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Infortrend EonStor GS 2016 Storage

Based on the high-performance chassis and the basic performance chassis with options for a single or dual controller, there are four different configuration choices available for the Infortrend EonStor GS 2016 Gen1 storage appliance. Intel Pentium 4-core CPUs are supported on the performance variants, while the basic chassis features Pentium 2-core processors. The 3U platform is equipped with 16x LFF drive bays on the front panel. This appliance, which belongs to the GS 2000 series family, is an affordable way to provide a single HDD-based unified storage system with NAS and SAN data storage options.
Infortrend GS 2016 front view
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Infortrend GS 2016 Storage

GS 2016RCF

Dual redundant controllers

Infortrend GS 2016 Storage

GS 2016SCF

Single upgradable to dual redundant controllers

Infortrend GS 2016 Storage

GS 2016RTCF

Dual high performance redundant controllers

Infortrend GS 2016 Storage

GS 2016STCF

Single high performance upgradable to dual redundant controllers

Infortrend EonStor GS 2016 Storage - System Overview

Additional Information

Infortrend GS 2016 front view

The EonStor GS 2016 storage, designed for general business applications. Another one of the performance features on this system is GPUDirect, which bypasses the CPU and system memory to directly address the host system GPU for maximum efficiency and low latency. Supported controllers can support 16GB to 128GB of DDR4 cache memory with dual redundant controllers, or 8GB to 64GB with a single controller. It is equipped with 16x 3.5-inch drive bays, which are also compatible with 2.5” form factor drives. SAS or SATA HDD or SSD configurations provide data transfer speeds of up to 6Gb/s SATA or 12Gb/s SAS. Block level storage protocols include FC, iSCSI, and SAS. In the case of a power outage, the cache backup is supported by a super capacitor with flash module. These systems differ in that they have distinct controllers supporting dual or quad-core CPUs, variable memory capacity, and network interface host board options.

Standard

EonStor GS 2016RCF
  • Dual redundant controllers, Intel Pentium 2-core CPUs
EonStor GS 2016SCF
  • Single controller, Intel Pentium 2-core CPU

High-Performance

EonStor GS 2016RTCF
  • Dual redundant high-performance controllers, Intel Pentium 4-core CPU, high IOPS
EonStor GS 2016STCF
  • Single high-performance controller, Intel Pentium 4-core CPU, high IOPS

Infortrend EonStor GS 2016 Storage rear view

To reduce the hardware footprint, scale-up expansion allows for the addition of up to 896 drives by connecting each GS unit to a JBOD expansion enclosure. The maximum number of drives that can be supported is 3584 drives when additional Infortrend series appliances are used per cluster for scale-out. Two host board expansion slots provide options for port speed connections. Mounted on the rear of the EonStor GS 2016 storage appliance, the single or dual controllers are outfitted with an ethernet management port, a mini-USB connector, and dual onboard SAS extension connectors. OpenStack Cinder, macOS X, Citrix XenServer, and Windows Server are just a few of the supported operating systems. However, it can also be managed independently using Infortrend’s EonOne software suite. The system is powered by two redundant 460W 80 PLUS Bronze rated power supply units.

Infortrend EonStor GS 2016 Storage - Specifications

Processor - 1 Socket

  • Intel Pentium 2-Core
  • Intel Pentium 4-Core
  • Up to 4x cores
  • Up to 4x threads
  • TDP up to 68W

Cache Memory

Single Controller:

  • Default DDR4 8GB, up to 64GB

Dual Controller:

  • Default DDR4 16GB, up to 128GB

Drive Bays

Front Bays:

  • 16 x 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch drive bays

Max Drive Number:

  • Per Appliance: 896 (via expansion enclosures)
  • Per Cluster: 3584 (via scale-out with other hseries of appliances)

Compatible Drives:

