Qsan SAN With Four 8Gb FC Ports and 24 HDDs

Qsan Technology, Inc. announced the 8Gb FC SAN storage system F600Q.

The redundant and multi-protocol design gives enterprise reliability and availability in SMB pricing, and the flexibility of using iSCSI connection in the same box at the same time for remote replication by QReplica, as the standard feature in this model without extra license charge.

Each RAID controller has four 8G FC ports, 8 ports in a dual controller system. It’s a solution for server virtualization, media streaming, video editing, weather modeling, medical imaging and high-performance transactional database processing.

‘Making Data Smart’ is the mission of Qsan. "Aimed to make business data smart enough to be always available under any unexpected circumstances, efficient enough not to waste any IT investment, and easy retrieval during the whole ILM," said Daniel Lin, Director of Sales, Qsan.

F600Q Features:

• FC (8Gb) & iSCSI(1Gb) multiprotocol support
• Redundant & hot pluggable designs: RAID controllers, power supplies, fan modules, battery backup modules, and JBOD expansion
• Connection availability with load balancing and failover
• Data protection: RAID 6, 60, QSnap writeable snapshot, Windows VSS support, QReplica remote replication
• Flexible volume management for multiple applications and environments: virtualization, cloud storage, SQL, Exchange, surveillance, file backup, boot from SAN, etc.
• Green storage designs: auto disk spin down, cooling mechanism, and 80 PLUS energy-efficient power supplies
• SBB form factor with complete SKUs: 4U24, 3U16, 2U24, & 2U12
• Maximum number of hard drives: 192