The EliteNAS EN208L+BXE 64 bit Edition is a comprehensive feature-dense 2U 8-bay 64-bit NAS + iSCSI + Fibre Channel (via optional add-on) unified / hybrid storage rackmount with the Intel Dual-Core processor and 2GB DDR-2 ECC memory. The EN208L+BXE is a performance tuned NAS + iSCSI + Fibre Channel storage designed with hardware RAID protection and dual Gigabit Ethernet, capable of unlimited clients with network share, and supports in IP SAN storage. Built-in SATA RAID 6 supports up to 24TB total storage, and an optional SAS expander feature allows expansion of up to 7 more additional EliteSTOR SAS Expander JBOD storage units, up to a maximum of 120 drives, making a total of 360TB total storage in a network sharing or iSCSI / FC SAN envirnoment. Optional expansion modules also add support to SAS hard drives, allowing support in both high capacity SATA drives as well as high performance SAS drives. With 24TB in a single rackmount, the EN208L+BXE is capable of fulfillng the most demanding storage needs.
Dual Gigabit and RAID Hard Drives Protection EliteNAS is built with simple setup and maintenance features. Installation wizard for easy implementation, convenience web-based management for local or remote configuration, dual 10/100/1000 network support for teaming or redundant networking, and hardware RAID support for your data storage make the EliteNAS a simple trouble free unit. Dedicated 1200MHz processor RAID engines support online migration and expansion while offloading complex RAID calculations to improve overall performance.
Optional SAS Expander support for storage expansion Optional SAS expander module upgrade kit allows it to connect to 14 additonal SAS expander JBODs (EliteSTOR ES208X+BE, ES316X+B or ES424X+B), or up to 120 total drives for 360TB total storage. (Additional Gateway License and Upgrade Kit required)
Optional Support SAS or SATA hard drives Optional SAS Expander Module kit also adds support to both high performance SAS hard drives or high capacity, low cost SATA hard drives.
Hardware RAID support up to 6 Supports latest RAID levels, including RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, and 6 for advanced data protection in large numbers of hard drive deployments. Optional expansion kit will add support of 10, 30, 50 and 60.
Feature Rich Network Storage - Build-in Snapshot, Folder Replication and iSCSI In comparison to other NAS units in the market, EliteNAS is bundled with many additional advanced features at no additional charge. iSCSI target support for iSCSI applications, iSCSI initiator support for easy future expansion, NAS to NAS folder replication, scheduled or on-demand volume snapshot, and local tape backup support are just a few of the many features this product offers.
iSCSI Support for VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V To take advantage of centralized storage for all virtual machines in VMware ESX or Vsphere, the EN208L+BXE can be used as a focal storage point for the VMWare ESX or ESXi server hosting multiple virtual machines. Utilizing the EN208L+BXE as an iSCSI target storage system for the VMware ESX/ESXi server, the EN208L+BXE is ready for your VMware storage virtualization needs.
Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization environment is also supported. With the support of SPC-3, iSCSI can be used in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 clustering environment for high-availability applications.
Optional NAS to NAS Automatic Active Cluster Mirroring Active Cluster Mirroring (ACM) is optional features used to bind two EliteNAS servers as one, so the data written to both systems simultaneously. At the same time, automatic fail-over will supported in case of primary system is fail. Clients attached to the primary NAS server can be serviced by the secondary server and will not notice the fail-over process when the secondary EliteNAS takes over to provide high avaliablity redundancy. Supported up to 4 units.
Fibre Channel Target Upgrade Options for Hybrid Storage Fibre Channel Target allows using EliteNAS series upgraded to support Fibre Channel SAN. With the upgrade to either 2-port 8Gb/s Fibre Channel option (Part#: KT-EN2PFC) or 4-port 8Gb/s Fibre Channel option (Part#: KT-EN4PFC), EliteNAS series can instantly connection to the most common interface in the today IT environments. NAS (CIFS/NFS/AFP), iSCSI and Fibre Channel can simultaneously supported in a single device, consolidate IT management and provide flexibility for today ever changing IT environments.
10Gb Network Interface Controller Option for 10GbE Network Support 10Gb Ethernet network Interface controller card is supported for 10Gb Networking. With 10 times faster bandwidth compared to 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet, the 10Gb network interface controller provides high performance solutions when needed. 10GBASE-T, XFP, SFP+ and CX4 connectors are avaliable.
Note: For the previous 32bit version of NAS specifications, please visit here.
