High-availability RAID Platform

The UltraStor™ DS316F8 RAID storage platform combines a state-of-the-art Dual-active RAID design with the flexibility of a modularized hardware architecture that offers a new level of data protection, availability and ease of use. An active-active, dual 8G Fibre Channel controller system design provides users with continuous availability of critical data at full bandwidth. In addition to the DS316F8 dual RAID controllers, the dual redundant power supplies and cooling modules are hot-swappable and can be replaced easily on the field, providing the ultimate redundancy and reliability for mission critical and data intensive applications to meet the storage requirements across the most demanding environments.

High-performance & SAN-ready 8G Fibre Channel

Featuring eight (Dual Controller) high-speed 8Gb/s SFP+ optical interfaces with fully support of multi-path configuration, the UltraStor DS316F8 delivers an excess of 1800 MB/s in RAID-5 protection mode. Supporting both SAN attached network configurations for real-time file-sharing (requires 3rd. party SAN software) as well as direct-attached configurations for high performance demanded applications. Certified with VMware ESXi 5, the new UltraStor DS316F8 empowers your SAN with the speed and reliability needed for today’s virtualized IT infrastructures, and high-resolution post production workflows.

Expand Your Business Capabilities

Utilizing sixteen (16) hot-swappable disk trays, the DS316F8 can host up to 48TB of capacity. A built-in dual-port, 6G SAS expansion bus offers massive growth capabilities by simply adding multiple 16-disk expansion JBODs, up to 192TB storage of capacity, making the UltraStor DS316F8 the number one choice for large capacity demanded applications including FC SAN, near line backup, VFX creation, broadcast and DI.

Simplified Management

UltraStor DS316F8’s user-friendly management and monitoring interface simplifies the RAID process for novice and advanced users alike. Powerful system alerts and email notification features provide critical system information for users on the go. UltraStor DS316F8 keeps your RAID running at optimal level by proactively monitoring RAID and hard drive conditions in real-time. A system event log provides comprehensive diagnosis and trouble shooting information in the event of a failure.

The Highest Level of Service and Support

Enhance Technology delivers the highest quality storage solutions by offering hard disks pre-configured and fully tested in an intensive data processing environment on every system, meaning that you can easily integrate the system into your IT infrastructure right out of the box. The preferred service plan ensures peace-of-mind for customers with support and service such as 1-Year Free Advance Parts Replacement on top of the standard 3-Year depot repair warranty.

ULTRASTOR DS316F8 Advantages

Ease of use

Intelligent, cross-platform management helps minimize administrative tasks
Pre-configured RAID systems deliver immediate, out-of-box user experience
SAS and NL-SAS hard disks are supported to meet performance-driven and high capacity demanded applications

Enterprise performance

Next generation 8G Fibre interfaces provide exceptional performance for both sequential and transactional applications
Automated, real-time load balancing across drives, RAID sets, connections, cache and controllers for optimized performance

Reliability

Fault tolerant, fully redundant dual controllers
Designed for high availability and mission critical applications
Multiple RAID levels and real-time system monitoring ensures optimized data protection
Full hardware redundancy----hot swappable controllers, fans, power supplies, & disks

Scalability

Online expansion between multiple systems
Linear scalability --- scale capacity and performance together
Manage a growing pool of storage from one single user interface

Specifications

UltraStor DS316F8

SKUs	DS316F8-S	DS316F8-D
No. of Controller	Single	Dual Redundant
Controller Memory	4G DDR2	8G DDR2
Host Interface	4 x 8G SFP+ FC 2 x 6G SFF8088 SAS-Exp-Out	8 x 8G SFP+ FC 4 x 6G SFF8088 SAS-Exp-Out
Form Factor	3U 16-Disk Rackmount	3U 16-Disk Rackmount
Maximum Capacity	48TB	48TB
Supported Disk Interface	• 3.5-in 6Gb/s SAS 15K RPM: 300G/450G/600G • 3.5-in 6Gb/S SAS 7.2K RPM: 1TB/2TB/3TB	• 3.5-in 6Gb/s SAS 15K RPM: 300G/450G/600G • 3.5-in 6Gb/S SAS 7.2K RPM: 1TB/2TB/3TB
RAID	0,1,10(1E),3,5,6,30,50,60,JBOD Online RAID Level Migration Online RAID Expansion Array Roaming Auto RAID Reduild Global/Dedicate Hot Spare Multiple RAID Volumes Up to 128 LUN Bad Block Auto Remapping S.M.A.R.T Support
Storage Expansion	Multiple SAS JBOD expansion supported
Hot-swappability	16 x Hot-swappable Disk Drives; Dual Hot-swapaable Power & Cooling Modules;
Management	Front LED Controller Panel for Quick System Configuration; Easy-to-Use WEB GUI; Real-time System, Power and Cooling Status Indicators; E-mail Notification, SMTP & SNMP Support;
Supported OS	Windows Server 2003 / 2003R2 / 2008 R2; Windows XP / Vista / 7; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5; Mac OS X;
Environment	Operating Temperature 10°C ~ 40°C (50°F ~ 104°F); Relative Humidity 10% ~ 85% Non-condensing
Power & Cooling	Dual Redundant 500W Power Supply; AC 90V ~ 264V Full Range; 10A ~ 5A, 47Hz ~ 63Hz; 4 x Built-in High Speed Cooling Fans
Dimension (H x W x D)	System Dimension: 5.15” x 19” x 23” Package Dimension: 13” x 27” x 30
Weight (w/o disks)	System Weight: 53 Lbs Package Weight: 75 Lbs
Safety Regulations	CE, FCC
Warranty	- 3-Year Standard Warranty - 1-Year ARP (Advance Parts Replacement) - 2-Year Standard Warranty Extension (Optional) - 2-Year ARP Extension (Optional)
Package Included	- DS316F8 3U 16-Bay storage system - Up to 4 pre-configured drive packs (Each drive pack includes 4 HDDs) - Rack mounting brackets - User manual CD - Accessory box - Two (2) US standard power cords

Expand Your Business Capabilities

The DS316F8 hosts up to 48TB of capacity utilizing sixteen (16) hot-swappable disk trays. Its intelligent RAID controller supports online RAID group/volume expansion and RAID migration. Unlike many storage systems, the DS316F8 can easily grow far beyond the "limitations" of its drive capacity and expand with additional RAID protected storage expansion. DS316F8 is scalable up to 192TB (RAW) with the 3 x DS316JS SAS expansion JBOD storage systems and the new 3TB SAS enterprise HDDs.

Storage Expansion

Enterprise Fibre Channel SAN-ready

Compatible with industry leading SAN management platform including Xsan and MetaSAN. UltraStor DS316F8 is ready to offer enterprise class real-time file-sharing Fibre Channel SAN solution for corporate IT database, email exchange servers and high resolution post production. Featuring 8x8G high-speed optical interface, UltraStor DS316F8 is capable of delivering over 750MB/s performance through single channel and up to 1000MB/s via dual-port.

8G Fibre Channel SAN

High Availability Windows Clustering

Designed for mission-critical application and 24x7 services, the UltraStor DS316F8 features dual redundant active/active RAID controllers and supports Windows Clustering that can help you improve server availability and ensure business continuity. With UltraStor DS316F8, you can build high availability storage into your network seamlessly and eliminate single point of failure for databases, messaging servers, file and print servers, and virtualized computing workloads.

8G Fibre Channel Windows Clustering