
With proper configuration,
RS16FS
controller can provide non-stop service with a
high degree of fault tolerance by using
UltraStor
RAID technology and advanced
array management features. The controller features are slightly different between
the backplane solution and cable solution. For more details, please contact your
direct sales or email to
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RS16FS
controller connects to the host system in fibre channel interface. It can
be configured to any RAID level. The controller provides reliable data protection
for servers and
RAID 6
. The 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.)
Snapshot-on-the-box
is a fully usable copy of a defined collection of data that
contains an image of the data as it appeared at the point in time, which means a
point-in-time data replication. It provides consistent and instant copies of data
volumes without any system downtime.
ULTRASTOR
Snapshot-on-the-box can
keep up to 32 snapshots for all data volumes.
Rollback
feature is provided for
restoring the previous-snapshot data easily while continuously using the volume
for further data access. The data access which includes read/ write is working as
