Qsan XS3200 Series SAN

QSAN Technology, Inc. announced the XCubeSAN 3200, the product range that meets SMB and enterprise needs.

It is the most advanced QSAN product to date, offering  new hardware and SANOS 4.0 SAN storage OS.

The XCubeSAN 3200 series products come in a range of form factors and host connectivity options, all modular and includes redundant feature. The XS3200 range of SAN’s includes a 2U 26 bay, small form factor XS3226 in both dual active/active and single controller (upgradeable). Host interface cards allow the XS3200 range to offer  flexibility with 10GbE ports built in, and additional 16Gb FC and 10Gb iSCSI (SFP+ & RJ45) options. The XS3200 allows hybrid interfaces, so can mix any two host connectivity types into a single chassis for flexibility.

New SANOS 4.0 is equipped with a refreshingly simple to use web GUI and easily deployable into any infrastructure. It is packed with a selection of value-added features, including optional QCache 2.0, QSAN’s SSD cache technology. QCache 2.0 is a pool-based R/W cache, allowing for up to 32TB of SSD cache on up to 4 storage pools, resulting in an 128TB of SSD cache capability.

XS3200 comes with several key features:
    •    Sterling performance – the XCubeSAN 3200 series can deliver 12,000MB/s sequential read and 8,000MB/s sequential write in throughput. Using SAS SSD storage, the XS3200 product is capable of up to 1.1 million sequential IO/s.
    •    RAID level technology – SANOS 4.0 supports all RAID levels including RAID-0, 1, 0+1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60, and N-way mirror.
    •    QThin – Thin provisioning technology is built-in XCubeSAN products, allowing user to allocate disk storage space in a flexible manner based on the minimum space required.
    •    QTiering – Intelligent automated data tiering technology is now available on XCubeSAN products, allowing users to intelligently assign data to the right disk for the level of access.
    •    Backup features – Snapshot, Local Volume Clone, and Remote Replication are free of charge allowing secure data for less.
    •    Integrated virtualization – The XS3200 is integrated with hypervisor platforms of VMware VAAI, Windows Hyper-V ODX, and Xenserver. These make the XS3200 a primary storage system for virtualized datacenters to help provision, migration and management of VM storage both faster and more efficiently.
    •    Scale-up solution – Storage capacity can cascade with XCubeDAS XD5300 12Gb SAS expansion enclosures, allowing up to 10 expansion units and support up to 286 drives for future data growth.
    •    Super Capacitor M.2 – The SAN now offers BBM and Super Capacitor cache protection modules to protect data against power loss.

Built with interoperability for the most popular OSs, the XS3200 can be used for datacenter storage, archiving, cold storage, backup, large-scale surveillance, video streaming and editing. The XCubeSAN XS3200 range is the affordable and reliable storage solution, starting at $7,499.

Compared to its tier 1 competitors, the XCubeSAN solution can be a more affordable alternative for all primary and secondary storage. It can provide more than a 50% increase in performance, thanks to QSAN’s technology and the 24/7 free technical support.

“The newest XCubeSAN XS3200 Series are QSAN’s commitment and answers to its customers to offer fully-featured enterprise SAN storage systems to SMB businesses. XCubeSAN series is designed and optimised for I/O, scalability and reliability to accelerate enterprise mission-critical applications and enhance IT efficiency and agility. The world’s first high density 26 bay 2U SAN with dual host boards are offered in base units plus a variety of host boards to choose from to allow maximum flexibility and scalability to meet limited IT budgets and fit in all kinds of modern IT deployments,” said David Kao, MD, QSAN UK.