Arena SS-6603E/R presentation iSCSI to SAS RAID subsystem

1. Arena SS-6603E/R presentationiSCSI to SAS RAID subsystem Sept. 16, 2009

2. IP network What is iSCSI? iSCSI is an abbreviation of Internet Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) an IP-based storage networking standard for linking data storage facilities by DAS or SAN connections. Unlike traditional SCSI and Fibre Channel, which requires special purpose cabling, iSCSI can be run over long distances using existing network infrastructure. By carrying SCSI commands over IP networks. 2

3. Direct Attached Storage (iSCSI vs SCSI) iSCSI requires normal Ethernet cable to directly connect server and RAID; unlike SCSI must use specific SCSI HBA and cable. Directly connection length of iSCSI cable reaches to 100 meter which much over maximum 12meter of SCSI cable. Network Cable ~100m SCSI Cable ~12m SCSI iSCSI 3

4. FC Switch IP Switch Storage Attached Network (iSCSI vs FC) FC SANs are dedicated storage networks, whose deployment requires specialized host bus adapters, specialized FC switches and FC storage arrays. Although all of these components are costly and add a layer of complexity iSCSI can easily be deployed on the commodity networking hardware without expansive equipments of FC HBA, cable and switch. iSCSI SAN FC SAN 4

5. Difference of iSCSI, NAS Same as traditional SCSI and FC interface, iSCSI require block-level access to the hard drives such as email servers, databases, and high usage file servers. Network Attached Storage (NAS) uses file-based protocols such as NFS or SMB/CIFS for remote files sharing. Computer Computer File System File Level Block Level File System NAS Storage iSCSI Storage NAS iSCSI 5

6. Comparison with SCSI/FC/NAS 6

7. On-line heavy duty editing / broadcasting / gaming / workstation Remote educated / Online training Hospital medicine / X-ray storage system VOD on Education / Entertainment Clustering / Virtualization / Clouding Enterprise Mail / Web / Data Server • Extreme performance • Heavy-loading data storage • High-end SAN • Huge data capacity • Sustained performance • SAN required • Low TOC (total of cost) SMB data replication / backup Military / Government data-center HD Video Editing / /Movie Maker Image printing / output Market Segmentation Environment SAN iSCSI Target Segment DAS DVR, Surveillance Performance 7

8. iSCSI Application Server Virtualization SAN management 8

9. iSCSI application Surveillance 9

10. Why iSCSI? Cost-Effective: Consolidate hardware and resources through advanced technology Flexible: Eliminates physical limitations of dedicated storage networks Easy Management: Allows to quickly and easily manage and allocate server and storage resources IP network 10

11. Arena New iSCSI Product 11

12. Front/Rear View Power Fault Access Identifier Power ON Up/ Down button LCD Enter/ Escape button Cooling Module Controller PSU 12

13. Redundant System Overview • Maxtronic redundant system design extends the no-single-point-failure to the controller entity. • Two controllers in one system. They are named by controller A (left/top), and controller B (right/bottom). • A full-duplex RCC (redundant communication channel) is established for synchronization purpose. • - Configuration • - Object state • - Write cache • The write-cache data is preserved only when one of the controller is failed. Cache Coherence Channels Controller A Controller B 13

14. Controller Overview • High Speed BP Melt • Hot swappable redundant controller • Support up to 24 drives in one enclosure • On Board SAS Expander • Flexible to support from 12-bay, 16-bay, and 24-bay • Cache coherence • X4 full-duplex SAS for cache coherence Intel XScale IOP341 • PCI Express X 8 • Up to 2000 MB/s • transfer rate • DDR2-533 Cache Memory • ECC and BBM protected • Up to 4GB memory size • Host Interface Daughter board • To support SAS, iSCSI, PCI-e, and FC • Expansion Port • Cascade external SAS JBOD • Support SAS expansion, up to 128 SAS devices • Dual 4Gbps Fibre Channel • Up to 800 MB/s transfer rate • To support quad 4G FC ports • Phone Jack • Communication with host COM port • On-board Ethernet Port • Embedded web server with GUI • Remote centralized management 14

15. Management Interface (GUI) Online Help Environment Control Front View Rear View Logon Prompt Version 15

16. Logical Units  Logical Units (LUN) Volumes  Volumes Logical Disks  Logical disk (LD) Disks Groups  Disk group ( DG)  Local spare and global spare disk Local Spare JBOD Disks Global Space Unused Disks RAID Structures • Virtual disk • LUN mapping Hard Disks The storage resources are managed as storage objects in a hierarchical structure. 16

17. Unique Features Highlight • Single Controller Upgradable • SAS JBOD expansion • Snapshot • Advance Array Functions • PathGuard™ MPIO • RAIDGuard Central™ • Green Design 17

18. Online Controller Upgradable Single controller model upgradeable which is field upgradable to a redundant solution by on-line without any down-time. 18

19. 16 16 16 16 16 112 disks 16 = SAS JBOD expansion 16 + Arena New iSCSI can expand up to 6 external SAS JBOD enclosures and capacity up to 224TB in a chain (using 2TB SATA drives). + + + + + 19

20. Expanding additional JBOD enclosure 20

21. Snapshot 1:00 2:00 3:00 Embedded Snapshot function is host-independent. User is allowed to create 512 shots and instant restore. Timeline Virus Data Growing RollBack / Data Restore to 1:00 Microsoft Shadow Copy (VSS) compatible, allows taking manual or automatic snapshot of data. 21

22. Bad Block Health OK Sick Cloning Sick Advance Array Functions - Disk Cloning Disk Cloning, a method to automatically copy data to spare disk and replace the sick disk. It could be configured to trigger by the following conditions: - Over bad block threshold of disk. - Detect SMART warning from disk. Bad block alert Trigger Disk SMART 22

23. Fail Working Advance Array Functions - Array Roaming Array Roaming, array member disks has recorded specific identification when original RAID system or controller faulty, the function provides a easily way to recognized data back by just move member disks to the same model and working RAID system. 23

24. Array Recovery Advance Array Functions - Array Recovery Array Recovery, a embedded utility to rescue array set back from a fatal error of when parity array (Raid3/5/6) unexpected lose too many disks and makes array fail. 1st Disk Fail RAID 5 Fail~ 2nd disk Fail RAID 5 OK 24

25. Stop Repaired Advance Array Functions - Array Scrubbing Array Scrubbing, this feature supports parity check and recovery for disk groups, logical disks, and hard disks. Bad sectors will be reported when detected. 25

26. PathGuard™ MPIO Server Host 1 Host 2 Server Host 1 Host 2 • Boost up performance • Load balancing After Path Guard Before Double Bandwidth Boost up Performance 26

27. Fan Error Fan Error Error RAIDGuard Central™ • Event notice • Mail and MSN notice Ethernet Switch ․․․ 27

28. Green Design • High efficiency -High efficiency and load balance power module - Built-in Power-FAN speed control • Disk Standby -Disk will auto-spin-down when enable standby in a period of time without host IO access. • Smart FAN control - Advanced FAN speed control. - Auto-adjusted FAN speed by different system temperature. Standby ~5W (50% saving) ~12W 28

29. MPIO Driver Installed MPIO Installation Procedure Setup Path Guard utility After its installation is completed, rebootthe host OS. Start to Install MPIO Installer Verify if or "vender name_model name" Click "Next" to start installation. After installed reboot the OS Start MPIO GUI 29

30. a more powerful way for storage a more powerful way for storage MaxTronic International Co., Ltd. TEL: 02-2218 4875 FAX: 02-2218 4896 4F. No.529,Chung Cheng Rd., Hsin-Tien City, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan. 30