Qsan AegisSAN

Video cutting 4K

Is 4K a latest format of video of high resolution and the unprecedented detail level of the image. Expanded to 4000 pixels, 4K video needs bigger capacity and more capacious storage systems, namely by 24 times big, than DVD video and by 4 times big, than Blu-ray that creates serious problems for network drives.

AegisSAN LX F630Q from Qsan based on Intel Xeon will cope with interface 16G FC SAN from montazhy 4K videos. Two-channel 16 GB of the Fibre Channel provide the maximum network transmission capacity. Starting the program for non-linear video editing of Grass Valley EDIUS on hard drives of Seagate of the enterprise family, buyers will fully be able to feel system effectiveness when processing video 4K.

Video surveillance systems

Reduction in cost of cameras and network devices transferred video surveillance to a mainstream segment and made it available to medium and small business. Nevertheless storage of data arrays still is the biggest problem for these systems. Qsan will show efficiency of video surveillance systems using the iSCSI SAN storage area networks of the AegisSAN family.

The Qsan AegisSAN network is equipped with the system of economical distribution of disk space, reserve power capabilities and reliable data protection for security of the arrays created by applications of video surveillances. Whether it be the most powerful P600Q series with hardware RAID and 10 GB of iSCSI or Q500 series, optimal at cost, with energy efficient functions and also specialized for video surveillance and reservation of data V100 series, visitors will be able to estimate advantages of Qsan AegisSAN network for video surveillance.

Storage for virtualization

In the course of use of virtualization by the companies becomes clear that the architecture of the existing storages has the insufficient speed of transactions and does not meet the modern requirements. To show success of virtualization, Qsan will present the high-performance solution AegisSAN LX P600Q 10GbE of iSCSI SAN.

Equipped with hardware RAID, the Intel Xeon processor and the network adapter of 10 GB, AegisSAN LX P600Q throws down a challenge to the most difficult tasks in the field of virtual desktops (VDI), showing excellent indicators on number of operations per second at accidental data access. Thanks to VMware, Hyper-V and support of Citrix, the products AegisSAN from Qsan company have the increased performance, excellent scalability and the best maneuverability in virtual server environment of VMware.

Cloud solutions and backup systems

Today's applications for small and medium business require storages of corporate scale. A series of multilegal storage systems TrioNAS and the JBOD body of high degree of availability from Qsan provide simplicity of setup and convenience of access to file data.

Absolutely new TrioNAS U300 provides all advantages of multilegal storage from Qsan: integration of the network drives NAS, iSCSI, SAN (storage area networks) and a cloud service by means of Amazon S3 and also adds the fiber optic channel and massive expansion of number of drives to 192 disks. Tough parameters of backup and reliability of data storage do TrioNAS by the ideal complete solution for small and medium business.

2014

Qsan AegisSAN V100

On July 9, 2014 the Qsan Technology company presented AegisSAN product family – the network systems of data storage of AegisSAN V100 held for use in applications of video surveillance.

Each AegisSAN V100 system supports up to 200 Full HD IP cameras and provides convenient means for centralized operation by data storage. The array of AegisSAN V100 is well scaled and supports up to 192 disks. Performance of industrial level allows to cope with a high load and to transfer data at a speed up to 670 Mbps.

The systems of IP video surveillance record video in a digital format and have several advantages before the old CCTV systems, including quick and convenient search, more high image quality which does not degrade over time (as a film), an opportunity at the same time to keep record and reproduction, data compression for economy of the place.

The network structure of IP cameras provides remote access and management, simplicity of expansion, flexible data storage and also integration with postal services and other systems of communications. Today the digital IP systems quickly occupy the market and force out the CCTV systems practically in all spheres of security.

Management program screen

Enter the AegisSAN V100-P20 system with two ports 10GbE iSCSI, V100-P10 with six ports 1GbE and V100-F20 with two ports 8G FC a series of the products AegisSAN V100. Each model is delivered in one of form factors: 3U 16-bay or 4U 24-bay.

Qsan AegisSAN Q500

On August 27, 2014 the Qsan Technology Inc company, the expert in creation of the systems of DWH and the unified solutions of data storage, provided the Fibre Channel AegisSAN Q500 series which performance is increased due to the latest QLogic 16G FC technology and which is the full solution of the corporate level for the SMB organizations. The array of Qsan Q500 allows to lower the total costs of operation and provides the increased reliability and stability of work as in it the latest economic single-crystal Intel processor Atom is installed. In the Fibre Channel series three models are provided: AegisSAN Q500-F20, Q500-F21 and leader of Q500-F30.

