IRON WCA 3000 Series Unified Storage, Hybrid Array Systems
Powered by Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2012, WCA-3000 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 dual storage controller head (SCH) cluster-in-a-box and built-in SSD/HDD disks, external SAS ports for DAE JBOD expansion. It gives you automated, application-ready storage that provides high-performance, high scalability requirements of small-mid size businesses.
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| | WCA-3100 Series | WCA-3400 Series |
Storage Controller | # Storage Controller Heads (SCHs) per System | Dual, Cluster-in-a-Box Storage System (2 SCH Node HA Support) |
Flash Acceleration | Auto-Tiering (WB & Read) + SSD “Gold” VP | 6x 400GB (200GB, 800GB Options) | 12x 400GB (200GB, 800GB Options) |
Storage Capacity | Storage Throughput Support - Flash Pool (IOPS/MB/s) | 100 (4K 70R/30W Random) / 400 | 250 (4K 70R/30W Random) / 1000 |
Storage VP Capacity (Internal)- Raw Data Storage Pools -TB (# Disks) | 2.4TB SSD 2.5” (6x 400GB) + 40TB NL HDD 3.5” (10x 4TB), Total: 42TB (16) | 4.8TB SSD 2.5” (12x 400GB) + 14.4TB NL HDD 2.5” (12x 1.2TB), Total: 19.2TB (24) |
Storage VP Capacity (External)- # Disks (TB) | Up to 120 / 60 (480 / 240TB) Disks Expansion Option, requires DAE series JBOD arrays |
Ports-Front End | Network ports (per SCH) – Ethernet (Standard) | 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 | 1 |
Hardware Configuration | Form Factor | 3U (16x 3.5” Drives) | 2U (24x 2.5” Drives) |
System memory/CPU/cores per SCH | 48 GB / Dual / 12C | 48 GB / Dual / 12C |
License | Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 (Embedded) | Two Server host license, plus 2 VM license for storage and disk management tools |