D-Links DSN-6000 Series i SCSI SAN array is a fully redundant, data center-class network storage solution in a 2U rackmount form factor. The DSN-6000 Series currently supports 36TB of raw capacity using 3TB drives (and even greater capacity as larger disk drives become available), & overall scalability to 180TB using DSN-6020 Expansion Enclosure. D-Links DSN-6000 Series provides 1GE or 10GE host interface connectivity which can handle over 200, 000 I/O per second. The DSN-6000 Series integrates x Stack storage architecture & supports services for applications demanding high throughput, scalability & flexible storage planning. The DSN-6000 Series can be easily implemented as primary storage, as secondary storage to supplement an existing infrastructure, or as a nearline storage device to improve backup & recovery times. Using the intuitive & integrated management GUI, the DSN-6000 Series Arrays can be seamlessly incorporated in both Physical & Virtual Server environments. The DSN-6000 Series can provide the failover & redundancy capabilities required for mission critical scenarios such as Virtual Machine (VM) shares, database hosting, Online Transactional Processing (OLTP), email applications, storage consolidation & other primary storage needs. It is equipped with fully redundant components for all major functions, such as RAID controllers, power supplies, fan modules, battery backup modules, & SAS JBOD expansion ports. The Hot-pluggable design is capable of providing uninterrupted services. In addition, the DSN-6000 Series incorporates advanced high availability features such as RAID 6 & RAID 60 support, writable snapshot, Microsoft Windows VSS support, & volume configuration restoration. These advanced features help to reduce or eliminate any system downtime. Unlike other vendors, D-Links DSN-6000 Series is able to upgrade to firmware without the system going offline. Both firmware image & volume handling are well protected by the redundant RAID controllers; when one RAID controller is down or has lost connection, the other RAID controller takes over its tasks immediately. This feature ensures that volumes & services are transferred seamlessly & simultaneously. The optimized Input/ Output Operations per second & unparalleled throughput are capable of providing run-time critical online services, such as Cloud storage, SQL, Exchange, & high-end surveillance storage. Furthermore, with its i SCSI interface, D-Links DSN-6000 Series is ideal for virtualization environments
- VMWare, Hyper-V, & Citrix. System administrators can install up to 32 Operating Systems onto the i SCSI system through the Boot-from-SAN functionality. With this feature, the multiple Operating Systems/ Servers can be easily managed & protected by D-Link advanced data protection features, avoiding system downtime caused by single points of failure. The capacity of the DSN-6000 Series storage arrays can be easily expanded with the addition of the DSN-6020 Expansion Enclosure, which supports up to 12 SAS & SATA hard drives. Up to 4 DSN-6020 enclosures can be mounted in a storage array to expand the overall capacity to 180TB, & even higher capacity as larger hard drives are introduced.