The AegisSAN Q500 is a SAN storage solution that provides high performance and value. It uses an Intel Briarwood platform for its green credentials and 80 Plus Gold certified power supplies. Key features include dual active RAID controllers for high availability, multipath I/O for load balancing, and thin provisioning, snapshots, and replication software. It offers competitive performance and price compared to previous Qsan products and other SAN solutions on the market.

1. AegisSAN Q500
January, 2014

2. AegisSAN Q500 Series
The SAN Solution to Deliver the Best Price-Performance Value
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Green Platform
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High Availability
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Dual active RAID controllers & fully redundant & hot-swappable design
Multipath & load balancing (MPIO, MC/S, Trunking, LACP)
Built-in Software Add-ons
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Intel Briarwood platform
80 Plus Gold certified PSU
MAID, Wake-on-LAN
QiSOE (Qsan hardware iSCSI offload engine for performance gain)
fcQiSOE (Qsan hardware FC offload engine for IOPS gain)
QThin (thin provisioning)
QReplica (remote replication)
QSnap (copy-on-write snapshot)
VMware VAAI, Citrix, Hyper-V
Compared with Previous Products
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Even better price-performance ratio
Comprehensive models (8G/16G FC, 10GbE/GbE iSCSI)
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fcQiSOE
QiSOE
QSnap
QReplica
QThin
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3. Q500 Series Specifications
Q500-F20
Q500-F30
Q500-P20
Q500-P10
Dual-active or Single-upgradable controller
RAID Controller
Host Channels
(Per controller)
Q500-F21
16Gb Fibre Channel 8Gb Fibre Channel 8Gb Fibre Channel
10GbE port x2
port x2
port x4
port x2
(Q500-P21 for RJ45)
1GbE port x2
1GbE port x2
1GbE port x2
1GbE port x2
1GbE port x6
1GbE management port x1
Memory
Hard Drive
Interface
Max. No. of
Hard Drive
Form Factor
RAID & Volume
Other Feature
Highlights
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4GB DDR3 ECC, up to 8GB per controller
6Gb/s SAS/SATA/SSD (3.5" and 2.5")
256
4U24, 3U16, 2U12 (SBB)
RAID level 0,1,0+1,3,5,6,10,30,50, 60, JBOD, N-way mirror
QiSOE, fcQiSOE, QReplica, QSnap, QThin, QCentral, VMware VAAI, Wake-on-LAN, MAID
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4. Intel EA Partner
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5. Product Positioning
Price
AegisSAN Q500
Briarwood S1200 Series
P20/P21/P10/F30/F21/F20
AegisSAN LX
Xeon (Jasper Forest LC3528)
P600/P400/F600
AegisSAN
IOP 81342
P500/P300/F400/F300
Throughput (MB/S)
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IOPS
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6. Design Enhancements
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USB LCM, power button & reset button
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USB LCM is a hot-swappable optional component
Any USB LCM can be used on any Q500 system
Save debug data into USB LCM & connect to PC to upload
Power &
reset button
USB port
USB LCM
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7. Design Enhancements
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BBM, 80 Plus Gold PSU
BBM
More GbE Ports (x3 + x4)
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8. About 80 Plus
80 PLUS
Certificat
ion
115V Internal Non-Redundant
230V Internal Redundant
% of
Rated
Load
10%
20%
50%
100%
80 PLUS
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80%
80%
80% / PFC .
90
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82%
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85%
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87%
80 PLUS
Platinum
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90%
80 PLUS
Titanium
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80 PLUS
Bronze
80 PLUS
Silver
80 PLUS
Gold
85% / PFC .
90
88% / PFC .
90
90% / PFC .
90
10%
20%
50%
100%
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90
89% / PFC .
90
92% / PFC .
90
82%
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81%
81%
85%
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85%
87%
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88%
92% / PFC .
95
89%
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90%
94% / PFC .
95
91%
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90%
94% / PFC .
95
96%
91%
85%
88%
Source: www.80plus.org
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9. Thank you!
Sales@QsanTechnology.com
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10. Thank you!
Sales@QsanTechnology.com
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