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Q Series iSCSI Storage Appliances

Built around Qsan RAID controllers and Silverback TOE chips these arrays offer ground breaking value and unrivalled features. While not as fast or as proven as our iSA Series these units have enough performance for many users and the performance compares favourably to most of our competition. Available in a 2U rack mount chassis with 8 drives (Q-200-8) or as a 3U with 16 drives (Q-300-16).

The Q Series has these features in common:

Support and Warranty

  • 3 Year Warranty
  • 3 Year Support

Compatibility

  • Supports all major SATA-I and SATA-II drives
  • 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
  • Error recovery level 0
  • CHAP authentication
  • Multiple connections per session
  • Cluster ready (up to 16 nodes), no charge
  • Stand alone Discovery software with SLP, iSNS and DHCP support
  • Available with or without drives
  • Supports Microsoft Virtual Disk Service and MS MPIO support

RAID Features

  • Supports RAID 0,1,3,5,6,10,30,50,60 and JBOD
  • N-way mirroring
  • Write-Through or Write-Back caching per volume
  • Dedicated or shared cache allocation
  • Tagged command queuing support
  • Multiple IO transaction processing support
  • Configurable RAID height/stripe
  • Online capacity expansion
  • Instant RAID volume availability
  • Auto volume rebuild
  • RAID roaming
  • Volume Snapshot in hardware (supports VSS) 32 snapshots
  • 64-bit dedicated RAID processor
  • Dual PCI bus architecture
  • 64-bit 133MHz PCI-X bridge
  • 512MB cache (upgradeable to 2G)
  • Optional battery backup module
  • Online system firmware upgrade mechanism
  • Run-time IO transaction recording
  • Drive Failure; LED Indicator for each HDD
  • Smart faulty sector relocation
  • Status LEDs; 1 x access LED for each HDD
  • Multiple array support (up to 8 separate arrays)
  • 128 Logical Volume
  • LUN masking for access control
  • Hot-swap drive support
  • S.M.A.R.T. feature support
  • Hot spare/global spare drive support
  • Built-in alarm with mute button
  • User configurable via control panel
  • Web browser remote GUI management
  • RS232 VT100 ANSI terminal emulation
  • Event & fault notification via e-mail and SNMP

Physical Characteristics

  • 2 Copper GbE Ports, Load Balancing or Fail-Over
  • 1 Copper 100Mbit port for management
  • UARTS for serial console management and UPS
  • Backlit LCD control panel
  • S.E.S support for enclosure management
  • System Fans; 3 hot-swappable blowers
  • Fan-fail LED; 1 x fan-fail LED for system
  • Mute Button; 1 x mute button for fan & temp alarm
  • Temperature; built in thermal & fan sensor
  • Operating Temperature 10°C ~ 35°C
  • Non-Operating Temperature -10°C ~ 50°C
  • Operating Humidity 20% to 90% non-condensing

 

Q-200-8 Model PDF Product Brief (coming soon)

 

Q-300-16 Model PDF Product Brief (coming soon)

 

 

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

What else could you want from storage?