iSCSI Target Storage Appliance 3600

Caen Storage Builder for iSCSI Appliances is a compact flash based solution that enables OEMs to produce high-performance native iSCSI target appliances. Modular, scalable, and able to run on off-the-shelf components, Storage Builder is the industry-leading operating platform for creating advanced, iSCSI-enabled networked storage devices.

The iSCSI Protocol: Revolutionizing Storage
iSCSI is a new technology that connects computers to SCSI devices over a TCP/IP network. iSCSI allows system administrators and integrators to develop Storage Area Networks (SANs) using cost-effective Gigabit Ethernet Networks in the data center. iSCSI's TCP/IP underpinnings will also allow the easy extension of SANs over much greater distances than was previously possible, including extending SANs over the public internet. iSCSI includes built-in security features that make it possible to control which systems may gain access a given device. These features taken together make iSCSI an effective new technology for data transfer.

Storage Builder for iSCSI helps OEMs create a low cost IP-enabled SAN, disk-based backup and near-line storage appliances in business continuation and recovery devices. iSCSI target appliances created with Storage Builder are the perfect companion to Microsoft's Storage Server 2003 acting as a NAS gateway to high capacity, low cost serial ATA based arrays with full RAID support for mirroring, striping, parity and virtualization.

Storage in a Flash
Caen's innovative Flashware™ software delivery mechanism encapsulates the entire operating system, iSCSI stack, and management software inside inexpensive, off-the-shelf CompactFlash cards, eliminating the need to waste a hard drive slot for the operating system. Flashware™ images are also field-upgradable using Storage Builder's web-based management interface.

In one CompactFlash card, Storage Builder includes all of the necessary software components you need to create a native iSCSI target solution, including the Caen Network OS, iSCSI protocol stack, web-based storage manager, storage software and security protocols. Simply plug it in and turn the system on.

Hardware
Storing massive amounts of data has never been simpler with the high capacity, iSCSI 3600-SATA storage solution. The iSCSI 3600-SATA high density design packs 36 Serial ATA drives into a 4U chassis, for over 14.4 terabytes of capacity. As data needs grow, the solution is easily and cost-effectively scalable.

The iSCSI 3600-SATA offers an ideal solution for price sensitive environments that need performance, high reliability and scalability. Utilizing Serial ATA technology, the iSCSI 3600-SATA provides point to point performance benefits and accommodates up to three 3Ware Escalade 8500 Series Serial ATA RAID controllers providing true hardware RAID and eliminating bottlenecks. Add to this the power of Intel® Xeon™ processors and you get the ultimate in performance and reliability.

To ensure data availability, features include hot-swappable hard drives, power supplies, dual 10/100/1000 Ethernet interfaces, and RAID support for reliability and redundancy. The iSCSI 3600-SATA supports both Linux and Windows platforms.