The StorTrends 3400i is a 3U Dual Controller IP-SAN Storage Solution with sixteen hot-swappable hard drives scalable up to 256 TB of storage capacity. It features the latest version of StorTrends iTX Network Storage Software – StorTrends iTX 2.8 - which is optimized for this platform and designed to leverage the power and reliability of its dual controller design. This highly available and highly reliable storage appliance comes at an outstanding price, to provide true enterprise-class performance in an SMB-friendly package. It can be deployed in existing Ethernet networks and has the capacity to support the entire data storage needs of corporations and institutions.

This newest addition to the StorTrends lineup includes a host of new features, including true Active / Active High Availability with dual controller configuration: if one of the system’s controllers fails, the secondary takes over immediately with no loss of data or uptime. It also can provide outstanding Disaster Recovery from physical and network catastrophes with 8,048 read only/writeable snapshots, thanks to the 64-bit architecture of StorTrends iTX 2.8.

StorTrends® iTX 2.8 Network Storage Software

StorTrends iTX 2.8 Network Storage Management Software is a full-featured storage management suite designed to leverage the power of dual controller SAN appliances for peak performance and reliability. It easily meets the rigorous demands of today’s data centers and IT departments and is cost-effective, scalable, and suitable for both novice and advanced users. This new, 64-bit version of StorTrends iTX network storage software is designed to be at home in a data center or server room as front-line storage for high-volume transactions or as part of a tiered storage solution. Its auto-failover capability for dual container appliances ensures that any disaster or interruption is handled smoothly and makes it a solid candidate for mission-critical data that requires “always on” availability and reliability.

Expandability is also a key attribute of the StorTrends 3400i. Users interested in expanding their storage capacity can easily cascade StorTrends 3202j JBOD units behind the StorTrends 3400i head to increase capacity with a minimum of effort. Along with its onboard SAS expander for JBOD expansion, the option to add two additional NIC ports or 10 Gigabit Ethernet means blazing fast network performance. With the ability to expand up to four StorTrends 3202j JBODs, the StorTrends 3400i enables organizations to solve all of their data storage pain points with a single StorTrends appliance.
With Thin Provisioning and ILM, the JBOD expansion capability of the StorTrends 3400i can be leveraged to the maximum. The sophisticated Auto Tiering/Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) of StorTrends iTX analyzes data for its value, and stores it accordingly - in the fastest, most responsive top-tier storage for the most popular data, and automatically migrates it down the chain to less expensive, less powerful storage as it loses value. For organizations struggling to contain the cost of adding new storage and exploding volumes of data, ILM can manage data growth and accessibility, reduce cost, improve recovery, and remove risk and exposure to data loss.

Go beyond Data Backup to “Data Warehousing”

The StorTrends 3400i also features Data Archiving with Deduplication, which works with the WAN Data Services (WDS) feature of Volume Replication to apply data deduplication on the secondary appliance at the disaster recovery site to conserve storage space and greatly increase data archiving capabilities. Because the StorTrends 3400i features Asynchronous Replication with WDS, it is also ideally suited for Disaster Recovery (DR) applications requiring a secondary appliance in an offsite location, as WDS provides exceptional savings in bandwidth usage and data transfer times. The Archiving with Deduplication feature adds additional layers of flexibility and functionality to its replication capabilities, and takes it beyond a mere DR role into the realm of true data warehousing.

“Single Pane of Glass Management”

Like its siblings in the StorTrends lineup, The StorTrends 3400i keeps many of the aspects that users know and love about StorTrends, including the ManageTrends™ GUI for “single pane of glass” storage management, easy-to-use wizards for simple, fast configuration and a host of all-inclusive, enterprise-class features preinstalled on every StorTrends appliance at no added cost. Additionally, if you chose to deploy the StorTrends 3400i SAN in a VMware virtualized environment, a VMware vCenter plug-in is provided to manage the StorTrends 3400i SAN at no additional licensing fee. The StorTrends VMware vCenter plug-in allows Storage Administrators to manage the StorTrends 3400i SAN directly from within the VMware vCenter interface.