D-Link xStack DSN-1100-10 5-bay iSCSI SAN array enclosure

The D-Link xStack DSN-1100-10 5-bay iSCSI storage area network (SAN) array enclosure, for SMBs, holds up to 5 TB of data. Each bay can hold one 3.5-in SATA drive with up to 1 TB capacity.

The internal 10 Gb iSCSI SoC configuration allows for more than 80,000 input/outputs per second and combines both networking and storage functions on one silicon chip.

It features an embedded, user-friendly IP-SAN device manager - a suite of web-based utilities that allow monitoring and control via the storage management initiative-specification command set. Combined with an embedded, secure server, it allows users to remotely configure and monitor their SAN storage subsystems.

The DSN-1100-10 implements four 1 Gb ports, supporting IEEE 802.3ad link aggregate groups for full off-load capability, allowing all four ports to be grouped together for up to 425 MBps bandwidth, increasing throughput and redundancy. Reliability and efficiency is achieved by support of RAID Level 0, 1, 1+0 and 5 configurations, giving users a range of redundancy options.

Both online capacity expansion and RAID-level migration are performed with minimal impact on users, eg, a mirror volume of two drives can easily be converted to a parity volume of three or more drives while users continue to access the data they store.

Other features include: CHAP authentication to halt intruders; SSL security to manage the console; SATA-II support; VLAN zoning for traffic segregation to secure access and jumbo frames; and integrated multi-core SoC for power efficiency.