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Stackable SATA/SAS1400 RAID arrays build tiered storage solutions, with an open-storage approach.

CorData's SAS1400 RAID arrays offer advanced engineering features at a great price, delivering big advantages to your near-line or on-line storage projects.

CorData's SAS1400 RAID array supports state-of-the-art 3Gb SAS or 1/2/4Gb fibre channel host/SAN channels, and mixed bulk and performance disk media with up to 15,000 RPM disk drive spindle speeds or solid-state disk modules.  The advanced design of the SAS1400 RAID array enclosure supports one or two active/active RAID controllers, up to 2Gb cache memory per controller, and MAID power-saving partial or full spin-down disk managmeent to minimize heat output and power consumption; an important feature in today's densely packed data center rack environments.

The exceptional engineering and reliability features of the SAS1400 RAID array distinguish this product from all other competitive systems, without the high prices that other major vendors charge.

SATA and SAS RAID configurations are supported with up to 512 LUNs utilizing up to 2,000GB SATA drives, keeping the per-megabyte cost well below the cost of competitive RAID solutions.  In addition, you can select SAS drives in high performance models with up to 15,000 RPM rotational speeds and 600GB capacities.  The SAS1400 RAID array is manufactured entirely in the USA, and backed by a world-wide field service organization.

SAS1400 RAID systems feature advanced active/active RAID controller architectures to support fully redundant operation with unattended fail-over or fail-back under full operational load during the unlikely event of a major component failure, and in-band or out-of-band RAID management software.  The CorData SAS1400 array reads data as fast as 1400MB/sec through each of up to four 4Gb fibre channel host or SAN switch connections. 

84TB RAID in 7" of vertical rack space.

CorData SATA/SAS RAID solutions... the highest density and lowest cost enterprise-class data storage available.

CorData delivers SAS4200 RAID arrays with aggressive pricing and advanced engineering features.

Able to deliver storage densities up to 84TB per 7" of rack space, or 840TB in a single 19" rack cabinet, SAS4200 RAID solutions from CorData feature amazing affordability and density, substantially reducing the cost and size of data center storage solutions compared to other RAID vendors.  In addition, CorData SAS4200 RAID arrays are backed by one of the largest SATA/SAS RAID storage vendors in the industry... Nexsan; providing excellent engineering and quality assurance as well as highly attractive pricing due to their large industry presence and buying power.  Advanced Auto-MAID features provide automated spin-down/spin-up of drives as required to minimize heat output and power consumption.  Media density to 2TB per drive, 15,000 RPM performance media, and even solid-state disk modules combine with up to four 8Gb fibre channel host channel ports per RAID array offer exceptional speed and raw I/O performance.  CorData enterprise SATA RAID systems feature aggressive purchase pricing, built-in fibre channel and iSCSI host interfaces, a standard 3 year advance replacement manufacturer's warranty, and business-hours CorData technical support for as long as you own the array.

Storage Management Server (2U)

CorData Storage Management Appliances... the key to your open storage architecture

What good is a large storage resource, if it can't be easily managed?  CorData Storage Management Servers are highly capable and sophisticated storage management servers, with many different capabilities depending on the software "personality" we install on it for you.

Storage Management Servers, (SMS), in their basic configuration, support industry standard LINUX running in a storage-centric configuration.  Able to manage diverse storage resources attached via SCSI or fibre channel, the SMS includes a Logical Volume Manager, able to manage multiple volumes, create, allocate and append volumes, perform software based RAID V and mirroring, and share out volumes over Ethernet via NFS, CIFS, or HTTP protocols.  This is a first-rate enterprise-class 2U server, including single or dual Xeon processors, up to 12GB RAM, three PCI-X and two high performance PCI-express slots, hardware RAID supporting mirrored, hot-swappable boot drives, hot-swappable redundant power and cooling units, and comprehensive system monitoring and error reporting features.  Tool-less design and modular, advanced internal components make servicing the unit a snap.

Storage Gateway Servers, (SGS), expand upon the capabilities of the Storage Management Server by providing highly sophisticated and vendor-independent storage virtualization software, upgrading the standard SMS configration.  The SGS can support multiple simultaneous fibre channel, and iSCSI attached servers, performs NAS file services, VMWare virtual machine integration, and also performs high-level storage management functions such as snapshot, remote synchronization, and server-side agents to facilitate non-stop snapshot volume management.

iSCSI Storage Servers, (ISS), offer an entry level version of the Storage Gateway Server, specifically optimized for iSCSI protocol at an amazingly low price.  Able to deliver SAN capabilities over the existing Ethernet infrastructure, enterprises may deploy a hardware-independent fully functional storage appliance for less than the cost of an iSCSI router.  The ISS brings advanced features such as snapshot, mirroring, and unlimited storage capcity licensing to existing SCSI or fibre channel attached storage hardware as well as a wide range of complimentary CorData advanced storage solutions.

File System Servers, (FSS), expand upon the capabilities of the Storage Management Server by providing a high performance shared file system capability to multiple FSS servers.  Highly scalable, the FSS software supports from 2 to 255 nodes and provides a clustered highly available NFS server or Oracle database server capability.

Virtual Tape Servers, (VTS), expand upon the capabilities of the Storage Management Server by providing a tape library emulation application, allowing you to run existing backup applications but with disk-based backup and recovery performance.  The VTS may be attached to most popular SCSI or fibre channel attached disk or tape storage resources.  Able to emulate multiple tape libraries with large tape populations, the VTS allows clients to implement an easy and affordable disk-to-disk backup solution without changing their existing backup application software nor their existing backup management procedures.  Clients may attach existing tape libraries directly to the VTS for high performance off-line destaging to tape, including WAN connections to remotely located tape library resources.

Assureon Information Assurance Appliances provide organizations with sophisticated Information assurance capabilities in three ways.  first, data is automatically migrated from servers to the Assureon appliance to provide continuous and automatic disk-to-disk backup solution.  Second, single-instance storage and encrypted key file system security minimizes data storage capacity by eliminating all redundant data files, and allows document classification so organizational policies defining user access, document lifecycle, and storage media are automatically enforced.  Lastly, data verification continuously audits files to confirm the data that is supposed to exist both in local and remotely located media is not only present, but continues to exist in it's exact original state, and self-heals if file corruption has occured.  The Assureon Information Assurance Appliance is by far the most sophisticated information assurance solution available at anywhere near the price.

Fibre channel infrastructure offers the best storage networking performance... but don't spend more than you should for advanced technology.

CorData offers the best engineered mid-range fibre channel switches available... from the fastest growing fibre channel networking company; QLogic.

QLogic developed the first completely scalable fibre channel architecture, utilizing inexpensive 4Gb or 8Gb fibre channel stackable switches.  Available with eight to 20 ports, you can stack up to four switches utilizing a revolutionary 10Gb cable interconnect, allowing you to affordably grow your switch to as many as 96 usable ports.  Ports run up to 8Gb throughput, with backwards-compatibility with older 4, 2, or 1Gb equipment. 

In addition, QLogic offers blade switch core or director class switches, featuring up to 128 ports, including a mix of 4 or 8Gb fibre channel ports and 10 or 20Gb ISL (inter-switch link) ports. 

Full-featured storage management software is provided free with every switch, allowing you to manage a large storage fibre channel infrastructure without expensive software or support upgrades.  Best of all, QLogic features the same fibre ASIC chip set on their HBA's, stackable switches, and core switches so you can be assured of plug-and-play simplicity.  Already have switches from other vendors?  QLogic switches feature the best vendor interoperability features in the industry, including built-in Brocade switch emulation.