Note: Sans Digital recommends the use of enterprise hard drives when in use with any RAID controller applications. Standard desktop or green desktop drive may not be supported and may compromise RAID system stability and performance. For more information on the difference between RAID and desktop hard drives, please see the Western Digital knowledge base. For a list of compatible RAID Edition SATA hard drives, please refer to the list below:
NAS-to-NAS Folder Replications: Scheduled Differential and Scheduled Full Copy with Compression.
Include iSCSI target & initiator functions for IP-SAN infrastructure.
Remote system monitoring for Fan status, Temperatures, RAID status, HDD status, Network connectivity status.
Remote Monitoring and Remote Email Notifications.
Auto email notification for pre-defined events.
Supports storage quota assignment to group or to individual users, as well as warning when approaching quota full.
Volume Snapshots supported - Supports multiple Snapshots for ‘point-in-time” user data image against accidental user file deletion and data corruption or virus attack. Snapshot can be scheduled and/or On-Demand
Build-in iSCSI initiator – a new NAS act as an iSCSI target, and connect it into the existing NAS as if it is part of the local storage.
Supports local folder creation under each root network share
Multi-Level sub-folders supported.
Network Share can be created based on volume or based on subfolder.
User Support and Security
Maximum number of local user accounts: 60,000
Maximum number of characters for user name: 31 characters
Maximum number of characters for user password: 128 characters
Local user account supported with “Home” Directory option
Windows ADS / PDC / Workgroup supported
Special feature supporting Windows ADS with large number user accounts.
Multi User IDs supported for Windows ADS administrators
ACL – Access Control List supported, Local ACL supported down to Folder-Level and File-Level.
NIS – Network Information Services for Unix/Linux supported
LDAP supported
HTTPS/SSL Service supported
Host (IP) filtering
NAS Administration
A NAS discovery tool, NAS-Finder, will automatically discover any and all NAS units in the local network, and allow Administrator to manually add an entry for remote NAS unit over internet/VPN/WAN.
Monitoring NAS resource utilization status via Web GUI.
Monitoring On-Line Users and Folder-being-accessed via Web GUI
Support system log to be downloaded and email to technical support personnel for further trouble-shooting.
Support system configuration to be backup and restore
iSCSI Feature
iSCSI Target function allows a certain portion(s) of the storage to be partitioned as iSCSI volume(s) and assigned to specific host computer, appearing as if a local disk to that host computer.
Provides block level services (iSCSI) and file services (NAS) in a unified storage system.
Build-in iSCSI initiator function allows the NAS to mount remote iSCSI target volume as its local physical storage, and expand its storage capacity
Combination of iSCSI Target and Initiator support between multiple NAS units can be used as one of the method to do Multi-NAS-Aggregation for storage expansions
Build-in Snapshot support iSCSI volumes
iSCSI volume supports Microsoft Server 2008 R2 Failover Clustering (SPC-3) and VMware ESX/ESXi Server
Replication Feature
Tower Based MN4LA+B and AN4L, as well as rackmount based EliteNAS Linux NAS series product line are fully interoperable for folder replications.
Different models can replicate to each other.
Scheduled or on-demand replication.
Build-in Differential Replication allow deploy multiple units in different location via Internet/Intranet
Building block of a total enterprise solution.
Optional Active Cluster Mirroring for bare-metal mirroring and failover
Active Cluster Mirroring provide automatically failover in case of hardware failure.
Mirroring function guarantee both primary and backup server have the same data.
Eliminate downtimes, in event of failure, all traffic will automatically route to backup server.
Fibre Channel Target allows certain volume in the EliteNAS storage to be partitioned as Fibre Channel volume(s) and assigned to specific host computer, appearing as if a local disk to that host computer.
Support direct attached to Fibre Channel enabled computer or Support Fibre Channel SAN using Fibre Channel switch.
Fibre Channel Target options support virtual environments, including Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware or Citrix Xen servers.
Hardware Specification
Operating system specific design for NAS and iSCSI application.
Intel Dual-Core processor.
2GB ECC DDR-2 memory.
Supports 3TB SATA II hard drive.
RAID 0, 1, 1+0, 3, 5, 6 with spare.
Dual Gigabit Ethernet ports.
Hardware RAID controller card.
Optional 10GbE Ethernet controller card for 10GbE network.
Optional Fibre Channel Card for Fibre Channel Target.
OS on DOM (Disk-on-Module) without mechanical wear and tear.
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