Key Features - Lenovo S3200 Product Manual

Key features

The S3200 storage system provides the following key features and benefits:
Versatile, scalable storage with a single controller, or dual active/active controller configurations for
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high availability and performance.
Flexible host connectivity to match diverse client needs with support for 6/12 Gb SAS (SAS controller)
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or 1/10 Gb iSCSI or 4/8/16 Gb FC connectivity (FC and iSCSI controller) or both iSCSI and FC at the
same time.
Supports 6 Gb SAS drive-side connectivity with support for 12x 3.5-inch large form factor (LFF) or
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24x 2.5-inch small form factor (SFF) drives in the controller enclosure; scalable up to 96 LFF drives
per system with the attachment of Lenovo Storage E1012 expansion enclosure (12x LFF drives each)
or up to 192 SFF drives per system with the attachment of Lenovo Storage E1024 expansion
enclosure (24x SFF drives each) to satisfy growing needs for storage capacity and performance.
Flexibility in storing data on high-performance SAS SSDs, performance-optimized enterprise SAS
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HDDs, or capacity-optimized enterprise NL SAS HDDs; mixing and matching drive types and form
factors within a single system to perfectly meet performance and capacity requirements for various
workloads.
Support for self-encrypting drives to allow clients to secure their sensitive data and to comply with
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various security regulations when required.
Rich set of standard functions available at no extra cost, including virtualized storage pools,
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snapshots, thin provisioning, rapid rebuild, real-time HDD tiering, and SSD read cache.
Optional licensed functions, including higher number of snapshots for added scalability and real-time
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SSD tiering for boosting IOPS performance.
Intuitive, web-based GUI for easy system set up and management.
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Designed to comply with NEBS and MIL-STD requirements.
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Designed for 99.999% availability.
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The S3200 supports the complete range of data storage requirements, from highly utilized applications to
high-capacity, low usage applications.
The following 3.5-inch drives are supported:
High performance SSDs: 400 GB
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Performance-optimized, enterprise class disk drives: 600 GB and 900 GB 10K rpm
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High-capacity, archival-class nearline disk drives: 2 TB, 4 TB, and 6 TB 7.2K rpm
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The following 2.5-inch drives are supported:
High performance SSDs: 400 GB, 800 GB, and 1.6 TB
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Performance-optimized, enterprise class disk drives:
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o 300 GB and 600 GB 15K rpm
o 600 GB, 900 GB, and 1.2 TB 10K rpm
High-capacity, archival-class nearline disk drives: 1 TB 7.2K rpm
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More drives and expansion units are designed to be dynamically added with virtually no downtime, which
helps to quickly and seamlessly respond to ever-growing capacity demands.
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