Cloud Reference
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- Provider
| Tape Slots | 40 |
|---|---|
| Tape Drives | 1 to 3 |
| Physical | 3U |
| Data Buffer | 512 MB |
| MTBF 100% Duty Cycle | 250,000 hours |
| Network Interface | FC or SAS |
| Scalable | Yes, Base Module Plus 6 Expansion Modules Totalling 272 Tape Cartidges |
| Tape Slots | 24 |
|---|---|
| Tape Drives | 1 or 2 |
| Physical | 2U |
| Data Buffer | 512 MB |
| MTBF 100% Duty Cycle | 250,000 hours |
| Network Interface | FC or SAS |
| Scalable | No |
| Tape Slots | 8 |
|---|---|
| Tape Drives | 1 |
| Physical | 1U |
| Data Buffer | 512 MB |
| MTBF 100% Duty Cycle | 250,000 hours |
| Network Interface | FC or SAS |
| Scalable | No |
| Tape Slots | 8 |
|---|---|
| Tape Drives | 1 |
| Physical | 1U |
| Data Buffer | 512 MB |
| MTBF 100% Duty Cycle | 250,000 hours |
| Network Interface | FC or SAS |
| Scalable | No |
| Capacity | 12TB native, up to 30TB compressed |
|---|---|
| Transfer Rate Sustained | 360 MB/s native, up to 750 MB/s compressed |
| Access Time | 50 seconds |
| Data Buffer | 512 MB |
| MTBF 100% Duty Cycle | 250,000 hours |
| Power Consumption | 25 watts average |
| Backward Read/Write Compatibility | LTO-7 |
| Network Interface | FC or SAS |
| Disk Drive Bays | 40 |
|---|---|
| Disk Drive Type | SSD Flash |
| Transfer Rate | Up to 4 GB/s |
| Scalable | 1 Controller Unit + 1 Expansion Units |
| Multi-Platform Support | IBM System i,p, Legacy AS/400, Windows, Linux, Unix, HP-UX, Netware, MAC OSX |
| RAID Levels | 0, 5, 6 |
| System Type | 1U Rackmount |
| Network Interface | Standard: Four 1 GbE ports, 2 USB 3.0 ports Optional: 1 GbE, 10 GbE, 8/16/32G FC, 6/42G SAS |
| Disk Drive Bays | 24 |
|---|---|
| Disk Drive Type | SATA / SAS / SSD |
| Transfer Rate | Up to 4 GB/s |
| Scalable | 1 Controller Unit + 7 Expansion Units |
| Multi-Platform Support | IBM System i,p, Legacy AS/400, Windows, Linux, Unix, HP-UX, Netware, MAC OSX |
| RAID Levels | 0, 5, 6 |
| System Type | 4U Rackmount |
| Network Interface | Standard: Four 1 GbE ports, Four USB 3.0 ports, Two 12 Gb/s SAS port Optional: 1/10 GbE, 8/16/32G FC, 6/12G SAS |
| Disk Drive Bays | 24 |
|---|---|
| Disk Drive Type | SATA / SAS / SSD |
| Transfer Rate | Up to 1.2 GB/s |
| Scalable | 1 Controller Unit + 2 Expansion Units |
| Multi-Platform Support | IBM System i,p, Legacy AS/400, Windows, Linux, Unix, HP-UX, Netware, MAC OSX |
| RAID Levels | 0, 5, 6 |
| System Type | 2U Rackmount or 4U Rackmount |
| Network Interface | Standard: Four 1 GbE ports, Two USB 3.0 ports, One 12 Gb/s SAS port Optional: 1/10 GbE, 8/16/32G FC, 6/12G SAS |
| Disk Drive Bays | 8 |
|---|---|
| Disk Drive Type | SATA |
| Transfer Rate | Up to 750 MB/s |
| Scalable | 1 Controller Unit + 2 Expansion Units |
| Multi-Platform Support | IBM System i,p, Legacy AS/400, Windows, Linux, Unix, HP-UX, Netware, MAC OSX |
| RAID Levels | 0, 5, 6 |
| System Type | 2U Rackmount |
| Network Interface | Standard: Two 1 GbE ports, 3 USB 3.0 ports Optional: 1 GbE, 10 GbE, 8G FC, 6G SAS |
| Disk Drive Bays | 40 |
|---|---|
| Disk Drive Type | SSD |
| Transfer Rate | Up to 4 GB/s |
| Scalable | 1 Controller Unit + 2 Expansion Units |
| Performance | 1,000,000 IOPS |
| RAID Levels | 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 |
| Controllers | 1 |
| Network Interface | 1U 40 bay models: Two (2) 1 GbE Data/Admin Ports, Two (2) 12 Gb/s SAS Expansion Ports, Two (2) USB3 Ports Optional: 10 GbE, 40 GbE, 8/16/32G FC |
| Disk Drive Bays | 80 |
|---|---|
| Disk Drive Type | SSD |
