Storage Solutions
EFN Enterprises offers a wide range of specialized functions
help create a solution that reflects best practices, meets
service levels, and deliver real business results.
EFN Enterprises storage solutions group can help you
combine a variety of storage applications to develop storage
solutions that meets your business’ unique needs. Our storage
optimization approach involves a comprehensive overview of
your existing storage solutions, applications and technologies
to maximize storage resource utilization reduce throughput
bottlenecks, improve recovery time, while reducing downtime.
Storage Technologies
EFN Enterprises storage solutions group can help you
combine a variety of storage applications to develop a storage
solutions that meets your business’ unique needs.
Enterprise RAIDs
EFN Enterprises offers enterprise-class storage arrays that
are easy-to-manage, highly available, & suitable for
heterogeneous computing architectures.
- Pillar Data
- HDS
- BM DS6000 & DS8000
SGI’s InfiniteStorage NEXIS RAID Products:
- SGI InfiniteStorage 15000
- SGI InfiniteStorage 10000
- SGI InfiniteStorage 6700
- SGI InfiniteStorage 4600
- SGI InfiniteStorage 4000
- SGI InfiniteStorage 350
- SGI InfiniteStorage 220
- SGI InfiniteStorage 120
SGI InfiniteStorage NEXIS 500:
- Single NAS server
- NFS, CIFS, iSCSI and FTP protocol support
- Single internal RAID controller
- 500GB and 750GB 7.2K RPM SATA disk drives
- 5 disk drives maximum for up to 3.75TB low-tier-
performance raw storage capacity
- SGI InfiniteStorage Appliance Manager
SGI InfiniteStorage NEXIS Gateway 1000:
- Single NAS server
- NFS, CIFS, iSCSI and FTP protocol support
- 4 to 8 GbE ports; 2 to 6 FC ports
- SGI InfiniteStorage Appliance Manager
SGI InfiniteStorage NEXIS 2000 SATA:
- Single NAS server
- NFS, CIFS, iSCSI and FTP protocol support
- Single RAID controller
- 500GB and 750GB 7.2K RPM SATA disk drives
- 48 disk drives maximum for up to 36TB of mid- to low-tier-performance raw storage capacity
- SGI InfiniteStorage Appliance Manager
SGI InfiniteStorage NEXIS 2000 SAS:
- Single NAS server
- NFS, CIFS, iSCSI and FTP protocol support
- Dual RAID controllers
- 146GB and 300GB 15KRPM SAS drives
- 144 disk drives maximum for up to 43TB of high-performance raw storage capacity SGI InfiniteStorage Appliance Manager
SGI InfiniteStorage NEXIS 5000:
- Single NAS server
- NFS, CIFS, iSCSI and FTP protocol support
- Dual RAID controller
- Up to 448 750GB SATA disk drives per NAS server for up to 336TB of mid- to low tier-performance raw storage capacity
- SGI InfiniteStorage Appliance Manager
SGI InfiniteStorage NEXIS 7000:
- Single NAS server
- Dual RAID controllers
- NFS, CIFS, iSCSI and FTP protocol
- 448 disk drives per NAS server
- 146GB and 300GB 15K RPM, and 300 GB 10K RPM
fibre channel disk drives for up to 134TB of high-
performance raw storage capacity
- 500GB and 750GB 7.2K RPM SATA disk drives for up to
336TB of mid-tier performance raw storage capacity
- Mixed fibre channel and SATA disk drive support
- SGI InfiniteStorage Appliance Manager
SGI InfiniteStorage NEXIS 7000 HA:
- Dual NAS servers in a active/active clustered pair
configuration
- Dual RAID controllers
- NFS, CIFS, iSCSI and FTP protocols
- 448 disk drives per NAS server
- 146GB and 300GB 15K RPM, and 300 GB 10K RPM
fibre channel disk drives for up to 134TB of high-performance raw storage capacity
- 500GB and 750GB 7.2K RPM SATA disk drives for up to
336TB of mid-tier performance raw storage capacity
- Mixed fibre channel and SATA disk drive support
- SGI InfiniteStorage Appliance Manager High Availability license version
SGI InfiniteStorage Appliance Manager:
The Web-based graphical user interface (GUI) software
management tool simplifies NAS configuration discovery and
set-up with intuitive views of performance, alerts, and disk
utilization, as well as diagnosis features. Users can monitor
network, disk, CPU and memory usage per protocol workload,
per export/share workload, or per client workload. Historical
graphs facilitate proactive decision making. The alerts screen
displays messages from system logs to provide notifications of
unusual events and error conditions.
