S2A6620

Industry Leading Density

Housing 60 drives in just 4U enables your data center to scale growth much more cost and space efficiently than other commercial or white-box solutions

Single System Multi-Tiered Storage

Intermix SAS, SATA and SSD drives in the same enclosure to optimize performance and availability

Fault Tolerant & High Availability

Hot-swapable, active-active controllers and industry-leading 12GB of battery backed cache

REACTTM - Realtime Adaptive Cache Technology

Provides balanced performance for both IOPS and throughput and extends performance capabilities through intelligent cache management

SATAssureTM Real-Time Error Detection & Correction

Increases SATA's data resiliency and reliability with on-the-fly error detection and correction

The High Density, Integrated Mid-Range Storage Appliance

What will you do in 4U? Providing DDN's legendary multiples of performance, capacity and reliability, the S2A6620 is the ultra-dense, affordable storage solution designed for business. Simplify and consolidate many of your lower performing and space inefficient storage servers and enclosures into this single, 4U high performance appliance, this is the business enabling storage powerhouse.

Stay ahead of growing performance and capacity requirements with the most efficient mid-range appliance platform. Each S2A6620 delivers leading in-class performance and accommodates sixty drives in just 4U. To scale capacity, simply add an additional enclosure to bring your total to 120 drives (that's up to 360TB) in only 8U.

Robust end-to end data protection and availability features, a simple cost-effective platform and extreme value are why so many S2A6620 systems are at work today in business production environments worldwide.

The High Density, Integrated Mid-Range Storage Appliance

In today's environment of extreme data growth and flat budgets, there is a way to lower costs, simplify your infrastructure and maximize application performance, scalability and uninterrupted data access. The S2A6620 mid-range storage appliance with Realtime Adaptive Cache Technology (REACTTM) delivers balanced throughput and IOPS performance in the industry's highest density and energy efficient platform. Featuring up to 60 drives in just 4U of rack space, this high performance storage appliance delivers up to 335,000 IOPS from its 12GB of mirrored, battery backed-up cache, and 2GB/s of sustained bandwidth for large file throughput. Scaling to 120 drives with the addition of a single 4U expansion module, and the ability to combine SATA, SAS and SSD drives within a single appliance, the S2A6620 is a differentiated solution that is perfect for diverse workloads and a wide range of requirements.

Exceptional per-drive performance reduces the number of disks needed to meet growing performance and capacity demands - lowering both acquisition and operational costs. Intermixing high-performance SSD and SAS drives with high-capacity SATA drives places data on the appropriate performance and cost-effective drive technology. SATAssure™ enables the appliance to manage large pools of SATA storage with enterprise-class performance, reliability and data integrity. This innovative, self-healing technology provides on-the-fly error detection and correction, so applications receive the only the correct data and minimizes the need for lengthy drive rebuilds. Redundant, hot swappable components, automated failover features, and RAID 6 deliver end-to end data protection and availability.

The High Density, Integrated Mid-Range Storage Appliance

  • Accelerate Applications

    Increase productivity with leading in-class performance that removes storage bottlenecks

  • Flexible and Efficient

    Enables more applications to thrive on a single system with the support of high performance and high capacity drive types

  • Consolidates Inefficient Storage

    Reduce floor space, management, power and cooling by collapsing multiple systems into an ultra-dense, highly efficient platform

  • Industry Leading Density

    Housing 60 drives in just 4U enables your data center to scale growth much more cost and space efficiently than other commercial or white-box solutions

  • Simple Integration and Management

    Seamlessly integrates into new or existing infrastuctures, powerful Web based GUI, CLI, CNMP and email alert options provide for simple, flexible administration

  • Enterprise-class SATA Data Protection

    Makes large SATA pools with high duty-cycles reliable at half the price of SAS or FC drives

  • Realtime Adaptive Cache Technology (REACTTM)

    Provides balanced performance for both IOPS and throughput and extends performance capabilities through intelligent cache management

  • Unrivaled Performance and Capacity Density

    Enable more applications with fewer systems and future-proof unpredictable performance and capacity growth requirements

