IRON WSA 2000 Series Unified Storage, Hybrid Array Systems
Powered by Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2012, WSA-2000 Series storage appliance provide low cost, multi-protocol IP connectivity for concurrent NAS (SMB and NFS) and iSCSI SANs. It is a standalone network storage solution with single storage controller head (SCH) and built-in SSD/HDD disks, external SAS ports for DAE JBOD expansion. It gives you automated, application-ready storage that provides complete consolidation of all of IP storage needs of a small business or a branch office.
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| | WSA-2100 Series | WSA-2200 Series |
Storage Controller | # Storage Controller Heads (SCHs) per System | Single, Standalone Storage System (Non-HA) |
SSD Acceleration | Auto-Tiering (WB & Read) + SSD “Gold” VP | 4x 200GB (400GB, 800GB Options) | 6x 200GB (400GB, 800GB Options) |
Storage Capacity | Storage VP Capacity (Internal)- Raw Data Storage Pools -TB (# Disks) | .8TB SSD 2.5” (4) + 32TB NL HDD 3.5” (12), Total: 33TB (12) | 1.2TB SSD 2.5” (6) + 72TB NL HDD 3.5” (18), Total: 73TB (24) |
Storage VP Capacity (External)- # Disks (TB) | Up to 120 (480TB) Disks Expansion Option, requires DAE series JBOD arrays |
Ports-Front End | Network ports (per SCH) – Ethernet (Standard) | 8x 1GbE-RJ45 +2x 10GbE SFP+ | 4x 1GbE-RJ45 + 2x 10GbE SFP+ + 2x 40GbE QSF |
Network ports (per SCH) – Ethernet (Optional) | 4x 1GbE-RJ45 or 2x 40GbE-QSF |
Network Storage Protocols Supported | Unified Storage - SMB Direct 3.0 (w/RDMA), CIFS, iSCSI, NFS |
Network ports (per SCH) (Optional) | Fibre Channel & InfiniBand |
Ports-Back End | SAS 6Gbps x4 (# Ports/SCH) – Ext. DAE Exp. | 2 | 2 |
Hardware Configuration | Form Factor | 2U (12x 3.5” Drives) | 4U (24x 3.5” Drives) |
System memory/CPU/cores per SCH | 32 GB / Dual / 8C | 32 GB / Dual / 8C |
License | Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 (Embedded) | Single Server host license, plus 2 VM license for storage and disk management tools |