In flagman Q500-F30 model development of QLogic 16G Fibre Channel which doubles capacity a host system is implemented, increases data transfer rate and increases the capacity of storages that completely meets constantly growing requirements to the capacity of disk space, the number of virtual machines and cloud computing. The array of Q500-F30 is equipped with two ports 16G FC and two ports 1GbE iSCSI for increase in overall performance. Qsan AegisSAN Q500 gives opportunities of the corporate level to the SMB organizations – double active controllers, modular components of excess power, support of RAID and also function on load distribution for crucial tasks.

The AegisSAN Q500 system supports complex technologies of virtualization, including VMware of VAAI, Citrix and Hyper-V. The disk array can undertake a part of loading from the server and networks, accelerates selection of resources for new virtual machines and increases density of VM. The array also supports QThin technology (thin provisioning) that allows the organizations to use more effectively free disk space and to buy new disks only when it is really necessary. Also a number of additional functions, such as re-recorded snapshots (QSnap), remote replication (QReplica) and module of back supply (BBM) is offered.

On November 18, 2014 Qsan provided DWH of AegisSAN Q500 SAN 12 Bay with Copy-to-Flash technology for data protection and caching on SSD.

Model of DWH AegisSAN Q500 SAN on 12 compartments with a high performance, wide feature set of the corporate level and a low expense of the electric power. This latest replenishment in family of Q500 devices is offered in a compact rekovy form factor 2U and contains the last Qsan Copy-to-Flash(C2F) technology for data protection and stability augmentation of work.

The network array of Qsan Q500 differs in the low level of operating costs, the increased availability and reliability of work. It is equipped with interfaces 16G FC and 10GbE iSCSI, has two network controllers, function of caching on SSD and a number of functions of the corporate level. Qsan Q500 is based on the economic Intel Briarwood platform with power supplies of standard 80 Plus Gold.

Data protection of C2F

New models of Q500 family on 12 compartments contain Qsan Copy-to-Flash(C2F) technology. The C2F technology protects data through capacity utilization of reserve power module and saves RAM contents in non-volatile a flash memory at shutdown of power supply. When using C2F technology together with reserve power module the level of safety of data significantly increases in comparison with systems where such technology is not applied.

Caching of data on SSD

High speed allows to carry out works of SSD drives effectively caching of data on SSD for corporate applications with the high performance and large volumes of data, including web-applications, databases, cloud services and services of virtualization. The technology of caching on SSD is implemented on hybrid data media and allows to use all advantages of HDD-and SSD drives.

Availability and reliability Q500 system has two active network controllers for increase in availability and double modular hardware components, including double power supplies for bigger reliability. Multi-pathing and Load balancing technologies (balancing of loading), and hardware support of RAID also increase the general reliability and system availability.

Hardware Offloading technology

Exclusive QiSOE and fcQiSOE technologies from Qsan allow to transfer transactions of network protocols to hardware components, increasing, thus, performance a host storage. The high-speed iSCSI and Fibre Channel interfaces have high capacity in networks, but create additional load of a host. QiSOE for iSCSI and fcQiSOE for the Fibre Channel are hardware technologies aligning loadings which redistribute metadata and other service information on hardware components and increase performance of data warehouses.

Possibilities of virtualization

The AegisSAN Q500 system supports difficult technologies of virtualization, including VMware of VAAI, Citrix and Hyper-V with certification of VAAI. The disk array can assume loading of the server and accelerate operation of virtual machines at the expense of what virtualization density increases. The array also supports the QThin function ("thin provisioning") which reduces volumes of the selected, but not used space and, thus, allows to avoid purchase of excess drives of data. Besides, the set of additional functions and opportunities, including removal and record of snapshots (QSnap), remote replication (QReplica) and reserve power modules (BBM) is supported.

Lineup

• Q500-F30 – 2 ports 16G FC, 2 ports 1GbE, port of management 1GbE
• Q500-F21 – 4 ports 8G FC, 2 ports 1GbE, port of management 1GbE
• Q500-F20 – 4 ports 4G FC, 2 ports 1GbE, port of management 1GbE
• Q500-P20 – 2 ports 10GbE iSCSI(SFP+), 2 ports 1GbE, port of management 1GbE
• Q500-P21 – 2 ports 10GbE iSCSI(10GBase-T), 2 ports 1GbE, port of management 1GbE
• Q500-P10 – 6 ports 1GbE iSCSI, port of management 1GbE

All models are available in form factors 2U (12 hypostases), 3U (16 compartments) and 4U (24 hypostases).

Qsan AegisSAN S300Q

AegisSAN S300Q differs in the highest reliability of work which is supported with double active controllers, excess modular components, loading distribution functions for elimination of weak spots and ensuring provision of services in the uninterrupted mode. The AegisSAN S300Q-D224 SAS system with double active controllers providing high reliability and the increased performance