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Magnitude 3D 4000

Distributed Storage Clusters Built on Xiotech's Exclusive Virtualization Engine

The Magnitude 3D 4000 storage area network (SAN) systems are built on a virtualized, distributed cluster architecture that is designed to deliver maximum ease of use, reliability, and adaptability.

The Magnitude 3D 4000 family includes three SAN-based storage systems, each designed to meet specific business needs. It also incorporates the capabilities of Xiotech's Magnitude® Storage Services Gateway (SSG) and powerful data replication products.

Higher productivity, faster transactions, and more responsive websites are just a few of the ways Magnitude 3D 4000 performance can benefit your bottom line!

Take Control of your
Storage Management!

Magnitude 3D
4000s

Magnitude 3D
4000e

Magnitude 3D
4000e Edge

SAN Type

High End

Midrange

Entry Level

Controllers

Dual

Single

Max Drives

224

112

Battery-Protected Memory

2GB

512MB

256MB

Host Interfaces
(Standard/Optional)

4 FC /
4FC or iSCSI

2 FC /
2FC or iSCSI

Server Connections

248

124

Magnitude 3D 4000 Features

The Magnitude 3D 4000 contains features you won't find with any other solution on the market. It is the ONLY storage solution that provides: Unmatched Ease of Use, Maximum Reliability, Superb Adaptability, Powerful Performance and Low Total Cost of Ownership.

Unmatched Ease of Use

Manage storage and servers from a single interface with just a few mouse clicks. Management is so easy and intuitive that any IT administrator can do it. Also, no server-side software and powerful boot-from-SAN capabilities make software upgrades and server replacement fast and easy.

ICON Manager
Magnitude 3D 4000 is the ONLY storage system to unite storage and server management. With the intuitive ICON Manager interface, creating volumes and assigning them to servers is a simple point-and-click operation from a single interface. It also takes ease of use to an entirely new level. With the server administrator view, everyone in the IT department can effectively manage storage. The ICON Manager offers both storage centric and server centric views for simplified storage provisioning and management.

All From One Menu - VDisk creation and volume assignment

Multiple Views - from storage, application, or server administrator viewpoint

Powerful and Easy - for novice and expert administrators

Automated - To remove complex, manual, and repetitive tasks

Intuitive - Reduces user's learning overhead, improves error tolerances

Intelligent - problematic hardware is clearly identified so you can fix it quickly

"The interface is lightning fast and amazingly easy to use. The tight integration with Windows makes it possible to manage storage for every Windows server from a single console-and so easy that a tech with little or no SAN experience could do the job." Keith Early, San Joaquin County EHD

ICON Services
Magnitude 3D 4000 is the first and only virtual storage array to simplify integration, and customization using industry standard Web Services technology. With ICON Services, you can automate many storage tasks and easily create custom reports.

Integration - Between ICON Manager, Storage Monitor and other Web Services applications

Customization - Of reporting, monitoring, automation

Enablement - Software Developer Kit (SDK) for partners and end-users

Community - Collaboration via the ICON Services Developer's Forum

Intelligent Provisioning
Xiotech's Intelligent Provisioning lets you provision storage once, and volumes grow automatically based on the policies you set (for maximum utilization). You get the benefits of thin provisioning, without any of the risks of over-provisioning.

Provision Once

Define VDisk type, capacity, growth, and quota
Define and assign virtual disks from one pane

Maximize Storage Utilization

Minimize storage allocated to active VDisks
Grow volumes as needed, based on usage & occupancy
Manage storage free-pool for maximum utilization

Automatic and Dynamic Allocation

Monitor OS use of Vdisk space
Increment on % used threshold
Leverage Xiotech's responsive VDisk expansion capability

Quota Protection

Protect application SLA's without giving up efficiency and high utilization levels

No Over-Subscription

True view of storage - Reality based
Works with tools from other suppliers without modification

"Intelligent Provisioning completely eliminates the hassle [of provisioning] by assigning storage to our servers as needed-ensuring we use capacity as efficiently as possible without the risk of over-allocation. We set the parameters once and are done." Carrie Duckett, City of Shakopee

Maximum Reliability

Keep your critical data and applications available and protected at all times.

