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6998 Storage System


Based on next-generation 4Gb/s Fibre Channel (FC) technology, Engenio's flagship 6998 storage system easily handles the most compute-intensive workloads and provides robust functionality with bullet-proof availability. Excelling at IOPS and MB/s, the 6998 storage system is a great fit for both transaction-oriented and bandwidth-intensive applications. Its industry-leading performance drives faster transactional applications, loads large data sets in less time, handles multiple I/O streams for rich media applications, supports larger consolidations and replicates data in less time.

As the industry's first enterprise-class storage systems with 4Gb/s FC technology, the 6998 storage system will enable customers to prepare for the future while fully utilizing their present infrastructure. Its ability to auto-negotiate FC links speeds allows it to seamlessly integrate into an existing 1Gb/s or 2Gb/s infrastructure, enabling these environments to immediately benefit from its industry-leading performance and unparalleled functionality while providing customers with investment protection when the SAN becomes 4Gb/s

6994 Storage System

Based on the same sixth-generation XBB™ architecture and robust software, the 6994 storage system shares all the 6998’s best features – including 4Gb/s connectivity, feature-rich functionality and uncompromising availability and reliability – yet offers slightly lower performance and reduced cache for the price-conscious mid-range customer.

6998-Based storage system
High Performance for Open Systems

6998 Storage System

  • Burst I/O from cache: 575,000 IOPS
  • Sustained I/O from FC media: 86,000 IOPS
  • Sustained throughput from FC media: 1,600 MB/s

6994 Storage System

  • Burst I/O from cache: 375,000 IOPS
  • Sustained I/O from FC media: 62,000 IOPS
  • Sustained throughput from FC media: 1,240 MB/s 

Flexible Connectivity

  • Eight 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel host ports support 4, 2 and 1 GB/s connectivity
  • Server-attach and SAN-attach

Dynamic Scalability

  • Supports up to 224 FC or SATA drives
  • HotScale™ technology enables online capacity expansion up to 67 TB
  • Modular flexibility enables "pay-as-you-grow" scalability

"Always on" Availability

  • Online storage management
  • Redundant, hot-swappable components
  • Automated path failover
  • Mirrored cache with battery backup

Robust Storage Management




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