Models
Hybrid HDD & SSD – 5,500 MB/sec. – 1,200,000 IOPS – Rugged 1U Tray.
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FlashDisk RF-3U16, shown in anodized black, offers 96 TB with 16 disks to 6 TB each – ideal for mobile applications – providing field reliability and data protection at COTS prices.
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Pushbuttons designed for “gloved hands,” shown US Army Green.
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Restricted Airflow Model. This RF Series unit mounts flush to submarine bulkhead.
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Side air intake provides cooling to disk drives and electronics.
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RF-3U16 Base Unit with RF-3U16 Expansion Shelf. The RF-3U16 Series scales to 1,440 TB with 14 optional 3U16 expansion shelves using a total of 240 disks with 6 TB each.
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RF-3U16 with 4 Fibre Channel 16Gb ports plus 8 iSCSI 1GbE ports.
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RF-3U16 with 8 Fibre Channel 8Gb ports plus 8 iSCSI 1GbE ports.
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RF-3U16 with 4 iSCSI 10GbE ports plus 8 iSCSI 1GbE ports.
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RF-3U16 with 16 iSCSI 1GbE ports.
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RF-3U16 with 4 SAS 6Gb ports plus 8 iSCSI 1GbE ports.
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RF-3U16 base unit with 8 iSCSI 1GbE ports.
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RX-3U16 expansion with 4 SAS 6Gb ports.
Features
FlashDisk RF-3U16 is a rugged version of the commercial FX-3U16 with the same performance levels and Fibre Channel, iSCSI and SAS host support. However, these “COTS Rugged” disk arrays are designed to MIL-STD 810E/833E to store and protect data in harsh operating environments: tolerating levels of dust, moisture, shock and vibration not possible with standard commercial units – at far less expense than fully rugged systems. It supports 16 SAS disks (HDDs, SEDs or SSDs) per shelf and provides up to 96 TB of storage in the base unit, expandable to 1,440 TB. The US Army approved these units for field use and has deployed them worldwide in HUMVEE communication trailers. The front door is crafted of 3/4-inch milled aluminum to provide rigidity, structural integrity and prevent flying-object hazards. It also contains a heavy-duty filter to trap dust particles and provide a moisture shield to protect internal components. The LCD front panel is easily viewed by field personnel, is EMI shielded, and uses heavy-duty “positive feel” pushbuttons. The door also features a dust and raindrop seal. Optionally, the US Army, Navy and Air Force mount the unit to a chassis using five bolts, secured in a triangulated pattern for strength, to a Rugged 1U Tray for land, sea and air operations.
Rugged Design Features
MIL-STD 810E/833E; NEBS Level 3: Environmental, shock and vibration.
200G Shock: Tested for the US Navy to withstand 200G shock with 1U mounting tray.
Milled Aluminum Door: 3/4″ milled aluminum provides rigidity and structural integrity; dust and raindrop seal.
Reusable Air Filter: Dust and moisture protection, field proven in harsh environments, washable.
Rugged LCD: Shatterproof LCD protects display under harsh usage and is EMI shielded.
Gloved Access: Heavy duty “positive feel” LCD pushbuttons and door thumbscrews for gloved use.
Front Access Power Switch: Perfect when no rear access.
SEDs & Secure Erase: Self Encrypted Drives (AES-256) with FIPS 140-2 validation, Seagate Instant Secure Erase.
Auto Power On: Unit restarts after brownouts and blackouts.
Transit Case: Field deployable transit case available.
1U Tray: Mounting tray secured to chassis by five bolts to in triangulated pattern for strength.
Choice of Finish: Doors and trays painted or anodized neutral black, US Army green, US Navy grey or custom color.
Batteryless Operation: For fire safety, RAID unit runs without Lithium Ion battery and data written only to disk.
SSDs for Vibration Resistance: SSDs are finally affordable and offer capacity to 2 TB each.
Silent Running: Includes fan speed control to maintain low noise levels when needed.
Rugged 1U Tray
1U Tray Advantages
Provides easy access to system
- Ballbearing aluminum rails, or heavy-duty steel slide rails
- Full extension from rack
- Rear access from front
- Save 3 ft of service space in rear
- Front handle for pulling tray
Adds torsion strength and rigidity
Increases shock & crash tolerance
Customizable tray functionality
- Add UPS module into tray
- Add EMI filters into tray
- Add AC/DC power inverter
- Add twist-lock power connectors
- Enables special cable routing
Short 21″ depth matches system and accommodates shallow racks
Lightweight aluminum construction
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FlashDisk RF-3U16 with 1U mounting tray.
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FlashDisk RF-3U16 rear view with 1U mounting tray and secure power supply clamps.
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Rugged 1U mounting tray fully extends for rear service access from the front – US Navy Gray.
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Interior view of mounting tray.
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Rugged unit on mounting tray with aluminum ball-bearing rails fully extended for rear access.
