StoneFly 8th Generation Enterprise SAN Storage Appliance
High Performance, High Availability & Powerful iSCSI Storage SAN (or optional Fibre Channel) Solutions from the original pioneer of the iSCSI protocol
High Performance Block-Level Storage
Integrated with Enterprise Data Services
High Availability SAN Storage: Voyager DX & Voyager FC
Terabytes to Petabytes in Block Storage Capacity
What is SAN Storage?
Storage Area Network (SAN) provides high performance block-level network access to storage. SAN storage appliances comprise of hosts, switches, storage controller and storage drives. Standard SAN protocols include iSCSI and Fibre Channel (FC).
StoneFly SAN storage appliances are powered by StoneFly patented SAN storage Operating System (OS): StoneFusion.
The SAN OS enables users to integrate a range of enterprise data services, such as deduplication, thin provisioning, advanced encryption, etc. to optimize block data storage and protect mission-critical workloads.
StoneFly SAN Storage Enterprise-Grade Features
Thin Provisioning
Flash Cache™
Encryption – AES 256-bit & SSL/TLS Tunneling
Delta-based Snapshot
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Data Deduplication
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Synchronous & Asynchronous Replication
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StoneFly Enterprise SAN Storage Infrastructure
Currently in its 8th generation, StoneFly SAN storage is purpose-built for high performance enterprise block storage workloads.
Our SAN storage appliances are highly redundant, modular, and robust. With support for iSCSI and optional Fibre Channel (FC), StoneFly SAN appliances are flexible, expandable, and easy to manage. Available from Terabytes to Petabytes in storage capacity, StoneFly enterprise SANs can be scaled up in storage capacity with expansion units; hence making them well suited to enterprise-grade workload volumes.
Our SAN storage solutions are available in two types of hardware configurations:
· StoneFly ISC™ = Integrated Storage Appliance.
· StoneFly Voyager = High-Availability Modular Cluster Appliance.
StoneFly ISC™ – Integrated SAN Appliance
The StoneFly ISC (Integrated Storage Concentrator) SAN appliance is a single storage box featuring enterprise Xeon architecture with a robust hardware RAID controller, hot-swappable power supply modules, and hot-swappable storage drives to deliver high performance block storage.
Our SAN storage infrastructure supports combinations of enterprise hard drive and flash drives and can be set up as:
- Hybrid SAN Storage – with SAS and SSDs.
- All-Flash SAN Storage – with SSDs.
- Hard Drive SAN Storage – with SAS.
StoneFly ISC SAN storage appliances are available in 8-bay to 36-bay rackmount configurations and scale up to 256-drives per appliance with StoneFly expansion units; allowing for storage configurations as small as just a few Terabytes or up to several Petabytes.
StoneFly SAN systems are available in standard iSCSI configuration with an optional Fibre Channel upgrade.
StoneFly ISC – Integrated SAN Appliance Architecture
Hot-Swappable & Redundant Hardware
Key components of the StoneFly ISC hardware are redundant, and hot-swappable. Users can dynamically replace drives and power supplies in the SAN systems without any disruption. The redundant power supplies make sure that the SAN appliance continue to run even if one power supply fails.
With integrated data services such as delta-based snapshots and replication, combined with proven technologies like hardware RAID protection with RAID cache battery backup, users can leverage StoneFly SAN solutions to ensure business continuity for mission-critical enterprise workloads.
Available StoneFly ISC SAN Appliance Series
Choose from a range of value-tier, mid-tier and enterprise-tier SAN appliances & build your SAN system as per your requirements and budget. Available StoneFly ISC SAN appliance series include:
- I-Series (Value-Tier SAN Appliances for SMBs)
- D-Series (Mid-Tier SAN Appliances for SMEs)
- XS-Series (Enterprise Single Xeon SAN Appliances)
- XD-Series (Enterprise Dual Xeon SAN Appliances)
Add More Capacity to Your SAN Storage System
StoneFly ISC SAN appliances (with 12-bays or more) support the addition of StoneFly SAS expansion units for easy scalable storage. Users can add Terabytes or even Petabytes of additional storage to their new or existing StoneFly SAN storage systems.
