The StorTrends® 3200i is an affordable 3U, rack-mount storage appliance that offers support for both block and file data. It merges Ethernet-based Storage Area Networks (IP-SAN) and Network Attached Storage (NAS) on a single storage platform. The StorTrends 3200i offers sixteen hot-swappable drive bays with advanced SATA and SAS support, as well as highly distinguishing software features.


The StorTrends 3200i supports iSCSI, enabling block applications like Microsoft® Exchange and Oracle® to be deployed or stored on the same server as traditional file services and storage. The StorTrends 3200i is designed with performance in mind, and includes features for enterprise-level storage management such as hardware RAID, advanced snapshots, volume replication, and failover. Dual dialect StorTrends® iTX software enables transfer of both block and file data over the existing Ethernet network. It provides advanced disaster recovery features such as synchronous, asynchronous, snapshot-assisted and journal-assisted replication, failover, and failback. StorTrends iTX also features high availability grouping, network teaming support, UPS support, advanced snapshots, SAN and NAS snapshot scheduling and advanced caching for IP-SAN appliances.


Volume replication allows data to be stored on multiple StorTrends appliances at multiple sites, for high availability and disaster recovery in the event of a catastrophe. The advanced snapshot capability of the StorTrends 3200i features Redirect-on-Write (ROW) technology with near-zero degradation when writing or rolling back snapshots. Administrators can schedule up to 1,022 read-write and 1,022 read-only snapshots per volume, and up to 2,048 snapshots per box. A maximum of 64 volumes per target is supported.

SAN snapshots are supported through Microsoft® VSS snapshot technology, or by specific agents for application servers such Exchange Server and Oracle. Microsoft® VSS-based snapshots also support SQL Server and agent-less LAN-free backup.


Advanced caching improves read and write-back performance, and allows for efficient I/O scheduling, while I/O aggregation significantly improves snapshot performance. StorTrends appliances can be managed by the integrated web-based GUI or with ManageTrends™, which provides discovery and management of multiple StorTrends appliances deployed across the network.


HIGHLIGHTS:

  • 4, 8 or 16 TB IP-SAN & NAS storage appliance
  • 16 Hot-swappable SAS/SATA Drives
  • Block and file data transferred over existing Ethernet network
  • Cost-effective and scalable
  • Thin and Exact provisioning
  • Network Teaming
  • Universal UPS Support
  • Volume Replication
    • Synchronous
    • Asynchronous
    • Snapshot-assisted
    • Journal-assisted
  • Failover / Failback
  • Advanced Snapshot
    • Redirect on Write (ROW)
    • Up to 1022 snapshots (R/O and R/W) per volume
    • Up to 2048 snapshots per box
    • Snapshot scheduling for SAN & NAS
    • Rollback from any snapshot in less than a second
    • Random snapshot deletion
  • Hardware RAID support: RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 10+N, 50, 60
  • Online capacity expansion, RAID level migration
  • High Availability (HA) Grouping
  • Load Balancing
  • Active / Active Configuration