| Transfer Rate | Up to 8 GB/s |
| Scalable | One (2) Controller Unit + 2 Expansion Units |
| Performance | 1,000,000 IOPS |
| RAID Levels | 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 |
| Controllers | 2 |
| Network Interface | 2U 80 bay models: Four (4) 1 GbE Data/Admin Ports, Two (2) 12 Gb/s SAS Expansion Ports, Two (2) USB3 Ports Optional: 10 GbE, 40 GbE, 8/16/32G FC |
| Disk Drive Bays | 24 |
|---|---|
| Disk Drive Type | SATA / SAS / SSD |
| Transfer Rate | Up to 5 GB/s |
| Scalable | 1 Controller Unit + 6 Expansion Units |
| Performance | 7,000,000 IOPS |
| RAID Levels | 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 |
| Controllers | 1 or 2 |
| Network Interface | 2U 24 bay models: Two 1 GbE ports, Two USB 2.0 ports, One 12 Gb/s SAS ports 4U 24 bay models: Four 1 GbE ports, Two USB 3.0 ports, Two 12 Gb/s SAS ports Optional: 1/10 GbE, 8/16/32G FC, 6/12G SAS |
| Disk Drive Bays | 24 |
|---|---|
| Disk Drive Type | SATA / SAS / SSD |
| Transfer Rate | Up to 3 GB/s |
| Scalable | 1 Controller Unit + 6 Expansion Units |
| Performance | 5,000,000 IOPS |
| RAID Levels | 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 |
| Controllers | 1 or 2 |
| Network Interface | 2U 24 bay models: Two 1 GbE ports, Two USB 2.0 ports, One 12 Gb/s SAS ports 4U 24 bay models: Four 1 GbE ports, Two USB 3.0 ports, Two 12 Gb/s SAS ports Optional: 1/10 GbE, 8/16/32G FC, 6/12G SAS |
| Disk Drive Bays | 24 |
|---|---|
| Disk Drive Type | SATA / SAS / SSD |
| Transfer Rate | Up to 1.5 GB/s |
| Scalable | 1 Controller Unit + 4 Expansion Units |
| Performance | 3,000,000 IOPS |
| RAID Levels | 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 |
| Controllers | 1 or 2 |
| Network Interface | 2U 24 bay models: Two 1 GbE ports, Two USB 2.0 ports, One 12 Gb/s SAS ports 4U 24 bay models: Four 1 GbE ports, Two USB 3.0 ports, Two 12 Gb/s SAS ports Optional: 1/10 GbE, 8/16/32G FC, 6/12G SAS |
| Disk Drive Bays | 20 |
|---|---|
| Disk Drive Type | SSD |
| Transfer Rate | Up to 2 GB/s |
| Scalable | 1 Controller Unit + 2 Expansion Units |
| RAID Levels | 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 |
| Controllers | 1 |
| Network Interface | 1U 20 bay half rack models: Two (2) 1 GbE Data/Admin Ports, Two (2) 12 Gb/s SAS Expansion Ports, One (1) USB3 Ports Optional: 10 GbE, 40 GbE, 8/16/32G FC |
Mobilize your workforce easily: SaaS makes it easy to “mobilize” your workforce because users can access SaaS apps and data from any Internet-connected computer or mobile device. You don’t need to worry about developing apps to run on different types of computers and devices because the service provider has already done so. In addition, you don’t need to bring special expertise onboard to manage the security issues inherent in mobile computing. A carefully chosen service provider will ensure the security of your data, regardless of the type of device consuming it.
Access app data from anywhere: With data stored in the cloud, users can access their information from any Internet-connected computer or mobile device. And when app data is stored in the cloud, no data is lost if a user’s computer or device fails.
Gain access to sophisticated applications: To provide SaaS apps to users, you don’t need to purchase, install, update, or maintain any hardware, middleware, or software. SaaS makes even sophisticated enterprise applications, such as ERP and CRM, affordable for organizations that lack the resources to buy, deploy, and manage the required infrastructure and software themselves.
