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iSN Software for OEMs
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version 2.3
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Intelligent Storage Networking
LINE CARD
OEM-Ready Storage Virtualization Platform
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iSN software is a mature, full-featured suite of tools that can
completely enable storage virtualization and disaster recovery
solutions. In the coming years, as customers demand more
effi ciency and better storage management tools, solution
providers will succeed with offerings that solve the CIO’s major
challenges of cost containment, business simplifi cation and
integration, uptime and disaster recovery.
iSN software offers many options which can be used to cre-
ate different solutions targeted at specifi c customer profi les.
The iSN software can be loaded onto standard hardware and
OEM partners can select among its many features. iSN can
integrate and virtualize multiple SAN and NAS devices and
supports both fi bre channel and iSCSI SAN networking.
iSN Capabilities and Applications
Storage Virtualization for Easier Data Migration, Provisioning and Hosting
- Management and integration of different brands of storage
- Management of Utility, Cloud, outsourced datacenter
storage resources
- Management of logical storage volumes instead of physical
resources
Controlling Storage Costs While Supporting Growth
- Tiered storage aligns costs with value of data
- Thin provisioning enables both short term and longer term
planning
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iSN Software Features
• Heterogeneous virtualization
• Thin provisioning
• Dynamic proivisoning
• Replication
• Mirroring
• Data migration tools
• Snapshots
• GUI management interface
• Command line interface (CLI)
• NAS support
System High Availability
- By allowing data migration to occur without downtime
- Replication feature which can eliminate backup win dows
- Dual controller models protect against a single point
of failure.
Disaster Recovery
- Snapshots allow restoration to a specifi c point in
time
- High snapshot frequency minimizes data loss
- Replication
- Mirroring
Business Simplifi cation
- Standardizes storage management on a common interface
- Dynamic provisioning provides an easy way to expand
volumes
- Easily integrates new storage devices without planned down time
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iSN Management Interface
iSN’s graphical user interface and Command Line Interface also allow system administrators to manage all functions
such as creating storage volumes, changing their sizes, migrating fi les, and establishing snapshot schedules from a
common management interface so that the storage environment can be more easily managed.
Features and Models
Single Controller Software Models
iSN 110 iSN 120 iSN 130
Number of volumes 128 256 512
Snapshots 1024 2048 4096
Thin provisioning volumes 16 32 64
Proxy volumes for migration 0 16 64
Mirrors/synchronous
replication
Asynchronous replication Available Available Available
NAS support Available Available Available
SAN volume size 2TB 8TB 16TB
Capacity per confi gur ation 25TB 75TB 150TB
Max capacity per confi gur ation 25TB 75TB 150TB
Max Controllers per system 1 1 1
Controllers per license 1 1 1
Host interface iSCSI/FC iSCSI/FC iSCSI/FC
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Dual Controller Software Models
iSN 210 iSN220 iSN 230 iSN410 iSN420 iSN 430
Number of volumes 256 512 1024 1024 2048 4096
Snapshots 2048 4096 8192 8192 16384 32768
Thin provisioning volumes 32 64 128 128 512 1024
Proxy volumes for migration 0 32 128 128 256 1024
Mirrors/synchronous
replication
Asynchronous replication Available Available Available Available Available Available
NAS support Available Available Available Available Available Available
SAN volume size 4TB 8TB 16TB 64TB 64TB 64TB
Capacity per confi gur ation 50TB 150TB 300TB 512TB 1024TB 2048TB
Max capacity per confi gur a-
tion
Max controllers per system 2 2 2 2, 4, 6 2, 4, 6 2, 4, 6
Controllers per license 2 2 2 2 2 2
Host interface iSCSI/FC iSCSI/FC iSCSI/FC iSCSI/FC iSCSI/FC iSCSI/FC
8 32 128 128 256 1024
50TB 150TB 300TB 1.5PB 3PB 6PB
Servers
iSN Software runs on standard server hardware and OEMs can qualify their own servers or other brands.
Storage
In addition to Dot Hill 3000 series, the iSN platform supports an extremely wide variety of storage vendors and models
currently deployed in data centers world wide. OEMs can qualify their own storage models if they are not already supported.
Please request a copy of the Dot Hill iSN Interoperability Matrix from your Dot Hill representative for a full and up-to-date
listing of qualifi ed and supported storage.
Operating Environments
iSN operates in Windows, Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X environments.
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DotHill logo, and iSN are trademarks or registered trademarks of Dot Hill Systems Corp. All other product
names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective corporations in the USA and/or other
countries. Specifi cations and features may change without notice. 9.15.10
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