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FlexStor 400md

8TB to 48TB - 4 Drive 1U NAS+iSCSI Storage Appliance

The FlexStor 400md Octa-Core Xeon RAID NAS+iSCSI rackmount storage appliance incorporates storage capacities of 8TB to 48TB with the latest RAID, NAS and iSCSI technologies. High performance features include the latest 8 to 22-core Broadwell-EP Xeons in dual processor configurations, up to 3TB of DDR4 system memory, and teamed 1 Gigabit or 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity.

This fault-tolerant data storage comes in a convenient, space-saving 1U rackmount chassis with hot-swappable drives and trays. Your data is protected with your choice of RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 and JBOD across four hot-swappable SAS disk drives on an ultra high-performance 12Gbps SAS hardware RAID controller. An optional RAID cache flash memory backup module helps protect against data loss in the event of an environmental power failure.

A 750 Watt dual redundant 80-PLUSŪ Platinum 94.14% high-efficiency certified power supply with hot-swappable modules ensures continuous up-time and reduced electrical consumption.

Our base configuration provides quad 1 Gigabit ports teamed together and load-balanced for 4Gb of NAS and iSCSI connectivity. Want 10Gb instead? No problem with a very affordable upgrade to our on-board quad 10Gb configuration or choose from a variety of 10Gb Ethernet server adapters with RJ-45, SFP+, SR Optical, or LR Optical connectivity.

FlexStor appliances are extremely flexible and can utilize your existing SAS or Fibre Channel-attached storage subsystems. Just select one or more of our optional SAS and FC host bus adapters to rapidly expand your new NAS and iSCSI storage pool.

FlexStor NAS+iSCSI storage appliances are powered by Windows Storage Server 2016 Standard Edition 64-bit operating system. Windows Storage Server 2016 provides both network file-based shared storage (NFS) as well as iSCSI target block storage. Windows Storage Server's Resilient File System (ReFS) improves data integrity, availability and scalability.

Windows Storage Server 2016 supports a wide variety of robust features such as thin provisioning with just-in-time allocations, data deduplication to massively reduce the primary storage footprint on NTFS data volumes, and BranchCache to optimize performance over the WAN. Since there are no license limits on the number of connections, there is no need to purchase expensive licenses for each of your host systems.

FlexStor NAS+iSCSI storage appliances are perfect for adding storage to a new or existing virtual environment. Enhanced support for Hyper-V includes shared VHDs (Virtual Hard Disks), resizing of VHDs while a Virtual Machine is running, storage Quality of Service (Qos), as wells as improved performance for live migrations and cross-version live-migrations. An improved iSCSI target now supports VHDX (VHD 2.0) for capacities up to 64TB and supports SMI-S to enable end-to-end provisioning.

FlexStor's NFS network-attached storage protocol can be used for backend storage for Virtual Machines running on VMware ESX or ESXi.

The FlexStor 400md NAS+iSCSI rackmount storage appliance is a great fit for small business or home offices that are looking for a robust storage solution with redundancy to protect your data and prevent downtime combined with the latest in storage management software, but in an affordable package.

• Up to 48 TeraByte Capacities in 1U Rackmount
• Two Intel Broadwell-EP Xeon Processors (8 to 22-Cores Each)
• Up to 3TB System Memory (32GB Standard)
• 12Gbps SAS Ultra High Performance Hardware RAID
• RAID Levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, JBOD
• Quad 1Gb or Quad 10Gb Ethernet
• Redundant 80-PLUS Platinum Hot-Swappable Power Supply
• Windows Storage Server 2016 64-Bit Operating System

FlexStor 400md Dual Octa-Core Xeon RAID NAS+iSCSI 1U Rackmount Storage Appliance

Base Configuration:

• Four Hot-Swappable 12Gb SAS Disk Drives with up to 48TB Raw Storage Capacity
• 2TB/4TB/6TB/8TB/10TB/12TB 7200RPM 12Gb SAS
• Dual 2.10GHz Intel Octa-Core 8GT Broadwell-EP Xeon Processors with 20MB Shared Cache
• 32GB High Speed DDR4 System Memory with Error Correction
• Ultra High Performance 12Gbps SAS Hardware RAID Controller with 1GB Cache Ported to Four Hot-Swappable 12Gbps Drive Bays
• Capable of RAID Levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 and JBOD
• Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) v2.0 with Virtual Media and KVM-Over-LAN
• Quad Copper Gigabit Ethernet Ports for NAS and iSCSI Connectivity
• Internal DVD+/-RW Drive
• Windows Storage Server 2016 Standard Edition Embedded 64-bit Operating System
• Features NAS, iSCSI, Thin Provisioning, Data Deduplication, DFS Replication, NIC Teaming & Load Balancing, Enhanced Support for Hyper-V
• Hot-Swappable 750 Watt Dual Redundant 94.14% High Efficiency 80-PLUSŪ Platinum Certified Power Supply
• 1U 19" Rackmount Chassis with Quick-Release Rapid Mounting Rails