  • 2.5" SAS SSD
  • 2.5" 12Gb/s SAS 10,000 RPM HDD
  • 3.5" 12Gb/s NL-SAS 7,200 RPM HDD
  • 2.5" SATA SSD, 3.5" 6Gb/s SATA 7,200 RPM HDD (for single-controller models only)
  • 2.5" U.2 NVMe SSD (for U.2 SSD cache models; must be purchased from Infortrend)

RAID Options

  • RAID 0
  • RAID 1
  • RAID 3
  • RAID 5/5F
  • RAID 6/6F
  • RAID 10
  • RAID 30
  • RAID 50
  • RAID 60

Expansion Enclosures (JBODs)

  • JB 3012A
  • JB 3016A
  • JB 3024BA
  • JB 3025BA
  • JB 3060L
  • JB 3090

Host Board Options

  • 16Gb/s FC x 4
  • 32Gb/s FC x 2
  • 32Gb/s FC x 4
  • 1GbE (RJ45) x 4
  • 10GbE (RJ45+) x 2
  • 25GbE (SFP28) x 2
  • 12Gb/s SAS x 2

Chassis

  • Enclosure
  • Height: 130mm
  • Width: 449mm
  • Depth: 500mm
  • Weight: 38.45 lbs (17.44 kg)

Power Supply

  • 2 x 460W 80 PLUS Bronze

Efficiency

  • Block level: Offline compression, offline deduplication
  • File level: Inline compression, offline deduplication

Data Services

Default software features include:

  • Thin provisioning (block level)
  • Scale-out (file level): 1 appliance per cluster
  • Scale-out (block level): 4 appliances per cluster
  • Snapshot (volume-based): 64 per source volume, 128 per system
  • Local replication: 4 per source volume, 16 per system
  • Remote replication (file level): support Rsync with 128-bit SSH encryption

Optional software features require additional license:

  • HA Service (block level, file level)
  • SSD cache (block level, file level)
  • Automated storage tiering: 4 tiers per pool
  • Advanced scale-out (file level): 4 appliances per cluster
  • Advanced snapshot (folder-based): 1024 per folder (supported on Btrfs file system only)
  • Advanced snapshot (volume-based): 256 per source volume, 4096 per system
  • Advanced local replication: 8 per source volume, 256 per system
  • Advanced remote replication (block level): 8 per source volume, 64 per system

Supported Protocols

  • File level: CIFS/SMB (version 2.0/3.0), NFS (version 2/3/4), AFP (version 3.1.12), FTP/FXP (vsftp 2.3.4), WebDAV (httpd package 2.4.6)
  • Block level: FC, iSCSI, SAS, NVMe/TCP, NVMe/RDMA
  • Object level: RESTful API (Amazon S3-compatible API)
  • GPUDirect Storage (GDS): Supported on NVMe-oF (Block) and NFS over RDMA (File) environments for direct GPU memory access.

  • Scale-out requires NFS version 4 or above.
  • NVMe/RDMA is supported only on host channels with RDMA functionality.

Cloud Gateway

EonCloud Gateway supports integration with the following cloud providers:

  • Amazon S3
  • Baidu Cloud
  • Yandex
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Tencent Cloud
  • hiCloud
  • Alibaba Cloud

Management

  • Web-based EonOne management software
  • User account management
  • Group management
  • Folder management - folder access control
  • Quota management
  • Folder encryption with AES
  • Integration with Microsoft Active Directory (AD) and Linux LDAP
  • Storage Resource Management to analyze history of resource usage
  • Multi-factor authentication login mechanism
  • File-level QoS (network traffic control)
  • SMI-S standard interface for hypervisor management applications

Operating System and Hypervisors

  • Microsoft Windows Server
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise
  • Sun Solaris
  • MacOS X
  • VMware
  • Citrix XenServer
  • OpenStack Cinder

Infortrend EonStor GS 2016 Storage - Documentation

Infortrend EonStor GS 2016 Storage Data Sheet Infortrend Expansion Enclosure Guide Infortrend EonStor GS 2016 Front and Back View Infortrend EonStor GS Compatibility Guide Infortrend GS Host Board and Memory Guide
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