Our expansion units support enterprise 12Gb SAS drives and SSD. Users can choose to add the following expansion units to their StoneFly SAN systems:
- All-Flash Expansion Unit – for hot tier data
- Hard Drive Expansion Unit – for long term block storage and data retention
- Hybrid Expansion Unit – for tiered block storage
Available form factors for StoneFly SAN storage expansion units:
- 12-bay 3.5″ 2U 12Gb SAS Expansion Unit
- 16-bay 3.5″ 3U 12Gb SAS Expansion Unit
- 24-bay 3.5″ 4U 12Gb SAS Expansion Unit
- 24-bay 2.5″ 2U 12Gb SAS Expansion Unit
- 44-bay 3.5″ 4U 12Gb SAS Expansion Unit
- 60-bay 3.5″ 4U 12Gb SAS Expansion Unit
StoneFly SAN appliances can support up to 256 drives per appliance node.
16-bay 3.5″ 3U 12Gb SAS Expansion Unit
24-bay 2.5″ 2U 12Gb SAS Expansion Unit
16-bay 3.5″ 3U 12Gb SAS Expansion Unit
24-bay 3.5″ 4U 12Gb SAS Expansion Unit
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StoneFly Voyager – High-Availability Disaggregated SAN Storage Appliances
Voyager DX and Voyager FC are StoneFly’s high-availability disaggregated SAN storage appliances. While StoneFly ISC appliances use an integrated infrastructure, Voyager cluster appliances have a disaggregated infrastructure with emphasis on high availability and fault-tolerance.
Each Voyager SAN cluster appliance comprises of the following disaggregated hardware components:
- Storage Controller (1U or 2U)
- RAID Expansion Array (12 to 24-bay)
Storage Controller: Pre-configured with StoneFusion™ OS and the management layer that facilitates management and control of structured data.
RAID Expansion Array: Houses storage drives for block-level storage and integrated dual active/active RAID controller for redundancy, availability, and fault tolerance.
The Voyager DX and Voyager FC storage controllers share similar architectures. The difference between the two is that the Voyager DX scales its capacity via 12Gb SAS-attached RAID expansion array, whereas the Voyager FC scales its capacity via 16Gb Fibre Channel (FC)-attached RAID expansion array.
When combined with an optional FC switch, the storage capacity of the Voyager FC is nearly limitless!
Voyager SAN Storage – Disaggregated & Modular Hardware
Each Voyager HA appliance consists of two clustered SAN storage controllers and one or more High-Availability RAID subsystems with dual active-active RAID controllers supporting failover and failback.
The two StoneFly SAN storage controllers provide a parallel or clustered path of access to the stored block data.
In this SAN storage system, even if one storage controller node fails, the other continues to access the HA RAID subsystem; thus providing the end-user a disruption free experience.
This architecture makes StoneFly Voyager Cluster SAN solutions the best fit for enterprise environments with emphasis on high availability and minimum tolerance for disruption and downtime.
Voyager cluster SAN appliances have a modular and highly redundant infrastructure. StoneFly Voyager appliances can withstand the failure of an entire storage controller, a hot-swappable RAID controller, disk drive(s)* or power supply module with no impact to uptime. All RAID controllers, disk drives and power supply modules are hot-swappable for easy maintenance.
* Disk drive failure tolerance determined by your specific RAID configuration. Contact StoneFly for details.
Multipath Connections in Voyager Disaggregated SAN Storage Appliances
Voyager cluster SAN appliances support optional Multipath connections. Users can reduce single points of failure by setting up multipath access and dedicate two paths from each storage controller to the HA RAID subsystem.
In the event of a failure of one path, the redundant path ensures business continuity and a disruption-free experience for the end user.
