Accelerate your applications using proven technology!
The RamSan-320 is a legacy product offering incredible performance improvement over the best disks.
The RamSan-320 is the storage appliance built for speed. Its data storage is based on fast RAM media instead of mechanical rotating drives. With a memory bus architecture similar to high performance servers, the RamSan-320 has the extra bandwidth needed for heavy operations. Its low latency allows support for dozens of servers immediately without any performance degradation. The RamSan-320 provides users with 100x faster response times and allows 100x more users to access the same volume. The RamSan-320 supports 8 Fibre Channel ports (1-Gb, 2-Gb), operating at full speed.
The RamSan-320 offers these features:
- 250,000 IOPS
- 64 GB
- 3 GB/s bandwidth
- 8 FC ports (1-Gb, 2-Gb)
- Low latency
- Non-volatile solid state disk
- Hot-swap power supplies
- Failover FC ports
- SNMP compatibility
- Three redundant internal batteries
- Three redundant hot-swappable power-fail backup disks
Typical Storage Hierarchy
As computer performance increases faster than rotational disk performance, the traditional, two-level storage hieracrchy scheme needs a new performance level. The high-performance RamSan-320 fills this need by allowing users to implement a three-level storage hierarchy. Even under heavy load conditions, the RamSan-320's I/O power and bandwidth make it possible for all of your computers to have immediate access to highly active data files simultaneously.
Installation and Management
The RamSan-320 is as easy to install as a disk drive. In its simplest configuration, it provides a direct link to one server through a host bus adapter (HBA). In its expanded configuration, it can be linked through Fibre Channel switches to hundreds of servers or workstations via SANs. Basic management operations, including manual shutdown and any alerts, are available from the front panel screen. Full monitoring and configuration capabilities are availabe over any browser via a protected Java applet. The RamSan-320 is fully SNMP compatible.
Highly Reliable Storage
With any storage device, reliability is a primary concern. The RamSan-320 is designed to offer superior reliability to other solid state disks and RAID devices. Failover FC ports, redundant internal batteries and redundant internal backup disks are just a few of the reliablility features available with the RamSan-320.
Non-Volatile Backup Methods
The RAM used to give the RamSan-320 its performance would generally lose its data if power was lost. To ensure non-volatility, the RamSan-320 provides three distinct backup methods to its redundant internal RAID disks (configurable per LUN) to give the user the ultimate in versatility and reliability.
Storage
- Capacity (Usable): 64 GB
- LUNs: 64 LUNs
- Storage Medium: RAM
Performance
- Maximum Bandwidth: 3,072 MB/s
- Read IOPS: 250 K IOPS
- Read Latency: 20 microseconds
- Write IOPS: 250 K IOPS
- Write Latency: 20 microseconds
Interfaces
- Expansion Slots: 4 slots
- Fibre Channel Ports per Card: 2 ports/card
- Fibre Channel Speed per Port: 2 Gb/s
Management
- Supports Browser Management
- Supports SNMP Management
- Supports SSH Management
- Supports Telnet Management
Power
- Typical Power Consumption: 350 W
Mechanical
- Dimensions: 5.25" (3U) X 25"
- Form Factor: 3U
- Weight: 80 lbs
