Infortrend has just released the New 4Gb/8Gb Fibre to SAS/SATA 3Gb RAID Units. These are the first units released with the new "G6" 667MHz ASIC RAID Engine. They offer JBOD Expansion up to 112 SAS or SATA Drives. Each Controller offers Two(2) or Four(4) 4Gb/8Gb Fibre Host Ports and One(1) SAS Expansion Port.

  NEW: Flash Memory Feature

The "G6" Series of Controllers are now offering Infortrend's New CacheSafe Technology, Flash memory module support for the controllers cache management. The cache is still supported by battery back-up module. Currently with only up to a battery life of a 72 hour window to restore power on traditional systems, the battery can transfer the data in volatile cache to flash memory in a few minutes once the system senses loss of power. No more worrying about a time clock to restore power as to not loose valuable data during such events as Ice Storms, Floods, Fires or other events that can add to long down times. With the minimal usage on the battery, Infortrend has extended the battery Limited Warranty from 1 year to 3 years.

Redundant Components:

The "R1440" and the "R1840" Series comes with all major components redundant and field replaceable such as controllers, power supplies and cooling fan modules. Infortrend supplies a 2GB Cache module per controller. With RAID 6 Hardware Technology on board, the Infortrend units can sustain 2 drive failures and still be operational. You can replace the failed drives and rebuild the array without any downtime. The "G1440" and the "G1840" Series offers the same but only one controller.

Infortrend ESVA and EonStor Storage Solutions Certified with
VMware vSphere

Infortrend ESVA iSCSI-host models and EonStor FC-host models have passed the compatibility tests ensuring their seamless integration into VMware vSphere 4 environments. Infortrend's quality storage solutions complement VMware's latest flagship infrastructure product. Users can construct a data center enabling increased IT service availability, security, scalability and flexibility with reduced TCO and management overhead.

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Going Green IT

Infortrend in an effort to go green, has made steps to replace the Metal used in their fabrication with more environmentally friendly material that still carries the same strength as the previous metal. All their equipment is now RoHS Compliant. RoHS is the "Restriction of Hazardous Substances" in Electrical and Electronic Equipment. They use dual stage fans and load balancing power supplies to reduce power during slow periods. They recently added two levels of drive idle spin down options to help reduce power usage as well.

Infortrend achieves 80 PLUS certification

Infortrend has been working on making our storage products more energy-efficient. High-efficiency power supply is a key green enhancement to our latest product lines: the EonStor G6 Series and the ESVA Series. Our power supplies have now been certified by 80 PLUS as delivering outstanding efficiency of 89.58%. The reduced power consumption will contribute to environmental sustainability while lowering operating costs.

To view the certification details, please click here .

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Two(2) 4Gb Fibre Host Ports Per Controller("1440 Series")
• Four(4) 8Gb Fibre Host Ports Per Controller("1840 Series")
• Up to 2GB Cache per Controller ("1440 Series")
• Up to 4GB Cache per Controller ("1840 Series")
• New Flash Memory Module and batteries installed
• One(1) SAS Expansion Port Per Controller
• SAS and SATA Drive Support; NCQ Support
• Expands out to 104 drives
• Two(2) Levels of Drive Idle manageability
• RAID Levels: 0,1,0+1,3,5,6,10,30,50,60 & NRAID
• AV Optimization Configurable
• Online Logical Drive Expansion
• Dynamic Logical Drive Assignment
• Network Manager SANWatch
• EONPath Multi-Pathing support
• Up to 5 Years service and support
• On-Site Service available