Dedicated SATA-based iSCSI storage appliance provides cost-effective, high performance, highly reliable RAID storage for mission critical application servers or backup servers

The Snap Server 720i is compatible with Windows, Linux, and VMware, delivering easy to manage storage that can be flexibly allocated via an IP SAN to application servers such as Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server, and Oracle while they are up and running. The 720i supports SATA drives in capacities from 1TB to 35TB. Boot diskless servers from the 720i over the IP SAN. For Windows servers, HA mirror between two 700i series storage appliances, and benefit from best-in-class VSS hardware snapshots.

Highlights:

• Cost-effective iSCSI storage appliances
• SAS and SATA expansion, scalable from 1TB to 35TB
• High performance, up to 257MB/s throughput
• Easy to manage with Adaptec Storage Manager
• For Windows, synchronous mirroring between 700i appliances with automatic failover
• For Windows, powerful backup and recovery via application consistent VSS snapshots
• Ideal for use with Windows, Linux, and VMware
• Easy management and cross-platform file-sharing out of the box

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The iSCSI specification allows SMBs/SMEs to get the benefits of a SAN using highly compatible, low cost, and widely understood Ethernet networking to create an IP SAN

• All major operating systems support IP SANs including Windows, Linux, and VMware

iSCSI Storage applications include:

• Storage for Exchange, SQL, Oracle, SharePoint, or other transactional systems
• Storage for backup and restore
• Storage for data mining
• A component of a high availability architecture for mission-critical applications.

Benefits

Now SMBs/SMEs can get the benefits of using a SAN, but do not want to have to deal with the complications, compatibility problems, cost, and specialized knowledge required to implement a Fibre Channel-based SAN.

Key Differentiators

 

• Handles demanding IP SAN workloads
• Advanced storage functionality at industry leading value
• Flexible and Scalable
• Choice of SAS or SATA expansion
• Maximum data protection
• For Windows, high availability features ensure that users never lose access to critical data
• SAN-wide management
• Simple, automatic provisioning (for Microsoft Windows environments).

Maximum Capacity

 

Base configuration of 1TB or 2TB. Add up to 8 SANbloc S50 JBODs for a maximum of 96 SAS drives (28.8TB) or 44 SATA drives (33TB) for a maximum system capacity of 34TB or 35TB.

Cross-Platform Support

 

Ideal for Use with Windows, Linux, and VMware

• Thoroughly tested with primary operating systems
• Boot Diskless servers from the IP SAN
• Microsoft-specific functionality

  − VDS provider for easy management

  • Simple SAN Component

  − VSS hardware transportable snapshots
  − Supports Microsoft Clusters
  − MPIO for path resiliency
  − HA mirroring with failover / failback

Network Interface

3 Autosensing 10/100/1000Base-T, RJ-45 network connections

Hot Swappable and Redundant Components

Hot-swappable SATA disk drives; hot-swappable redundant fans and power supplies

Processor

AMD Opteron processor, with 1MB L2 cache and 1000MHz HyperTransport™

ECC Memory

1GB DDR 1 400 ECC RAM standard
Supports maximum of 2GB DDR 1 400 ECC RAM

Drive Configuration

4 x 500GB 7200 RPM hot-swappable SATA drives (2TB raw capacity)
4 x 250GB 7200 RPM hot-swappable SATA drives (1TB raw capacity)

Standard LCD Display

Backlit, 2 line, 16 character with system ID, IP address

Mounting

Custom 19" rackmount slide rails included

Network Transport Protocols

TCP/IP

Network Block Protocols

iSCSI software initiator support
Compatible with Linux iSCSI initiator, 32- and 64-bit
Compatible with VMware ESX iSCSI initiator
Compatible with Microsoft's iSCSI initiator, 32- and 64-bit

iSCSI hardware initiator support
Q-Logic QLA-4050C
Q-Logic QLA-4052C

Network Security

CHAP Authentication (iSCSI target level)
SRP (Provides Secure Remote Password)

Data Protection

Hardware RAID 0, 1, 1E, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Integrated snapshot technology with Microsoft VSS support
UPS Support for graceful shutdown

Power Rating

400W 100-240 VAC (autosensing) 50-60Hz

Input Current

3.4A peak for 115VAC, 1.7A peak for 230VAC

Power Consumption

390W peak

Heat Dissipation

1057 BTUs/hr

Height

1.75 in (44.5mm) 1U

Width

17.5 in (444.5mm)

Depth

29.25 in (742mm)

Weight

40 lbs (18.2kg)

Warranty

Three-year limited hardware warranty, return to depot; 90-day software support

The Adaptec Snap Server 700i series of iSCSI storage appliances is Microsoft Simple SAN Component compliant, and ships with automated, easy operations instantly to keep critical applications such as Exchange or SQL Server up and running. The Snap Server DPM MPIO driver is installed on Windows servers to provide multiple paths for performance and to protect against a path failure to the storage system. And two Snap Server 700i Series appliances can be configured to synchronously mirror all information written to a given volume on one unit to a corresponding volume on the other. If one appliance fails, the other will pick up operations instantly with no need for manual intervention.

Up to 256 snapshots can be scheduled or initiated from any VSS requester running on a Windows server, such as backup and restore, replication, or other management software. Transportable VSS hardware snapshots facilitate high performance backups in a SAN.

Ideal for Use with Windows, Linux, and VMware

The Snap Server 700i Series has been extensively tested for compatibility with Microsoft Windows, Red Hat and SuSE Linux, as well as VMware ESX Server. Snap Server 700i series storage appliances adhere to key Microsoft standards including compatibility with the Microsoft iSCSI initiator that ships with Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP. The VSS hardware provider takes up to 256 snapshots within the storage system, and makes them available for instant recoveries or to another server on the SAN that is responsible for performing backups or replication. The VDS provider permits a Windows system to administer the Snap Server 700i series storage appliance from within familiar Windows administration utilities.