  • Single System Multi-Tiered Storage

    Intermix SAS, SATA and SSD drives in the same enclosure to optimize performance and availability

  • SATAssureTM Real-Time Error Detection & Correction

    Increases SATA's data resiliency and reliability with on-the-fly error detection and correction

  • Fault Tolerant & High Availability

    Hot-swappable, active-active controllers and industry-leading 12GB of battery backed cache

  • Journaled Drive Rebuilds

    Reduces rebuild times by only requiring new/changed blocks to be written to recoverable drives

  • Support Multiple RAID Levels

    Deploy the appropriate data protection based on application requirements while storage tiering

Simple to Scale

According to IDC, data is poised to grow 40x over the next 10 years. How will you stay ahead of the demand?

Deploying S2A6620 means the fewest number of systems to buy, support, power and manage as you scale your environment to hundreds to terabytes and beyond.

Highly flexible, the S2A6620 supports multiple RAID levels and configurations. Depending upon which data protection scheme you select, you can start as small as 2 drives. The S2A6620 scales to 60 drives 4U and additional capacity can be added with the StogeScaler6000 enclosure supporting a total of 120 drives.

The High Density, Integrated Mid-Range Storage Appliance

Standard Software Features

  • LUN Mapping and Masking

    RAID5

    Remote Management

  • Port Zoning

    Journaled Rebuilds

    SNMP Traps
Optional Software Features

  • RAID6

    SATAssureTM Data Integrity
Product Attributes

  • RAID Controllers

    2 (Active/Active)

  • Maximum Disk Throughput

    2GB/s

  • Maximum Cache IOPS

    335,000

  • Maximum Disk IOPS

    30,000

  • Protection Level

    Raid1, Raid5 (4+1,8+1), Raid6 (4+2,8+2)

  • Number of Drives

    2-120 (base + expansion)

  • Number of Storage Pools

    256

  • Number of Host Initiators

    512

  • Cache

    12GB – mirrored and battery backed

  • Power and Cooling Modules

    2 (redundant hot pluggable)

  • Drives per enclosure

    60

  • Expansion enclosure

    1

  • Drive Types

    SSD, SAS and SATA

  • Host connectivity

    4X FC8

  • Client Support

    Windows, linux, unix, Mac os

  • Management Interface

    Gui, cli, ssH
Enclosure Environmental Attributes

  • Dimensions

    Height - 7.0" (17.8 cm)
    Width - 17.56" (44.6 cm)
    Depth – 36.2" (92 cm) without bezel; 40.6' (103 cm)
    with bezel and cable management arms

  • Rack Height

    4U

  • Voltage Range

    200 - 240VAC

  • Operating Environment

    10° to 35° c

  • Frequency

    47- 63 Hz

  • Average Power (SATA)

    1,098W - Base unit (Drives and Storage Managers)

  • Average Cooling (SATA)

    3,704 Btu/hr– Base unit (Drives and Storage Managers)

  • Average Power (SAS)

    1,454W - Base unit (Drives and Storage Managers)

  • Average Cooling (SAS)

    4,960 Btu/hr– Base unit (Drives and Storage Managers)

  • Weight

    240lbs (109 Kg) with drives; 120lbs (54.5 Kg) without drives

  • Certifications

    CSA_US, CE, FCC, C-Tick and BSMI

S2A Storage Systems are available through a variety of channels:

  • Direct

    DDN's Worldwide Presales Team of Account Managers and Systems Engineers will assess your business objectives and technical requirements and prescribe the right size storage to fit your needs and budget.

  • OEM System Providers

    The world's largest technology companies provide S2A Storage as individual systems or as part of a larger integrated solution.

  • Resellers and Integrators

    Specialized VARs and System Integrators provide S2A Storage as individual systems or as part of a larger integrated solution.

    Contact sales@ddn.com and we will work with you to understand your needs and determine the best source.

  • Contact DDN Sales

    Email: sales@ddn.com
    Toll-Free: 1.800.TERABYTE
    Global Sales