No Planned Downtime
Dynamic storage configuration and changes eliminate virtually all planned downtime. You also can add disk drives and upgrade controllers on the fly.

Automatic Failover for Nonstop Availability
A unique distributed cluster design enables you to separate storage components by up to 10 km, with automatic failover and failback across the storage cluster to ensure continued availability.

Uninterrupted Volume Access
Writing each storage volume to two locations within a single, distributed system-with automatic server redirects when needed-maintains nonstop access to data during a local outage. Even better, you don't have to manage two volumes. You get this high availability with one volume and one system.

Off-Site Data Protection
Synchronous and asynchronous replication-across campus or across the country-protect your data from local disaster. Recovery, if ever needed, is fast and easy.

Continuous Data Protection (CDP)
Easy-to-use CDP delivers any-point-in-time data recovery.

Remote Monitoring and Alerts
Xiotech's remote monitoring system alerts you of any potential issues before they affect data or application availability.

Other high-availability capabilities include complete, on-the-fly backups with Microsoft's Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and multipathing with Microsoft Multipath I/O (MPIO).

Superb Adaptability

Tremendous flexibility and scale to meet your growing needs-both today and tomorrow.

Flexible System Deployment
Modular controllers and drive bays can be deployed when and where they are needed-in a single rack or distributed across multiple locations (up to 10 km apart).

iSCSI and Fibre Channel
You can select the connection type that best meet your needs. With iSCSI, you can cost-effectively give all your servers access to Magnitude 3D virtualized storage.

NAS/SAN Integration
The Magnitude Storage Services Gateway delivers inexpensive file serving (NAS) along with flexible, virtualized storage of the Magnitude 3D 4000 system.

Optimal Capacity Utilization
Intelligent Provisioning delivers just the capacity you need when you need it-without the risk of over-subscribing. And Single Instance Storage (deduplication) capabilities reduce storage requirements by eliminating multiple copies of the same file.

Tiered Storage
Multiple disk drive options let you use the most cost-effective storage for your needs, and dynamically move data among tiers.

Capacity Sharing Across Systems
Virtual links enable you to share capacity and data among Magnitude 3D systems for virtually limitless scalability.

Powerful Performance

Optimize system performance to meet your unique requirements.

Utilization of All Spindles
Xiotech's exclusive storage virtualization, by default, stripes data across all disks in the system, so all spindles work together to process requests. The more spindles you have, the faster you go.

Dynamic Cache
Application VDisk Cache lets you turn cache on or off at the virtual disk level, so applications that require increased throughput do not compete for cache with those applications that don't need it.

Consistent Cache
Unlike most other storage systems, if a Magnitude 3D 4000 controller fails, you do not lose the ability to use write cache. This ensures continuously high performance, so you can keep working without disruption.

Application Prioritization
VDisk Prioritization allows you to specify which applications receive service first-unlike most other systems in which read and write requests are serviced on a first-come first-served basis.

Fast Throughput
4 Gbps drives and interfaces provide the fastest throughput available today.

Low Total Cost of Ownership

Lower operating costs and capital investments yield a low TCO.

Do More with Fewer People
Because Magnitude 3D 4000 is so easy to manage, each administrator can handle much more data, and without extensive expertise or training.

Consolidate/Virtualize Servers
Magnitude 3D 4000 integrates effortlessly with VMware ESX Server, so you can implement a fully virtualized storage and server environment. Fewer servers (diskless or blades) and easy, on-the-fly management are just a few of the ways this solution cuts costs.

Stay Online More of the Time
The resilient design of Magnitude 3D 4000, together with Xiotech's data protection offerings, virtually eliminates storage-related downtime, giving you more time for business.

Make the Most of Capacity
Xiotech's exclusive technology makes the most of each and every disk drive. You can mix and match drive capacities and speeds, and effectively utilize ALL the capacity.

Match Drives to the Need
Xiotech offers several types of disk drives, so you can match the drive capabilities to your storage needs and budget-and easily move data among the different storage tiers.