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SGI SAN Server 1000 - Fully Integrated Storage Area Network (SAN) with Multi-OS File Sharing

SGI SAN Server 1000

Features
  • Turnkey SAN solution with integrated SAN filesystem
  • High data availability
  • Industry-leading bandwidth and scalability
  • Lower total cost of ownership
  • Expert installation

Introducing the SGI SAN Server 1000 system--an integrated storage area network solution for sharing files across heterogeneous platforms--simplifying data management and improving data-intensive workflows. Choosing and integrating the various hardware and software components that make up a modern SAN can be daunting. SGI SAN Server 1000 eliminates this complexity by combining the CXFSTM SAN filesystem, state-of-the-art high-performance 2Gb Fibre Channel RAID, and 2Gb Fibre Channel switch fabric into an easy-to-deploy, integrated solution. SGI SAN Server 1000 makes a high-performance SAN with a shared filesystem an easy choice for organizations of all sizes, decreasing storage cost of ownership and the time necessary to solve the most complex problems.

High Data Availability
SGI SAN Server 1000 combines SAN fabric and RAID disk with CXFS--the most robust, highest performing SAN filesystem in the industry. SGI SAN Server 1000 enables multiple computers with different operating systems direct access to a shared filesystem. If any server connected to the SAN fails, all data in the SAN is still accessible by all other servers. All systems connected to SGI SAN Server 1000 have access to the same file at the same time, at local or near-local disk speeds. This simultaneous file access streamlines data-intensive workflows--saving time and money.

SGI SAN Server 1000 is designed from the ground up with high availability in mind-failover is provided at every level: RAID, switch port, system port, filesystem, and metadata server. This ensures critical information is always available.

Industry-Leading Bandwidth and Scalability
SGI SAN Server 1000 delivers industry-leading bandwidth and capacity. Using a state-of-the-art 2Gb Fibre Channel infrastructure supporting up to 14 CXFS clients and multiple Fibre Channel connections, SGI SAN Server 1000 provides impressive data throughput to every host on the SAN. What's more, because files are shared within the SAN instead of copied over the network, the performance is orders of magnitude better than that of conventional LAN-based file sharing.

SGI SAN Server 1000 configurations scale up to 29 terabytes of storage, with the filesystem supporting 9 billion individual files. The filesystem is capable of growing to 18 million terabytes with individual file sizes up to 9 million terabytes, ensuring that as disk capacities grow, your investment in the SGI SAN Server 1000 is protected. To add to the simplicity of SGI SAN Server 1000, computational and storage resources may be added, deleted, or reassigned without rewiring, powering down, or moving equipment; the fabric dynamically discovers the added units without operator interaction.

Lower Total Cost of Ownership
The benefits of SAN-based storage consolidation are well known--improved disk utilization, LAN-free backup, and centralized management of resources, which decreases the cost of storage administration. SGI SAN Server 1000 builds on this by optimizing disk utilization; there is now a single pool of shared storage as opposed to multiple pools. Additional benefits are achieved through elimination of time- and disk-consuming file copying--optimizing workflow and further reducing storage and management costs.

SGI SAN Server 1000 integrates into existing LAN-based environments leaving the LAN infrastructure undisturbed while optimizing server data access and availability.

Expert Installation
Included with SGI SAN Server 1000 is on-site hardware and software installation, delivering a fully functional SAN with a shared filesystem that can address the needs of the most demanding data environments.

SGI SAN Server 1000 is at the center of a complete SGI® data management solution including backup and recovery, file serving, and seamlessly integrated hierarchical storage management. The SGI end-to-end data management solution allows technical and creative professionals to focus on innovation and insight without concern for the associated complexities of data management.

SGI SAN ServerTM 1000 Datasheet (PDF 513K)