EonStor DS 4000 RAIDs by Infortrend

Infortrend Technology, Inc. announced the EonStor DS 4000 series of mid-range storage systems with 11,000MB/s read and 4,200MB/s write capabilities, double the typical performance in their storage segment, with storage systems currently only delivering 5,500MB/s-6,500 MB/s of read performance.

The DS 4000 series boasts an dual host board design and 12Gb SAS support.

It is common to have numerous hosts in one application environment. The dual host board design on DS 4000 systems accelerates performance and maximizes connection versatility for hosts, supporting extensive hybrid interconnects with FC, SAS, and iSCSI all on the one system. Customers can choose and mix various host interfaces, making DS 4000 systems for modern IT infrastructures.

Drive-side 12Gb SAS support is a feature of this series. With the 12Gb SAS technology and its faster speeds, DS 4000 systems are recommended for media editing, databases and virtual desktop infrastruture (VDI) applications. They are scalable and support up to 436 drives via JB 3000 JBODs, which feature 12Gb SAS drive-side support.

“The Toshiba PX02SM Enterprise SSD series is optimized for mixed workload R/W environments such as general purpose servers and storage, mail servers, and database servers, offering full utilization of 12Gb SAS and is available in capacities up to 1.6TB. Together with the EonStor DS 4000 series, our drives enable high IO/s applications and services such as SSD caching and storage tiering,” said Mr. Kashiwabara, senior manager, marketing department, Toshiba Digital Media Network Taiwan Corporation.

“EonStor DS 4000 systems represent a whole new generation of storage with envelope-pushing 12Gb SAS performance and versatile dual host board design backed by Infortrend-assured quality and data services,” commented Thomas Kao, senior director, product planning, Infortrend.

The DS 4000 series is available in 3U 16-bay models (DS 4016).