D-Link Unveils iSCSI SAN Arrays

D-Link Systems, Inc. unveiled the DSN-6000 Series iSCSI SAN array delivering performance, HA and flexibility for mission critical server applications in both physical and virtual environments.

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For SMEs, state and federal government agencies and educational institutions, it includes a suite of data protection features for demanding environments, including snapshot, volume cloning and remote replication at no additional cost. In addition, with an integrated and intuitive management GUI, this network storage solution ensures the system can be up and running in no time with limited IT experience.

"The DSN-6000 underscores D-Link’s unwavering commitment to enterprise customers, offering a range of capabilities that directly meet the needs of today’s small and medium enterprise IT environments," said Mark Prowten, VP of enterprise and channel sales, D-Link Systems. "The DSN-6000 series features a host of new enhancements based on feedback from customers, including a range of data services, such as snapshot, volume cloning, remote replication, RAID 6, online firmware upgrades and active-active controllers to deliver high performance, flexibility, ease-of- management, and to help eliminate added software licensing costs."

Data Protection and DR
The DSN-6000 is equipped with a data protection approach allowing protection in the event of a dual drive failure without requiring the overhead of mirroring. Snapshot technology ensures data can be restored from a point-in-time copy and without the need for lengthy backup restores. In addition, volume cloning can be used to backup data from a source volume to a target volume, manually or automatically on a schedule.

Equipped with remote replication, the DSN-6000 series also provides CDP ensuring data is safe in the event of a system failure at the primary site or data center. In addition, one source target can be set up with multiple destination targets, allowing administrators to replicate data to different locations. These replication jobs can be set up for manual operation or automated scheduling.

Architecture and Performance
The DSN-6000 series includes the DSN-6110 and DSN-6410 iSCSI SAN arrays available in a 2U form factor supporting up to 36TB of raw capacity with 12 SAS/SATA drive bays. In addition, the DSN-6110 and DSN-6410 primary arrays each support 12 internal SAS/SATA HDDs and with the addition of up to four DSN-6020 expansion JBODs, the DSN-6000 primary arrays can scale in performance and raw capacity to a total of 180TB using 3TB drives. When any SATA hard drive is used in a dual-controller configuration, or when supporting any 3TB capacity or larger SATA drives in a single-controller configuration, each SATA hard drive requires a DSN-654 SATA bridge board. Also, these same rules apply to SATA drives installed in any additional DSN-6020 expansion enclosure used in the SAN array.

The performance supported with the DSN-6000 series allows users to host multiple processing intensive applications simultaneously without performance degradation, such as server virtualization, video post-production, backup and DR. The DSN-6110 includes four 1GbE Copper iSCSI data ports per controller providing throughput of up to 900MB/s and the DSN-6410 includes two 10GbE iSCSI data ports per controller providing throughput of up to 1300MB/s. The DSN-6110 supports up to 200,000 IOPS and the DSN-6410 supports up to 220,000 IOPS. Also available is the DSN-6020 12-Bay Expansion JBOD for the DSN-6110 and DSN-6410.

The DSN-6000 joins D-Link’s family of performing storage solutions, including the DSN-4000 series of xStack Storage iSCSI SAN arrays, offering a storage architecture for IP surveillance installations and secondary server applications. D-Link’s open architecture supports mixing non-proprietary SAS and SATA disk drives of various manufacturers, capacities, technologies, and speeds, making the DSN-6000 series for storage tiering based on application requirements.

The DSN-6000 series offers extended warranty options, keeping systems covered for up to eight years, as well as next business day hardware replacement while under warranty. D-Link does not require service contracts to access no-cost firmware upgrades, ensuring IT managers receive hassle-free, industry leading support.

Pricing and Availability
All network storage products are sold through network of channel partners, including VARs, solution providers and distributors. The DSN-6000 series models will be available in August, with estimated street price as follows:

• DSN-6110 4x1GbE iSCSI SAN Array, 12 Bays, 2U, w/ Primary Controller: $8,224.99
• DSN-6410 2x10GbE iSCSI SAN Array, 12 Bays, 2U, w/ Primary Controller: $10,024.99
• DSN-6020 Expansion JBOD, 12 Bays, 2U: $4,814.99