The StorageTek® BladeStore BC84 blade system gives you 6.25 terabytes to 150 terabytes of storage at a fraction of the cost of traditional disk-based storage. Combining the benefits of ATA disk drives, Fibre Channel connectivity and an enterprise-class RAID controller and system enclosure, BladeStore BC84 blade system offers an affordable way to protect data and provide fast access to fixed content.
Disk mirroring By implementing the BladeStore BC84 blade system as the secondary copy target in disk mirroring configurations, costs are reduced without impacting the performance of online data. With Remote Volume Mirror, the BladeStore BC84 blade system has complete synchronous and asyncronous disk mirroring functionality.
Backup and restore The BladeStore BC84 blade system can be used with tape in disk-to-disk-to tape backup and restore implementations to shorten backup windows and enable smooth and rapid restores. The BladeStore BC84 blade system integrates easily with backup applications that support Fibre Channel/SCSI disk systems.
Archiving The BladeStore BC84 blade system can be combined with tape systems and StorageTek® Application Storage Manager® (ASM) software to provide a tiered archival system with performance and capacity customized to the archiving needs of the application. The BladeStore BC84 blade system provides the performance most archiving systems require at a lower price than conventional disk systems.
Benefits
Improved data protection Replicate more business critical data to improve disaster recovery and business continuance capabilities. Improve backup and recovery performance while simplifying operations.
Efficient use of floor space The BladeStore BC84 blade system provides 12.5 terabytes in 6u and scales to 150 terabytes in two standard racks. This dense storage in a small footprint helps you capture more value from your finite floor space.
Increased return-on-investment Reduce your disk purchase and implementation costs by using the BladeStore BC84 blade system for fixed content storage and distribution, disk-to-disk backup and data replication, rather than more expensive disk.
Faster access to fixed content BladeStore’s performance and capacity allows you to more cost-effectively place your most active fixed content information (images, video, documents, emails) online for faster response times.
Features
Standard features:
Seamless integration Take advantage of the benefits of ATA disk-based storage without modifying existing software applications or compromising performance, reliability, availability and serviceability.
Heterogeneous support The BladeStore BC84 blade system offers seamless integration with all major Open Systems O/S platforms in SAN and direct-host-attach environments.
Intelligent architecture With StorageTek Intelligent BladeStore Architecture (IBA), the BladeStore BC84 blade system delivers transfer rates of up to 400 megabytes per second, allowing you to meet demanding storage requirements.
Powerful, simple software Configuration, reconfiguration, expansion, maintenance and tuning can be achieved with no system downtime and no interruption to system I/O from any location on the network.
Pricing
Pricing varies depending on configuration and selected options. Product pricing does not include associated implementation service costs. Contact the "How to Buy" help desk at 1-800-577-4785 for more information.
Software
SANtricity software suite SANtricity software suite is a complete disk management suite for StorageTek B-Series and D-Series disk systems. It has four components: SANtricity Storage Manager, SANshare Storage Partitioning, Remote Volume Mirror and Snapshot Copy software. Together these tools provide all of the management, replication and data sharing capabilities needed to implement enterprise-class disk storage in an Open Systems environment.
Specifications
Performance
Maximum burst rate:
110,000 I/O per sec
Maximum sustained rate:
11,400 I/O per sec
Maximum sustained throughput:
387 MB/sec
Cache size:
1 GB (per controller) 2 GB (total)
Capacity
Host / drive connections
Drive interfaces:
4 Fibre Channel (2 GB/sec)
Host interfaces:
8 Fibre Channel (2 Gb/sec) direct-attached hosts
Maximum number of blades per array:
10
Maximum number of arrays :
12
Maximum number of blades:
120
System capacity
Capacity range:
6.25 TB-150 TB
Compatible array:
B250
Blade capacity:
1.25 TB
Availability
Redundant components:
Storage controllers, Fibre Channel drive loops, power supplies and cooling fans and battery backup
Hot-swap components:
BladeStore, storage controllers, power supplies, cooling fans and battery backup
High-availability features:
Automatic drive failure detection and rebuild using global hot spare drives
RAID levels supported:
0, 1, 3, 5 and 1+0
Compatibility
Supported operating systems :
Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, IRIX, Linux, Netware
2,904 Btu/hr (based on 1.12 kVA or 851 W power consumption)
Power
International:
230 V, 10 A, power connection as required
U.S. and Japan:
110 V, 2 A or 220 V, 1 A per line cord, NEMA 5-15 (2 line cords required)
Regulatory Compliance
Electromagnetic compliance:
FCC (47 CFR 15, Subpart B) Class A CE (EN55022 Class A, EN55024, EN61000-3-2, EN61000-3-3) VCCI (CISPR 22) Class A Canada (ICES-003) Class A
Safety:
UL 1950 CAN/CSA 22.2 No. 950 EN60950
*Rack space is measured in height and expressed as a u. One u is 1.75 in (4.45 cm) in height.
Disclaimer
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equipment is specifically identified by StorageTek as "used" or "refurbished".
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