Available Upgrade Options:

• RAID Controller Flash Memory Backup Module to Protect Against Data Loss in the Event of Power Failure
• Dual 2.1GHz 8-Core, 3.2GHz 8-Core, 2.2GHz 10-Core, 2.4GHz 10-Core, 2.2GHz 12-Core, 2.4GHz 14-Core, 2.1GHz 16-Core, 2.6GHz 16-Core, 2.3GHz 18-Core, 2.2GHz 20-Core, or 2.2GHz 22-Core Broadwell-EP Xeon Processors
• 64GB, 128GB, 256GB, 384GB, 512GB, 1.5TB or 3TB High Speed DDR4 System Memory
• 1Gb Ethernet Server Adapters with RJ-45
• 10Gb Ethernet Server Adapters with RJ-45, SFP+, SR Optical, LR Optical Options
• 3Gbps, 6Gbps, or 12Gbps SAS Host Bus Adapters
• 4Gbps, 8Gbps, or 16Gbps Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters

* Supports a maximum of one low-profile and one full-height PCI-E slots.

Chassis Specifications:

• Form Factor: 19" 1U Rackmount with Quick-Release Rapid Mounting Rails
• Drive Trays: 4 Hot-Swappable 3.5"
• Backplane: 12Gb SAS
• Optical: DVD+/-RW Disc Drive
• Cooling: 4 x 40mm Cooling Fans
• Power Supply: Redundant 750 Watt Hot-Swappable 94.14% High Efficiency 80-PLUSŪ Platinum Power Supply
• AC Voltage: 100 - 170V, 50-60Hz, 62.5-0 Amp
• Controls: Power On/Off, System Reset
• Indicators: Power LED, Hard Drive Activity LED, 2x Network Activity LEDs, System Overheat LED, Fan Fail LED, UID (Universal Information) LED
• Input/Output Ports:
• 4 RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet LAN Ports
• 1 RJ-45 Dedicated IPMI LAN Port
• 2 Rear USB 3.0 Ports
• 1 VGA Port for System Maintenance Only
• Operating Temperature: 5°C ~ 40°C (41°F ~ 104°F)
• Operating Relative Humidity: 8% ~ 90% Non-Condensing
• Non-Operating Temperature: -40°C ~ 60°C (-40°F ~ 140°F)
• Non-Operating Relative Humidity: 5% ~ 95% Non-Condensing
• Dimensions: 1.7"(H)x 17.2"(W) x 29"(D)

Windows Storage Server 2016 Specifications:

• NAS (Network-Attached Storage) Appliance & iSCSI Storage System
• No Limit on Number of Users & Supports Unlimited SMB Connections
• NFS v2, NFS V3, NFS v4.1, SMB 3.0 Support
• Windows Management Instrumentation to Manage Physical & Virtual Storage
• Continuous Availability for SMB, iSCSI and NFS
• Data Deduplication to Massively Reduce Primary Storage Footprint on NTFS Data Volumes
• Includes Support for Cluster Shared Volumes & Deduplication of Live Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Virtual Machines that Reside on File Servers Connected via SMB
• DFS Namespaces & DFS Replication to Efficiently Replicate Folders Across Multiple Servers & Sites
• Thin Provisioning with Just-in-Time Allocations
• Network Adapter Teaming & Load-Balancing to Increase Network Performance and Availability
• File-Based Shared Storage for Applications (Microsoft Hyper-V, SQL Server, IIS)
• NFS can be used as Backend Storage for Virtual Machines Running on VMware ESX and ESXi
• Enhanced Support for Hyper-V
• Shared VHDs (Virtual Hard Disks)
• Resizing of VHDs while a VM is Running
• Storage Quality of Service (QoS)
• Improved Performance for Live Migrations & Cross-Version Live-Migrations
• Improved iSCSI Target Supports VHDX (VHD 2.0) for Capacities up to 64TB
• Up to 544 Sessions & up to 256 Logical Units per iSCSI Target Server
• Supports SMI-S to Enable End-to-End Provisioning using System Center Virtual Machine Manager
• Resilient File System (ReFS) that Improves Data Integrity, Availability and Scalability with Database Cloning & Corruption Recovery
• BranchCache Peer to Peer & Hosted Cache with Server Message Block (SMB) to Optimize Performance over the WAN
• Ability to Manage, Configure, Deploy Multiple Virtual Desktops and Sessions from a Single Point

Part Number	Description
FLX400md2TB	FlexStor 400md Dual Octa-Core Xeon NAS+iSCSI 1U Rackmount Storage Appliance, 4x2TB 12Gb SAS
FLX400md4TB	FlexStor 400md Dual Octa-Core Xeon NAS+iSCSI 1U Rackmount Storage Appliance, 4x4TB 12Gb SAS
FLX400md6TB	FlexStor 400md Dual Octa-Core Xeon NAS+iSCSI 1U Rackmount Storage Appliance, 4x6TB 12Gb SAS
FLX400md8TB	FlexStor 400md Dual Octa-Core Xeon NAS+iSCSI 1U Rackmount Storage Appliance, 4x8TB 12Gb SAS
FLX400md10TB	FlexStor 400md Dual Octa-Core Xeon NAS+iSCSI 1U Rackmount Storage Appliance, 4x10TB 12Gb SAS
FLX400md12TB	FlexStor 400md Dual Octa-Core Xeon NAS+iSCSI 1U Rackmount Storage Appliance, 4x12TB 12Gb SAS

