Products; C Series

iSCSI Storage Appliances

The new C series is our 5th Generation of appliance built with Chelsio Universal Storage Server software and is built in-house by hand, with pride. This is our most popular product line and is a mature and proven solution (6 years of production deployments).

The C-41 is our entry level 1U model with 4 drive slots, SATAII support and 2x1GbE connections and non redundant PSU. Built on a Dual Core Atom platform and software RAID

The C-122 is our entry level 2U with 12 SAS/SATA drive slots. SATAII/SAS support and 2x1GbE connections and fully redundant PSU. Built on a Dual Core Atom platform and LSI Hardware RAID

The C-212  features a SAS port expander 2U chassis with 12 SATAII/SAS drive slots and redundant power. This model features a Intel Xeon 55xx series processors and a premium LSI SAS RAID engine featuring 1GB of DDR2-667MHz battery backed cache and 4x1GbE connections with 10GbE options

The C-316  features a SAS port expander 3U chassis with 16 SATAII/SAS drive slots and redundant power. This model features a Intel Xeon 55xx series processors and a premium LSI SAS RAID engine featuring 1GB of DDR2-667MHz battery backed cache and 4x1GbE connections with 10GbE options

The C-424  features a SAS port expander 4U chassis with 24 SATAII/SAS drive slots and redundant power. This model features a Intel Xeon 55xx series processors and a premium LSI SAS RAID engine featuring 1GB of DDR2-667MHz battery backed cache and 4x1GbE connections with 10GbE options

The C-436  features a SAS port expander 4U chassis with 36 SATAII/SAS drive slots and redundant power. This model features a Intel Xeon 55xx series processors and a premium LSI SAS RAID engine featuring 1GB of DDR2-667MHz battery backed cache and 4x1GbE connections with 10GbE options

The Custom option is for those customers who do not see an exact fit between their needs and what we offer in our standard models. We have a number of options available including the option to switch the C-212 main chassis to a 2U with 24 drive slots for 2.5" drives. This is an appealing option for customers pursing maximum IOPS through 2.5" SAS 15K drives or 2.5" SSDs. Give us a call and we would be happy to talk through your requirements and see if we can custom engineer something that fits your needs perfectly.

The C Series has these features in common:

  • Built with Chelsio Universal Storage Server
  • Supports IETF iSCSI RFC, draft 20
  • Compatible with all iSCSI Draft 20-compliant initiators
  • Compatible with Cisco, UNH, and Microsoft software initiators
  • Compatible with all major hardware initiators and offload cards
  • OS Independent
  • CHAP authentication
  • Password-protected web-based GUI management
  • Remote console option
  • Syslog and/or Email event notification
  • Fully protected, performance-optimized virtual memory system
  • Aggressive iSCSI volume block cache
  • TCP/IP optimizations such as zero-copy and checksum offload
  • Multiple connections per session (cluster ready)
  • Flash-Based OS volume
  • Snapshots
  • Thin Provisioning
  • On Line Capacity Expansion
  • File based storage; NAS Server (CIFS, NFS, FTP)
  • Block based storage; iSCSI

Low cost,
high performance, simple options,
no hidden costs, simple operation;

What else could you want from storage?