Description
The E2800 series digital video disk array represents the latest innovation in iSCSI-based storage solutions from Bosch, tailored for the security industry’s most demanding digital video storage needs. This cutting-edge platform is built to handle the relentless growth in digital video data with ease.
**System Overview**
The E2800 is structured around a 2U controller unit housing 12 internal 3.5″, 7.2K, Nearline-SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) enterprise hard drives. Users can choose between a standard single controller setup or a dual controller configuration to meet high availability demands.
This high-performance video surveillance storage system offers remarkable flexibility, making it suitable for a wide range of video surveillance applications. Engineered for balanced performance, it excels in supporting high bandwidth and I/O intensive tasks. Its fully redundant I/O paths, advanced protection mechanisms, and comprehensive diagnostic tools ensure outstanding availability, integrity, and security.
Co-branded with NetApp, the E2800 series serves as a scale-up network storage solution, delivering unparalleled “in-the-box” scalability, robust data protection, and efficient management of video data. The single or dual controller configurations support connectivity with up to seven 12-bay expansion units (each accommodating 12 HDDs).
Equipped with a comprehensive hardware RAID/DDP-protected architecture, the E2800 offers RAID-5 for environments focused on capacity and RAID-6/DDP for situations where availability is paramount.
**High Reliability and Availability**
The E2800 safeguards your data with features like redundant, hot-swappable power supplies and fans, enhanced by RAID-6 or DDP protection against double-disk failures and single bit errors during rebuilds. Its redundant components, automatic path failover, and capability for online administration ensure organizations remain operational around the clock.
Key high-availability features include:
– Automatic drive failover, detection, and rebuild using global hot spare drives
– Data caching with battery backup and de-stage to flash storage
– Proactive drive health monitoring via SANtricity, which identifies potentially problematic drives before issues arise
**Monitoring**
The system provides full SNMP support, including MIB-II and custom NetApp MIBs. It generates SNMP and e-mail alert notifications in the event of component failures. Additionally, an event monitor sends alerts to a centralized log. When connected to the Internet/Intranet, the E2800 can automatically dispatch Auto Support messages to help preemptively address issues, enhancing system reliability.
