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Operating system for Snap Server storage systems for the distributed enterprise |
SnapServer Guardian OS Highlights: |
Operating system for Snap Server storage systems for the distributed enterprise The award-winning GuardianOS™ operating system combines file-level (NAS) with block-level (IP SAN) data on a single device to provide a simple and flexible solution ideal for any storage infrastructure. In addition to its unified storage architecture, GuardianOS offers seamless scalability, centralized storage management, and a comprehensive suite of data protection tools ideal for consolidating data and simplifying management to reduce storage total cost of ownership (TCO). |
Integrates BakBone NetVault WorkGroup Server including free upgrade to 500GB virtual tape library (VTL) license Easy system setup and management, RAID set changes, volume management, and share creation Simplest migration of large amounts of data, including security permissions, from file servers to a Snap Server Instant Capacity Expansion™ (I.C.E.) dynamically scales Snap Servers to meet growing storage needs Create volumes up to 16TB each Unified Storage Architecture: simultaneous iSCSI (block) and NAS (file) support |
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Customer Needs High-performance NAS operating system that simplifies storage management and protection with exceptional scalability. |
Benefits |
Key Differentiators Price/performance, unified block and file storage in a single device significantly lowers capital costs and long-term TCO. |
Simplicity, proven reliability, security, centralized management, seamless integration into existing environments, cross-platform support, simple data migration, print server functionality, Microsoft Windows support, non-disruptive scalability and provisioning, comprehensive data protection. |
Operating System Basis Derived from Linux Journaling File System Yes - Asynchronous File System Type XFS with Enhancements Block Size Variability 512 Bytes to 64 KB Max File Size Client/Protocol Dependent RAID-Levels Supported 0,1,5,6 & 10 Network File Protocols Microsoft Networks SMB (1.0)/CIFS (NTLM); CIFS via OSX, NFS v2/3/4 (UDP/TCP); Apple AFP + TCP; FTP/FTPS; HTTP/HTTPS (1.1) Network Transport Protocols TCP/IP; UDP; AppleTalk Network Clients Supported Windows: 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/2008/Vista/Windows 7 Mac OS 9.x, Xv10.2/3/5; AFPV2/V3 UNIX: Solaris 7, 8, 9; HP-UX 11; AIX 4.3.3, 5.3 Linux: Red Hat Linux 6.2, 7.2, 8.0, 9.0; Red Hat Enterprise 3.x, 4.x Fedora 4.x, 5.x, 6.x Novell SuSE Pro 9.x Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8.x, 9.x, 10.x Server Emulation Types Windows 2003 Client, Windows 2008 Appleshare Microsoft Active Directory support Operates in both native and mixed domains. Dynamic DNS name resolution. Block Protocol Support iSCSI - Draft 20 compliant Support for local Tape Backup Yes- including tape libraries using BakBone NetVault: Backup Workgroup Edition connection is platform dependent through either USB SCSI U160 or SCSI U320 or using Symantec Veritas Backup Exec 12.5 with Remote Media Agent for Linux Antivirus Support Yes - CA Antivirus software Volume-based Quotas User & NIS Groups Simple Network Mgmt Protocol (SNMP) support V2, MIB II (RFC 1213) Host Resources MIB (RFC 1514) |
iSCSI Software Initiators Supported Microsoft Initiator v2.03, v2.04, v2.05, v2.06, v2.07 (Windows 2003, XP, Vista, Windows 2008, Windows 7); RHEL 5 / SLES 10 iSCSI Initiator; SmallTree abcSAN iSCSI Initiator Version 1.0; CentOS v5.0 iSCSI Initiator; VMWare ESX 3.01, 3.02, 3.5 & 4.x Solaris 10 (x86) update 3 & 4 iSCSI Initiator; Novell NetWare v6.5 SP7 iSCSI Initiator; Emboot, netBoot 1.2 & 2.0, Winboot 2.5 iSCSI Hardware Initiators Supported Qlogic 4010, 4050/52 4060/62 for Windows 2003 and Linux VSS/VDS Support VSS/VDS support is provided for iSCSI LUNs created with GuardianOS 5.2 or later Management Interface Both Browser based and command line via SSH UPS support APC UPS (USB & Network Management card) Backup 3rd Party Agent Support (For network backup support) File data Only Symantec/Veritas Backup Exec v10, v11d, v12d, v12.5 including Remote Media Agent for Linux Symantec/Veritas NetBackup v6.5 EMC/Legato NetWorker 7.3, 7.4 CA ARCServe v11.5, 12.0 Replication Support File Data only Supports Snap EDR 5.2.2 1195 or later for GOS 5.0 Supports Snap EDR 7.2 - only for GOS 5.2 or later |
UNIX NIS Security Yes Windows Security NTLMv2 Full Windows ACL Security Share/ File- Level security Both Share-level and File-level permission including UNIX file permissions and specific NT ACLs Microsoft Kerberos Support Yes v5 File/Directory Ownership User, Group, Other Unix/NFS Permission ACE Support Read (R), Write (W), Execute (X) Windows/CIFS Permission ACE Support All Microsoft Inheritance Levels Supported All Maximum number of Volumes 255 (# of Shares + Snapshots + SnapShot Shares) Maximum number of Snapshots 254 (# of active volumes + # of active snapshots) Maximum number of Quota entries through browser Default Quota - up to the maximum users 546 entries (exception to the Default Quota) Maximum Volume Size 16 Terabytes Maximum number of iSCSI LUNS 256 Default RAID Chuck Size 64KB Maximum iSCSI Disk Size 2TB Maximum Number of Home Directories Limited to the Maximum number of Users Maximum Share Name Size 27 characters Maximum Local Users 2,000 Maximum Microsoft Windows Domain Users 46,535 Maximum NIS Users 16,900 Maximum Total Users 65,436 Maximum Home Directories 65,436 Maximum Number of Shares 255 for AFP only; all other protocols 500 excluding Home Directory Share, which are virtual -limited to the max number of total number of Users Maximum Disk Drives per RAID set 8 recommended / 24 maximum (all except RAID 6) 12 max recommended (RAID 6) Recommended Active Concurrent Users Served - Up to: (Where each user is presenting a significant file access demand) Note that Practical Concurrent is not the same as Concurrent connections. The SnapServer can handle many more connections. SnapServer 110/210 - 50 users SnapServer 410 - 75 users SnapServer 510 - 125 users SnapServer 520 - 125 users SnapServer 550 - 200 users SnapServer 620 - 300 users SnapServer 650 - 300 users |