POWERFUL NAS STORAGE APPLIANCE SOLUTIONSentral offers Network-Attached Storage (NAS) appliance solutions that allows for flexible, on the fly storage expansion for multi-server systems. The Sentral NAS storage appliance is capable of serving data to many servers or clients at one time.
The NAS Advantage
Networked Attached Storage allows many servers or clients to access the same data store simultaneously through a file based protocol. This allows administrators to implement simple and low cost load-balancing and fault-tolerant systems.
The Sentral NAS storage appliances provide security, scalability, and flexibility at a low total cost of ownership. Attach the Sentral NAS to your database, e-mail or web server for immediate access to additional storage and never run out of storage space again.
Sentral NAS Storage Appliance Features
* 1U-5U form factor
* Up to 24 hot swap drive bays
* Up to 20 terabytes of data storage capacity
* Browser-Based GUI for simple management
* Advanced Journaling File System
* Integrated RAID Support
* Up to 4096 snapshots
* Monitoring Utility
The Sentral NAS storage appliances deliver cost-effective storage consolidation for multi-server systems in a familiar IP networking environment. With the Sentral NAS storage appliances you get flexibility, functionality, and performance for cost-effective e-mail and database consolidation.
Rich Feature Set
* Fully protected, performance-optimized virtual memory system and iSCSI volume block cache
* TCP/IP optimizations such as zero-copy and checksum offload
* Support for unlimited number of RAID cards
* Support for all drive types including SCSI, IDE, Serial ATA and RAID
* Multiple connections per session
* Compatible with all leading iSCSI initiators
* Ongoing Maintenance and Upgrades. Storage Builder's flash upgrade feature will permit end users to take advantage of security updates and optional version upgrades by allowing the administrator to simply upload and install a single image in the device's flash memory.
* Works in any IP-based network - Windows, Linux, Unix, etc.
* Web-based User Interface; Flexible configuration, management and updates
* Advanced network and security features (IPv6, IPsec, Kerberos)
* Complete iSCSI storage solution in a single, bootable CompactFlash card