System Upgrades

Part Number	Description
FLXmuBBU	Add RAID Controller Flash Backup for FlexStor NAS+iSCSI

System Downgrades

Part Number	Description
FLXmdWSS2012STD	Downgrade from WSS2016 Standard to WSS2012 R2 Standard

Processor Upgrades

FLMmuDXEON08C21	Upgrade Modular FlexStor to Dual Eight-Core 2.1GHz Xeon Processors
FLMmuDXEON08C32	Upgrade Modular FlexStor to Dual Eight-Core 3.2GHz Xeon Processors
FLMmuDXEON10C24	Upgrade Modular FlexStor to Dual Ten-Core 2.4GHz Xeon Processors
FLMmuDXEON12C22	Upgrade Modular FlexStor to Dual Twelve-Core 2.2GHz Xeon Processors
FLMmuDXEON14C24	Upgrade Modular FlexStor to Dual Fourteen-Core 2.4GHz Xeon Processors
FLMmuDXEON16C21	Upgrade Modular FlexStor to Dual Sixteen-Core 2.1GHz Xeon Processors
FLMmuDXEON16C26	Upgrade Modular FlexStor to Dual Sixteen-Core 2.6GHz Xeon Processors
FLMmuDXEON18C23	Upgrade Modular FlexStor to Dual Eighteen-Core 2.3GHz Xeon Processors
FLMmuDXEON20C22	Upgrade Modular FlexStor to Dual Twenty-Core 2.2GHz Xeon Processors
FLMmuDXEON22C22	Upgrade Modular FlexStor to Dual Twenty-Two-Core 2.2GHz Xeon Processors

Memory Upgrades

FLMmu64GB	Upgrade Modular FlexStor to 64GB System Memory
FLMmu128GB	Upgrade Modular FlexStor to 128GB System Memory
FLMmu256GB	Upgrade Modular FlexStor to 256GB System Memory
FLMmu384GB	Upgrade Modular FlexStor to 384GB System Memory
FLMmu512GB	Upgrade Modular FlexStor to 512GB System Memory
FLMmu1.5TB	Upgrade Modular FlexStor to 1.5TB System Memory
FLMmu3TB	Upgrade Modular FlexStor to 3TB System Memory

1Gb and 10Gb Upgrade Options

FLXmuGIG2cv2	Add Dual-Port Copper Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter
FLXmuGIG4cv2	Add Quad-Port Copper Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter
FLXmu10GbC	Upgrade from On-Board Quad 1Gb to Quad 10Gb RJ-45 Ports
FLXmu10Gb2RJ45	Add Dual-Port 10Gb RJ-45 Ethernet Server Adapter
FLXmu10Gb2SFP+	Add Dual-Port 10Gb SFP+ Ethernet Server Adapter
FLXmu10Gb1SR	Add Single-Port 10Gb SR Optical Ethernet Server Adapter
FLXmu10Gb2SR	Add Dual-Port 10Gb SR Optical Ethernet Server Adapter
FLXmu10Gb1LR	Add Single-Port 10Gb LR Optical Ethernet Server Adapter
FLXmuSFP+GBIC-SR	SFP+ SR Optics GBIC Module for SFP+ Ethernet Server Adapter
FLXmuSFP+GBIC-LR	SFP+ LR Optics GBIC Module for SFP+ Ethernet Server Adapter

Host Bus Adapters

HBAE3GbSAS-2CH	Two x4 SFF-8088 PCI-E (x8) 3Gbps SAS Host Bus Adapter
HBAE6GbSAS-2CH	Two x4 SFF-8088 PCI-E (x8) 6Gbps SAS Host Bus Adapter
HBAE12GbSAS-2CH	Two x4 SFF-8644 PCI-E (x8) 12Gbps SAS Host Bus Adapter
HBAE12GbSAS-4CH	Four x4 SFF-8644 PCI-E (x8) 12Gbps SAS Host Bus Adapter
HBAE4GbFC-2CH	PCI-E (x4) 4Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter, Dual-Port
HBAE8GbFC-2CH	PCI-E (x8) 8Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter, Dual-Port
HBAE16GbFC-1CH	PCI-E (x8) 16Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter, Single-Port
HBAE16GbFC-2CH	PCI-E (x8) 16Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter, Dual-Port

Spare Parts

FLX400mdtray	Spare Drive Tray for FlexStor 400md
FLX400mdps	Spare Hot Swappable Power Supply Module for FlexStor 400md