Specs
| System Options | |
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| Advanced Storage Services | Increases snapshots from 64 to 256 per volume; from 128 to 4,096 total and increases volume copies from 64 to 256 total. |
| LUN Masking | Enables volume protection needed in SAN environment. |
| RF-3U16 RAID Base Unit | |
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| RAID controller | Single/Dual redundant 64-bit, 13th generation controller |
| RAID levels supported | 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 1+0, 15, 16, 30, 50, 60 |
| Host interfaces | 1GbE, 10GbE (copper or fiber), SAS 6Gb, FC 8Gb, FC 16Gb |
| Expansion shelf interface | SAS 6Gb, 4 lanes – 24Gb per port – up to 48Gb per array |
| # HDD/SED/SSDs – Total capacity | 16 (2.5″/3.5″) disks in 3U16 base; 1,440 TB max.; (14) 3U16 expansions |
| On-line capacity expansion | Automatically adds new drives to existing array – “on-the-fly” |
| Cache memory capacity | 16 GB per controller, included standard |
| Non-volatile cache | Li-ION battery powered backup to flash memory |
| Maximum LUN size | 512 TB |
| Maximum number of LUNs | 1024 total, 64 per host ID |
| Maximum number of hosts | 8 SAS or 64 Fibre Channel |
| LUN mapping/filtering | Configurable per logical partition |
| Host adapters available for | PCI-X, PCI Express |
| Power supplies and AC inlets | Dual hot-swap redundant 530 W each; dual AC inlets |
| RX-3U16 Expansion Shelf | |
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| Expansion architecture | Dual/Quad SAS (Serial Attach SCSI) bus |
| Expansion shelf architecture | Multiplexed access to each drive within the shelf |
| Maximum drives/capacity | 16 (2.5″/3.5″) disks per 3U16 shelf to 96 TB; up to 14 expansion shelves |
| Removable drive trays | Hot swappable; individual drive locks |
| Power supplies | Dual hot-swappable; 530 Watts each;320 Watts typical draw |
| Cooling system | Dual hot-swappable fan modules |
| Active components | No active data path components on the midplane |
| S.E.S. monitoring controllers | Dual, hot-swappable SCSI Enclosure Services modules |
| Controls and Indicators | |
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| LCD front operation panel | 2 x 16 character display, push button controls. |
| LED indicators | LED power, battery, controller, and system status |
| Alerting | Audible and visual alerts |
| Component failure | Failure indication through LCD and GUI |
| LCD front operating console | View/edit logical RAID/physical drives, setup hot-spare drives, map hosts, check parity, enable write-back cache, rebuild failed drive, view logs… |
| Compatibility | |
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| Operating systems | Supports Windows, Linux, MAC OS X, AIX and UNIX |
| Platforms supported | Intel, SUN, HP, IBM RS-6000, Apple, SGI |
| Cluster support | Supports 9 industry-standards on Windows, Linux and UNIX |
| Hypervisor support | VMware ESX, Citrix XenServer, Windows Hyper-V, RHEL KVM |
| Remote monitoring ports | RJ45 10/100 Ethernet |
| Communication protocols | TCP/IP, SNMP, SSH |
| Storage Management | |
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| Event notification | Automatic event and problem alert notification |
| FlashAlert call home service | 24-hour call center available for immediate action |
| Manage out of band | Ethernet |
| FlashDisk Global Manager GUI | Manage storage services of multiple FlashDisks from any web browser |
| Environmental | MIL-STD 810E/833E |
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| Shock operating (half-sine) | 5G, 11 ms pulse width |
| Vibration operating (random) | 5-500 Hz, (0.25 gm operating, 1.00 gm non-operating), X/Y/Z, 30 min. |
| Vibration operating (sine) | 5-500 Hz, (0.20 gm operating, 1.00 gm non-operating), X/Y/Z, 60 min. |
| Acoustic Noise | 65 dBA boundary, 60 dBA normal |
| Humidity | 5% to 90% operating, 5% to 95% non-operating (non-condensing) |
| Altitude | 12,000 feet operating, 40,000 feet non-operating |
| Temperature | 0° to 40° C operating, -40° to 60° C non-operating |
| General | |
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| Uninterruptible power supply | Required when using write-back cache |
| Redundant AC power | Dual 90-260 VAC Inlet, 47-63 Hz |
| Power consumption | 100 VAC @ 8/10A; 240 VAC @ 3/5 A; 530 W with PFC; 340 W draw |
| RAID unit dimensions | 5.1″h x 17.5″w x 21″d |
| RAID unit weight | Approximately 79 lbs. fully loaded with drives |
| Cooling system | Two dual hot-swap, ball bearing blowers; 60 dB-A |
| Compliance | FCC, UL, CE, CSA |
| Warranty & Service | |
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| Standard warranty | Three year factory warranty and toll free hotline during business hours |
| Service contracts | Optional on-site service, spare parts and advance parts replacement |
| Secure site | Customizable service programs for classified sites |
| Installation and service | On-site installation; 24×7 service available |