Pay only for what you use: You also save money because the SaaS service automatically scales up and down according to the level of usage.
Use free client software: Users can run most SaaS apps directly from their web browser without needing to download and install any software, although some apps require plugins. This means that you don’t need to purchase and install special software for your users.
If you’ve used a web-based email service such as Outlook, Hotmail, or Yahoo! Mail, then you’ve already used a form of SaaS. With these services, you log into your account over the Internet, often from a web browser. The email software is located on the service provider’s network, and your messages are stored there as well. You can access your email and stored messages from a web browser on any computer or Internet-connected device.
The previous examples are free services for personal use. For organizational use, you can rent productivity apps, such as email, collaboration, calendaring, and sophisticated business applications, such as customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise resource planning (ERP), and document management. You pay for the use of these apps by subscription or according to the level of use.
Software as a Service (SaaS) allows users to connect to and use cloud-based apps over the Internet. Common examples are email, calendaring, and office tools (such as Microsoft Office 365).
SaaS provides a complete software solution that you purchase on a pay-as-you-go basis from Layer 7 Data Solutions. You rent the use of an app for your organization, and your users connect to it over the Internet, usually with a web browser. All of the underlying infrastructure, middleware, app software, and app data are located in the service provider’s data center. The service provider manages the hardware and software and, with the appropriate service agreement, will ensure the availability and the security of the app and your data as well. SaaS allows your organization to quickly get up and running with an app with minimal upfront costs.
Advantages of IaaS
Eliminates capital expense and reduces ongoing costs: IaaS sidesteps the upfront expense of setting up and managing an onsite data center, making it an economical option for startups and businesses testing new ideas.
Improves business continuity and disaster recovery: Achieving high availability, business continuity, and disaster recovery is expensive since it requires a significant amount of technology and staff. But with the right service level agreement (SLA) in place, IaaS can reduce this cost and access applications and data as usual during a disaster or outage.
Innovate rapidly: As soon as you’ve decided to launch a new product or initiative, the necessary computing infrastructure can be ready in minutes or hours rather than the days or weeks—and sometimes months—it could take to set up internally.
Respond more quickly to shifting business conditions: IaaS enables you to quickly scale up resources to accommodate spikes in demand for your application—during the holidays for example—then scale resources back down again when activity decreases, to save money.
Focus on your core business: IaaS frees up your team to focus on your organization’s core business rather than on IT infrastructure.
Increase stability, reliability, and supportability: With IaaS, there’s no need to maintain and upgrade software and hardware or troubleshoot equipment problems. With the appropriate agreement in place, the service provider ensures that your infrastructure is reliable and meets SLAs.
Better security: With the appropriate service agreement, a cloud service provider can provide security for your applications and data that may be better than what you can attain in house.
Gets new apps to users faster: Because you don’t need to first setup the infrastructure before you can develop and deliver apps, you can get them to users faster with IaaS.
Common IaaS Business Scenarios
Typical ways SMBs and enterprises utilize IaaS include:
Test and development: Teams can quickly set up and dismantle test and development environments, bringing new applications to market faster. IaaS makes it quick and economical to scale dev-test environments up and down.
Website hosting: Running websites using IaaS can be less expensive than traditional web hosting.
Storage, backup, and recovery: Organizations avoid the capital outlay for storage and the complexity of storage management, which typically requires a skilled staff to manage data and meet legal and compliance requirements. IaaS is useful for handling unpredictable demand and steadily growing storage needs. It can also simplify the planning and management of backup and recovery systems.
Web apps: IaaS provides all the infrastructure needed to support web apps, including storage, web and application servers, and networking resources. Organizations can quickly deploy web apps on IaaS and easily scale infrastructure up and down when demand for the apps is unpredictable.
High-performance computing: High-performance computing (HPC) on supercomputers, computer grids, or computer clusters helps solve complex problems involving millions of variables or calculations. Examples include earthquake and protein folding simulations, climate and weather predictions, financial modeling, and evaluating product designs.
Big data analysis: Big data is a popular term for massive data sets that contain potentially valuable patterns, trends, and associations. Mining data sets to locate or tease out these hidden patterns requires a huge amount of processing power, which IaaS economically provides.
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is an instant computing infrastructure that is provisioned and managed over the Internet. With Layer 7 Data Solutions, quickly scale up and down with demand, and pay only for what you use. IaaS helps you avoid the expense and complexity of buying and managing your own physical servers and other datacenter infrastructure. Each resource is offered as a separate service component, and you only need to rent a particular component for as long as you need it.