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Meet the S2A StorageScaler Systems . . .


Completely redesigned, this 8th generation S2A platform is the new benchmark for performance, capacity and innovation.

Now available in two performance models:

S2A9700 - 3GB/s Reads & Writes.  Cost-effective, safe, large scale capacity

S2A9900 - 6GB/s Reads & Writes.  Maximum performance, density and scalability for the most demanding applications

Scale-out and consolidation challenges are resolved with the all new S2A StorageScaler Systems. High bandwidth and deep storage are now easily managed within the same system. Combine high performance SAS and high capacity SATA drives in the S2A StorageScaler 6000’s ultra dense 4U, 60 slot drive enclosure.  A true Peta-scale building block, each S2A Storage System manages up to 1.2 petabytes all within two standard racks – reducing floor space, multiple systems, power, cooling, network components and administration.
Available in two performance models, the S2A9700 delivers 3GB/s, while the S2A9900 delivers 6GB/s. Both systems offer identical features and capabilities, allowing you to select the most economical solution to meet your applications’ performance requirements. 

S2A innovation continues to shatter traditional storage system limitations. Read and write at the same speed. Protect data with high performance DirectRAID 6. Save power and allow less frequently accessed drives to spin down with S2A SleepMode. Maximize SATA utilization with enterprise confidence as SATAssure verifies data integrity and self-heals drives - all without impacting capacity or performance.  Minimize drive replacements with a new ability to power-cycle individual drives. Say goodbye to degraded mode, as rebuilds occur without any performance loss.
 

S2A StorageScaler™ System Highlights

Performance Capacity Innovation
  • Select a Single System S2A9700  with 3GB/s Reads & Writes
    or
  • Select a Single System S2A9900 with 6GB/s Reads & Writes
  • Multiple Systems Scale Beyond: 100GB/s
  • Real-Time, Zero-Latency Data Access, Parallel Processing
  • Native FC-4, FC-8 and/or Infiniband 4X DDR
  • Single System: Up to 1.2 Petabytes
  • Multiple Systems Scale  Beyond: 100’s of Petabytes
  • Intermix SAS & SATA in Same Enclosure 
  • Manage up to 1,200 Drives
  • 1.2PB in Just Two Racks
  • High Performance DirectRAID™ 6
  • Zero Degraded Mode
  • SATAssure™ Plus Data Integrity Verification & Drive Repair
  • Power Saving Drive Spin-down with S2A SleepMode
  • Power Cycle Individual Drives

 

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S2A9700
StorageScaler System 
S2A9900
StorageScaler System 

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Intermix High Performance SAS and High Capacity SATA Drives within the Same Enclosure 

 

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S2A9700 Appliance Couplet Blazing 3GB/s Reads and Writes

 

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S2A9900 Appliance Couplet Ultrafast 6GB/s Reads and Writes

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StorageScaler 6000 Dense 4U, 60 Drive Enclosure 

 

S2A Exclusive Features
  • Read and write at the same speed
  • Densest capacity footprint available
  • Manages largest quantity of drives
  • Fastest read and write throughput performance
  • Robust 24GB/s of backend bandwidth across 20 disk channels
  • DirectRAID 6 with double parity protection & no performance penalty
  • Finds and corrects data corruption in real-time
  • Enables SATA deployments with enterprise-class reliability
  • Zero degraded mode during rebuild activities
  • Consolidates multiple systems
  • Eliminates network components
  • Saves power with S2A SleepMode

Power Down and Save

S2A SleepMode™ allows drives to spin down after a user defined inactivity period to save additional power and cooling – especially beneficial with the S2A capacity allocated for archive use.

S2A provides a bigger building block to scale-out or consolidate multiple traditional systems; saving floor space, reducing storage network components/complexity and lowering power/cooling requirements.

SATAssure™ Plus

Revolutionary SATAssure technology delivers enterprise-class data protection and reliability using large capacity, inexpensive SATA disk drives. SATAssure operates on all read operations, ensuring data integrity and automatically corrects problems in real-time – all without the performance or capacity penalty found in traditional storage systems. Reduce drive RMAs with a new ability to power cycle individual drives.

Say Goodbye to
Degraded Mode

S2A performance is always delivered at full speed, regardless of check, error, or failure conditions. Unlike traditional storage systems, you’ll never suffer a decrease in performance or accessibility of your data.


Scale Beyond Limits 

A true Peta-scale building block, each S2A system manages the most capacity and delivers the highest bandwidth in the smallest footprint available.  

Scale Capacity: 

•  From 100’s of Terabytes to Multiple Petabytes 

Scale Performance: 

•  From 3GB/s to 250+GB/s 

Compare Scaling Approaches

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   Traditional Storage S2A9900
6GB/s Reads:
6GB/s Writes:
1.2PB Capacity:  		4 Traditional Systems Required
8 Traditional Systems Required
4 Traditional Systems Required

1 S2A9900 StorageScaler System



Consolidate Everything 

High performance, high capacity, SAS and SATA intermixing enables the consolidation of multiple storage systems into a single S2A StorageScaler System. Lower TCO by reducing capital expenditures, floor space, power, cooling, network components, software, support/maintenance, administration and potential points of failure.  

Consolidate and Simplify:

• Multiple Systems
• NAS and SAN
• Storage Islands
• Network Components

The Power to Reduce:

• Administration
• Components
• Floor Space
• Power Consumption



Gain Universal Access

Storage is no longer the bottleneck, as contention, latency, traffic and performance degradation are finally resolved. Perform at full-speed and without compromise as S2A eliminates traditional storage limitations. Unify DAS, NAS and SAN, choose your favorite operating and file systems, manage multiple storage tiers within the same system.

Single, Common Pool of Storage:

• DAS, NAS, SAN
• Mac, PC, Unix, Linux
• Shared, Parallel, Clustered, Virtual File Systems
• Tiers 1, 2-n

Full-Speed Access:

• No contention or latency
• Sustain performance during events
• Every host can access every disk
• All data is available all of the time at full-speed


 


Ideal Applications

Purpose-Built for Growing Stores of Unstructured Data and Digital Content
All Industries
  • Rapid Backup/Restore
  • Tape Replacement
  • Creating onIine Archives
 Finance
  • Compliance Mandated Online Archive
  • Monte Carlo Simulation
  • Capital Market Analysis
  • Low-latency Trading Support
Design & Simulation
  • Online Archiving of Model and ResuIt Files
  • Computer Automated Design (CAD)
  • Computer Automated Engineering (CAE)
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Electronic Design Automation (EDA)
  • Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
 Government
  • Intelligence Archives
  • Digital Record Archives
  • Homeland Security
  • Intelligence & Photographic Analysis
  • Satelite Telemetry & Embedded Systems
  • Climate Modeling & Space Exploration
Digital Media
  • Massive Online Media Archives, MAM
  • Broadcast, Post-production, DI
  • Serve Multiple SD, HD, 2K, 4K Streams
 HPC
  • Cost-Effective High Speed Scratch Storage
  • Space and Power EfficientOnline Archives
  • Scal able Pe rformance Beyond 100GB/s
  • Open-systems CPU, OS and File System Support
  • Rapid Checkpoint Operations
  • Native Infiniband Connectivity
Energy
  • 3D & 4D Seismic Analysis
    Reservior Simulation
  • Combustion & Emissions Simulation
  • Advanced Imaging and Visualization
  • Online Storage of Raw Data and ResuIts
 Internet Services
  • Centralize & Consolidate White-box Storage
  • Online Video, Audio & Image Serving
  • Address Rapid Data Growth Challenges
  • Media Archives