Enterprise Services - Layer 7 Data Solutions

CY-TLL-340

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

CY-TLL-224

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

CY-TL8-108

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

LTO-7

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

LTO-8

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

ISAN 6140 1U

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

ISAN 6124

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

ISAN 3K/5K/7K SERIES

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

ISAN 2108L

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

ISAN 6140 1U All-Flash

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

ISAN 6280 2U All-Flash

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

iSAN 7000 Series

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

iSAN 5000 Series

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

iSAN 3000 Series

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

ISAN 4520 1U All-Flash HA Pair

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

Networking

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.

Storage

Advantages of SaaS

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.

Servers

Common SaaS Scenarios

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.

Virtualization

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).

“The number of enterprises running more than 1,000 virtual machines (VMs) in public cloud increased from 13 percent to 17 percent, while those running more than 1,000 VMs in private cloud grew from 22 percent to 31 percent.”

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.

OS

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.

Data

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.

Applications

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.

“Lack of resources/expertise in the cloud increased from 27 percent in 2015 to 32 percent in 2016 to supplant security as the largest concern. As more organizations are placing more workloads in the cloud, the need for expertise has grown. Additional training of IT and development staff will be critical to helping address this challenge.”