NEC S4900, S2900, S1500, S2500 Quick Manual

NEC S-Series Storage
S4900 / S2900 / S2500 / S1500
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NEC S-Series Storage meets the most
advanced requirements for data storage from small to large enterprises.
The growing volume of data has a tremendous impact on all facets of a business from the enterprise to the workgroup. That is why it is essential to have storage products that increase data efficiency, provide full availability and allow the business to realize an extremely low cost of ownership. To meet this require­ment, NEC provides a full range of storage products — from the NEC Storage S4900, which is a high end storage system with advanced crossbar technology to
NEC Storage S4900
High-end model
an entry-level model that is very cost-effective. These products provide for high-performance and function including 4Gbps FC host interface and low cost backup/archive with mixture of high-perfor-mance FC and low cost SATA disk drives*1. These functions are maintained by a very functional series of NEC storage management and control software. NEC S-Series Storage opens the path to a new IT environment.
*1: NEC Storage S2900, NEC Storage S2500, NEC Storage S1500
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NEC S-Series Storage
PERFORMANCE
NEC Storage S2900
Mid-high-range model
S1500
S2500
S2900
S4900
Large-scale data centers
Large-scale core business operations
ISP/ASP/iDC
Mid-scale core business operations
Disaster prevention/backup
Small-scale core business operations
Small-scale department servers
CAD/CG data
Workgroup
Backup
Archive
PRICE
NEC Storage S2500
Mid-range model
NEC Storage S1500
Low-end model
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Advanced Technologies
Excellent Management and Operational Functions
Ultra high-performance
with ultra high availability
Using ultra high speed cross bar technology connecting cache function and node function the NEC S Series storage provides for end-to-end performance and availability. The S4900 has a bandwidth of 192GB/s which allows for high-speed access to data even with many servers attached. Redundancy provides for full data availability even in the event of a component failure.
Equipped with 4Gbps FC host interface
Maximum bandwidth of 400MB/s with 4Gbps FC host interface allows high speed response even with many servers connected.
RAID 6 substantially increases availability
As the capacity of disk drives increase, it takes substantially longer to re-build data in the event of a disk drive failure. Using RAID 6, which utilizes dual parity, this is minimized and can also accommodate two drive failures without any loss of data availability.
*1: HA: Host Adapter *2: DA: Disk Adapter v in the case of S4900
Cache redundancy
prevents response degradation
The cache for the S4900 has two sets of mirrored cache. The redundancy permits cache writes even in the event of a cache failure. This provides for safe and high-speed response.
v in the case of S4900
Virtual capacity management
The Dynamic Pool function allows LUN capacity to be expanded or reduced in a RAID 6 environment without disruption to the application. *1: Expansion by 6 or 10 HDDs for S4900
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