Key Value Propositions:
- Scalability. Non-disruptively scale capacity and
directories with minimal performance impact. High
scalability of file directories reduces management
complexity by enabling a large single directory for an
archive or the expansion of user groups with scalable
performance.
- Value of bundled features. No hidden costs or “a la cart”
menu for base functionality—NFS, CIFS, iSCSI protocols
and SGI InfiniteStorage Appliance Manager are included
in the base configuration price.
- High availability and performance. Active/active
clustered pair nodes are available.
- Granular performance and health monitoring. View
individual clients to help isolate and re-configure
bandwidth and functional anomalies.
- Optimized performance tuning. Pre-configured platforms
enable fast deployment and reduced management costs.
- Common management tools. One set of tools supports
the entire NEXIS family.
SGI’s InfiniteStorage Solutions are synergistic and provides
unique capabilities unmatched in the marketplace today. SGI®
InfiniteStorage Solutions are designed to solve the data
protection problems unique to IT, Engineering, Scientific, and
Creative customers engaged in large-scale computing,
analysis, business analytics and visualization environments.
Fibre Disk
Fibre channel disk solutions are ideal for environments that
require high-performance, low-latency storage for applications.
IP SAN
IP SAN delivers the advantages of a SAN without requiring
expensive FC hardware, and the expense of building a new
network. iSCSI and TCP/IP networking & storage devices are
already present in many small- to medium-sized businesses.
iSCSI
iSCSI storage utilizes standard ethernet architecture, allowing
it to operate on any TCP/IP network. Combined with Gigabit
Ethernet technology, iSCSI performance can approach that of
FC devices & networks.
Midrange RAIDs
Our offering of storage products include modular, cost-
effective, and scalar midrange RAIDs. We offer Fibre Channel,
SATA, and now SAS disk, and some devices can mix-and-
match disks in the same RAID.
NAS
Network attached storage allows Windows, UNIX, and Linux
filesystems & backups to be consolidated on a single platform,
freeing application servers to run production application,
rather than competing for resources with file storage &
management tasks. Ideal for disk-to-disk backup, nearline
storage, data retention, as well as high-performance, misson-
critical I/O applications.
Optical
The newest optical storage systems leverage UDO media for
data archival & retention requirements, providing data integrity
for regulatory compliance.
SAN
EFN Enterprises offers virtualization technologies such as
Storage Area Networks, and we continue to offer SAN solutions
designed to reduce complexity & costs, effectively dealing with
the explosion of data storage requirements many organizations
face today.
SAS Disk
Serial-attached SCSI is interoperable with SATA, and delivers
performance, capacity, and scalability comparable to Fibre.
Ideal for high-density computing environments, as SAS cables
are thinner than traditional parallel cables.
SATA
Serial ATA, or SATA, is a high-capacity disk storage option
enables disk-to-disk backup & other nearline storage
applications to be implemented cost-effectively.
Tape
Reliable, portable, and affordable, tape storage remains a
viable format for many backup & archival applications. The
newest models include embedded encryption & WORM
technology for retention compliance needs.
Tape Products
EFN Enterprises offers SGI’s Spectra Logic Tape Products
Spectra Logic T950 - Enterprise library with BlueScale
technology.
- Spectra Logic T-Series - T200/T380/T680 Mid-Range
- Spectra Logic T120 - Data Protection Platform
- Spectra Logic T50e - Entry-Level Automated Tape Library
SAN Infrastructure:
To provide a powerful yet flexible framework for addressing
critical storage area network (SAN) requirements, Brocade has
developed the Intelligent Fabric Operating Environment.
