ETERNUS Disk storage systems individually and in cooperation with software offer the following features.
Supported products are shown on each feature page.
Safety
High-speed replication
Advanced Copy functions | Online high-speed backup |
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Advanced Copy EC | Function to maintain a synchronized copy of operation volumes |
Advanced Copy OPC | Function to create a operation volume copy at any specific time |
Advanced Copy QuickOPC | Function to create an initial operation volume copy and then only copy subsequent updated data |
Advanced Copy SnapOPC, SnapOPC+ | Function to create a operational copy of data items before they are updated. |
Fast Recovery | This function recovers data quickly by relocating the data in a failed drive to other drives quickly when a drive error occurs. |
Online high-speed backup/recovery for GlobalServer environments | Backup for GlobalServer environment using the Advanced Copy function |
Cooperative database data protection | Backup using DB and the Advanced Copy function |
Smart backup operation with VSS | Backup using VSS and the Advanced Copy function |
Nearline disk drives | The ideal media for archiving and Disk to Disk backup |
Disaster recovery
Remote Copy using Fibre Channel Interface (Remote Advanced Copy function (REC)) | Disaster Recovery by Remote Location Backup |
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Remote Copy using iSCSI Interface (Remote Advanced Copy function (REC)) | Disaster Recovery by Remote Location Backup |
Remote Copy Disk Buffered REC over Low bandwidth Networks | Remote Copy Disk Buffered REC over Low bandwidth Networks |
Non-stop operation
Component redundancy and hot swap | ETERNUS disk storage systems have full redundant configuration and hot-maintenance capability. |
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Reverse Cabling | Increasing storage system availability |
Storage Cluster | The Storage Cluster function enables operations to continue even if one storage system fails by switching to other storage systems. |
Advanced RAID for assured data access even during a disk failure | In ETERNUS disk storage systems, each member disk drive of a RAID group is located in a different Drive Enclosure. |
ETERNUS Multipath Driver | Path failover |
PRIMECLUSTER | Inter-unit mirroring for even higher storage availability |
PRIMECLUSTER | Cluster system support |
Cyclic CM | Non-stop operation with multiple controllers |
I/O RAS | Failure effect minimization by component isolation in GlobalServer environments |
DVCF and File Duplication Controller | GlobalServer volume duplication between disk storage systems |
VRMGR | GlobalServer volume copy during operation |
Hot Standby | Prevention of operational halts caused by hardware problems on a GlobalServer |
Data Integrity
Data Block Guard | Data block check codes for improved data integrity |
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DB (Data Base) Data Guard | Improved data reliability combined with Oracle DB |
Disk drive patrol | Disk drives and data integrity checking |
Cache Protector | Cache data protection during power failures |
Redundant Copy | Preventive exchange while maintaining redundancy |
Global Hot Spare | Efficient management of hot spare disk drives between different RAID groups |
Dedicated Hot Spare | Hot spare disk use dedicated to a specific RAID group |
Security
Host Affinity | Disk access settings for each host interface adopter |
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Data Encryption | Data Encryption in the disk storage systems |
Robust security using SSL / SSH | Encrypted transmission of information over a network |
Performance
Solid State Drives (SSD) | Low-power, highly reliable and high performance drives |
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RAID | Technologies that improve performance and avoid data loss caused by disk failure: RAID0, 1, 1+0, 5, 5+0, 6 |
Quality of Service (QoS) | Maintaining service levels of high-priority tasks |
Quality of Service Automation | Automated resource management according to business priorities |
Extreme Cache | Extreme Cache (SSD cache built in a controller) significantly increases the read cache capacity. |
I/O offloading | Improve the maximum random access performance |
Bind-in-Cache | Accelerated I/O access for GlobalServer environment |
Work Volume Load Sharing | Efficient disk utilization for GlobalServer environment |
High Speed Search function | Reduced overheads between GlobalServer CPU and disk storage systems |
The Quest for Ultimate Performance – SPC Benchmark | SPC Benchmark test results |
Efficiency
Virtualization
Thin Provisioning | Storage capacity virtualization |
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Automatization
Automated Tiering | Investment optimization in combination with ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser software |
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Energy saving
Eco-mode | Stopping the rotation of low accessed disk drives |
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Environmental Friendly
Regulatory compliant / Lead-free solders | ETERNUS is compliant with the RoHS directive, adopted by the European Union that restricts the use of specific hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, including lead, hexavalent chromium, mercury, cadmium, polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE). The solder used on all printed circuit boards is also lead-free. |
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Scalability
Logical Device Expansion | Non-stop RAID group capacity expansion |
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LUN Expansion | Non-stop LUN capacity expansion |
RAID Migration | Non-stop LUN migration to different RAID groups |
LUN Concatenation | LUN consolidation between different RAID groups |
Different disk drives in the same drive enclosure | Efficient space management |
High Density drive enclosure | High density drive enclosure for large capacity usage |
Unified SAN and NAS
Unified SAN and NAS | Storage for SAN/NAS unified environment – ETERNUS DX S3 |
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Administration
Easy setup, management and administration through GUI /CLI | Setup, management and administration of storage |
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ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser | Integrated management software for ETERNUS |
ETERNUS SF Express | Software for simplified installation/operation management of DX60 S2/DX80 S2/DX90 S2/DX100 S3/DX200 S3 |
ETERNUS Disk Space Monitor | Real-time storage space visualization that enables stable infrastructure operation |
Administration
PRIMECLUSTER | File sharing between UNIX servers |
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Compatibility
Different disk drives in the same drive enclosure | Efficient space management |
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VAAI (vStorage APIs for Array Integration) | Performance Improvement in virtualized server environments |
VMware® Site Recovery Manager (SRM) | Data protection solutions |
- Technical White Paper : ETERNUS DX Feature Set (1 MB) (1,980KB / November 2013)
- ISV/IHV Partner – AlliancesVerification results and related content regarding Fujitsu ETERNUS products and other ISV, IHV vendor products.