Pivot3 vSTAC Data
Stackable Storage Appliance for Surveillance

Pivot3 vSTAC Data

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Pivot3 vSTAC Data

Pivot3 2U 12-drive vSTAC Data Platform

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Overview:

vSTAC Data nodes deliver storage resources that scale as nodes are “stacked” together in a Pivot3 virtual storage and compute vSTAC array. Each vSTAC Data node contributes resources dedicated to scale-out RAID so that IP SAN resources are created, protected and shared across the entire vSTAC Array. A vSTAC array contains from three to 12 nodes. vSTAC arrays may contain a mix of vSTAC Data and vSTAC Watch nodes.

Can be used to expand storage capacity on Watch or HCI appliances with compatible storage configurations
Scalable for both performance and capacity
Simple to configure, easy to manage appliances
Advanced data protection with up to 5 simultaneous disk events or 2 drive failures

Product Benefits

Storage-only platform
IP SAN storage scales across appliances
Advances data protection with RAID 6x
Easy-to-learn appliance mode

Features:

Improve Storage Uptime

vSTAC Data nodes are stacked together to create a high availability iSCSI SAN. Storage components, network connections and even complete node failures can be sustained without affecting data availability.

Scale IP SAN Storage Seamlessly

Storage can be logically and physically expanded while applications are running to meet the needs of the most demanding environments. New nodes contribute capacity, bandwidth, solid state, and RAID resources to the expanded vSTAC array.

Enhance Disk Protection with RAID 6x

Advanced RAID techniques protect data against the most extreme conditions. While conventional RAID systems protect up to two simultaneous drive failures, Pivot3 RAID 6x extends failure protection to five simultaneous disks or two drives and the loss of an entire node.

Data-on in Thirty Minutes

A load-balanced appliance model reduces the upfront configuration time since configurations are dynamic and storage resources are applied as needed. There is no need to master complex SAN concepts since the vSTAC is based on familiar Ethernet and server standards.

Architecture:

Each array may contain a mix of vSTAC Data, vSTAC Watch, HCI, Trend and VSS appliances.

Pivot3 Array 5 Appliance Example

Specifications:

Appliance Specifications
Scale-out Storage	12 Enterprise SATA 2.0 hot-pluggable hard drives 2 Gigabit Ethernet iSCSI ports 128 physical or virtual iSCSI initiators 128 dynamically expandable volumes Dual SSD SATA hot-pluggable write cache drives
vSTAC Specifications
Scalability Specications	Stack up to 12 appliances in a hyper-converged array Up to 12 nodes per cluster with multiple scale-up clusters unified via vSTAC Manager Total storage pools sharable across clusters Scale to 864TB iSCSI Pivot3 virtual SAN Scale to 240 Gb/sec aggregated bandwidth
Dynamic Storage Management	Dynamic logical and physical capacity expansion Automatic disk and controller load-balancing Dynamic iSCSI multi-path and load-balancing
Management Software	vSTAC Manager configures GHCI appliances
Storage Protection	No single point of failure Distributed virtual sparing Predictive drive sparing Multi-path protection for iSCSI connections Scalar Erasure Coding Lvl.3 5 simultaneous disk events or 2 drives and an entire appliance Scalar Erasure Coding Lvl.2 3 simultaneous disk events or 1 drive and an entire appliance Scalar Erasure Coding Lvl.1 1 disk event or an entire appliance
Alarms and Alerts	State-sensitive LEDs indicate drive events vSTAC Manager indicates state changes SNMP MIB support for email notification and third party integration "Phone Home" remote notification

Usable Capacity Chart:

Purpose-built surveillance hyper-converged appliance capacity chart for 12 appliances with 12 drives each.

Scalar Erasure Coding Protection
	Level 1				Level 2				Level 3
Drive Size	1 TB	2 TB	3 TB	4 TB	1 TB	2 TB	3 TB	4 TB	1 TB	2 TB	3 TB	4 TB
1 of Appliance	9.8	19.8	38.5	59.2	8.9	18.0	35.9	53.8	-	-	-	-
3 of Appliances	22.5	45.3	90.6	135.8	20.2	40.6	81.3	121.8	18.3	36.8	73.7	110.4
4 of Appliances	34.2	68.8	137.8	206.6	30.6	61.7	123.5	185.0	27.8	55.9	111.8	167.6
5 of Appliances	46.0	92.5	185.3	277.8	41.2	82.8	165.9	248.6	37.3	75.0	150.1	225.0
6 of Appliances	57.8	116.3	232.9	349.2	51.7	104.1	208.4	312.4	46.8	94.1	188.5	282.6
7 of Appliances	69.6	140.2	280.6	420.8	62.3	125.3	250.9	376.2	56.3	113.3	226.9	340.2
8 of Appliances	81.5	164.0	328.4	492.4	72.8	146.6	293.5	440.2	65.9	132.6	265.4	398.0
9 of Appliances	93.4	187.9	376.2	564.0	83.4	167.9	336.2	504.0	75.4	151.8	303.9	455.6
10 of Appliances	105.2	211.8	424.0	635.8	94.0	189.2	378.8	568.0	85.0	171.0	342.4	513.4
11 of Appliances	117.1	235.7	471.9	707.6	104.6	210.5	421.5	632.0	94.5	190.3	381.0	571.2
12 of Appliances	129.0	259.6	519.7	779.2	115.2	231.9	464.2	696.2	104.1	209.5	419.5	629.0

vSTAC Surveillance Configurations:

	vSTAC Watch	vSTAC Data	vSTAC Edge	vSTAC Trend

Use Case	Centralized Compute + Storage	Storage Only	Distributed Compute + Storage	Heavy Compute + Storage
Platform	2U	2U	1U	2U
CPU	E5-2630 v3	E5-2630 v3	E5-2420 v3	Dual E5-2680 v3
RAM	16 - 384 GB	8 GB	16 GB	64 - 384 GB
SATA HDD	12 x 1/2/4/6/8 TB 12 - 128 TB	12 x 1/2/4/6/8 TB 12 - 128 TB	4 x 1/2/ TB 4 - 8 TB	12 x 1/2/4/6/8 TB 12 - 128 TB
SSD	400 GB MLC	400 GB MLC	N/A	400 GB MLC
NIC	2 x 1 GbE 4 x 10 GbE iSCSI	2 x 1 GbE 4 x 10 GbE iSCSI	4 x 1 GbE	2 x 1 GbE 4 x 10 GbE iSCSI
Max Array	12 Appliances	12 Appliances	4 Appliances	12 Appliances
OS	vSTAC	vSTAC	vSTAC	vSTAC
Hypervisor	VMware ESXi	N/A	VMware ESXi	VMware ESXi
Other	-	-	-	-

Documentation:

Download the Pivot3 vSTAC Data Datasheet (.PDF)