Switches
The Brocade® 300, Brocade® 5100, Brocade® 5300,
Brocade® 48000, Brocade® 4900, Brocade® 5000, and
Brocade® 200E switch models.
vFabric Watch
Fabric Watch is a robust fabric health monitoring service for
mission-critical Storage Area Network SAN fabrics. Fabric
Watch enables network managers to:
- Track numerous fabric and switch elements
- Receive automatic event notifications
- Quickly identify and isolate faults
- Monitor and optimize fabric-wide performance
High-Performance Cost Effective HBAs
EFN offers a wide variety of SAS and FC HBA's in
configurations of PCIE and PCI-X host interfaces. Offering high-
performance, the low cost HBA's accommodate both SAS and
SATA needs. The Fibre Channel technology constructs the
storage area networks (SANs), which are available in four and
eight port options with internal and external connector
configurations to support any applications. EFN's 4Gb/s and
10Gb/s FC HBAs are available in single, dual and quad-
channel configurations.
SGI’s InfiniteStorage Application Solutions:
- SGI® CXFS combines shared data access features of
network- attached storage with the scalability and direct-
connect performance of a SAN.
- CXFS uniquely enables shared data access in a
heterogeneous SAN/NAS environment
- SGI® Data Migration Facility (DMF) secures data in a
near-line format for ready access and also provides for
synchronous mirroring of this data.
- AppIQ provides open standards-based storage utility
management solutions simplify integration with
enterprise tools.
- Archivas allow customers to easily store and access
fixed content (documents, images, email, video, and
audio) from multiple applications, multiple departments,
and multiple file types in their original form, in a
centralized, online repository.
- Archivas ensure files are unique, authenticated and
retained for a specified period of time, and unauthorized
access and tampering is prevented.
- Archivas allow files to be easily searched and accessed
many years into the future, regardless of whether your
original data creation applications have changed or
gone away.
- StoreAge supports heterogeneous storage, High
performance (Split-Path), Scalable (Split-Path) and
Uniformed multi-pathing.
- StoreAge supports striping over storage arrays, has
easy volume expansion and provides seamless
integration into existing SAN.
- StoreAge can have centralized SAN management and it
also has SAN security.
- XFS™ Filesystem
- CXFS™ Shared Filesystem
- Data Migration Facility
- Volume Manager (XVM)
- Backup and Restore
- Data Replication Service
High Performance Storage for Oracle Cluster Environments:
This EFN-designed custom solution combines a variety of best-
of-breed products to provide a load-balanced, fault-tolerant,
high-performance storage for Oracle databases.
Backup Optimization
Our backup optimization solutions help consolidate existing
backup hardware & processes, providing fast backup &
recovery on a platform that consolidates block- and file-level
backup.
Business Continuity
Business Continuity goes beyond traditional disaster recovery
and remote replication solutions by keeping critical
applications & data available, to reduce or eliminate business
disruption for any reason.
Continuous Data Protection
Continuous Data Protection is a new technology for disaster
recovery that aims to eliminate data loss by allowing
applications and databases to recovery to any-point-in-time
(APIT). InMage provides superior CDP at cost-effective prices.
Disaster Recovery
Disaster Recovery, or DR, is designed to protect enterprises
from primary site failures & data loss by replicating data to
remote, secondary sites.
eDiscovery
Changes in the FRCP have made it necessary for businesses
to be able to respond quickly and comprehensively to request
for ESI for litigation. eDiscovery solutions from North American
Systems allow businesses to manage and retrieve data more
effectively across multiple data sources to respond to
eDiscovery requests.
Storage Consolidation
Storage Consolidation helps IT organizations simplify storage
infrastructure by consolidating hardware and processes to a
centrally-managed platform that can provision storage
resources on demand, maximizing storage utilization across
multiple application servers & platforms.
Storage Migration
Our professional services team can help migrate storage to
new hardware platforms and solutions with minimal disruption
to systems and applications.
Virtualization
Virtualization technology removes the physical barriers
between various storage resources across heterogeneous IT
infrastructures. This strategy enables capabilities,
performance and capacity to be enhanced, without increasing
complexity.
Virtual Tape Library
VTL is a solution that virtualizes disk resources to so disk-
based backup solutions such as D2D and D2D2T can be
implemented without disrupting existing backup software &
processes.