Available Voyager Disaggregated SAN Appliance Models
Choose from a range of value-tier, mid-tier and enterprise-tier Voyager SAN appliances & build your HA cluster SAN system as per your requirements and budget. Available StoneFly Voyager SAN appliance series include:
- I-Series (Value-Tier SAN Appliances for SMBs)
- D-Series (Mid-Tier SAN Appliances for SMEs)
- XS-Series (Enterprise Single Xeon SAN Appliances)
- XD-Series (Enterprise Dual Xeon SAN Appliances)
Voyager SAN Cluster Appliances: I-Series
2 x 2U SAN Storage Controller
- Quad-Core (Standard) to Octa-Core (Optional) 9th Gen Intel Processor
- Up to 1 Additional PCI-E slot for Optional Network Card and/or HBA for HA Expansion Upgrades with Support for 1Gb RJ-45, 10Gb Rj-45, SFP+, CX4, SR Optical, LR Optical, 40Gb QSFP+, 12Gb SAS
- Support upto 1776 SAS drives or SSDs with EBODs
- 8GB per Node (Standard) to 64GB per node (Optional) System Memory
- 256GB (Standard) to 3.8TB (Optional) NVMe SSD for OS
Note: Voyager SAN cluster appliances have 2 x storage controllers + one or more HA RAID arrays. The supported I-Series HA RAID arrays are listed under.
For customization options, contact StoneFly sales.
Voyager SAN Cluster Appliances: D-Series
2 x 2U SAN Storage Controller
- Quad-Core (Standard) to 16-Core (Optional) Xeon Processor
- Support upto 1776 SAS drives or SSDs with EBODs
- 32GB per Node (Standard) to 128GB per node (Optional) System Memory
Note: Voyager SAN cluster appliances have 2 x storage controllers + one or more HA RAID arrays. The supported D-Series HA RAID arrays are listed under.
For customization options, contact StoneFly sales.
Voyager SAN Cluster Appliances: XS-Series
2 x 1U SAN Storage Controller
- Choice of 2 x 12Gb SAS Ports or 2 x 16Gb FC Ports for HA RAID Arrays
- 10-Core (Standard) to 28-Core (Optional) Xeon Processor
- Support upto 1776 SAS drives or SSDs with EBODs
- 32GB per Node (Standard) to 512GB per node (Optional) System Memory
- 256GB (Standard) to 3.8TB (Optional) NVMe SSD for OS
2 x 2U SAN Storage Controller
- Choice of 2 x 12Gb SAS Ports or 2 x 16Gb FC Ports for HA RAID Arrays
- 10-Core (Standard) to 28-Core (Optional) Xeon Processor
- Support upto 4440 SAS drives or SSDs with EBODs
- 32GB per Node (Standard) to 512GB per node (Optional) System Memory
- 256GB (Standard) to 3.8TB (Optional) NVMe SSD for OS
Note: Voyager SAN cluster appliances have 2 x storage controllers + one or more HA RAID arrays. The supported XS-Series HA RAID arrays are listed under.
For customization options, contact StoneFly sales.
Voyager SAN Cluster Appliances: XD-Series
2 x 1U SAN Storage Controller
- Choice of 2 x 12Gb SAS Ports or 2 x 16Gb FC Ports for HA RAID Arrays
- Dual 10-Core (Standard) to Dual 28-Core (Optional) Xeon Processor
- Support upto 1776 SAS drives or SSDs with EBODs
- 64GB per Node (Standard) to 1TB per node (Optional) System Memory
- 240GB (Standard) to 1.9TB (Optional) SSD for OS
2 x 2U SAN Storage Controller
- Choice of 2 x 12Gb SAS Ports or 2 x 16Gb FC Ports for HA RAID Arrays
- Dual 10-Core (Standard) to Dual 28-Core (Optional) Xeon Processor
- Support upto 4440 SAS drives or SSDs with EBODs
- 64GB per Node (Standard) to 1TB per node (Optional) System Memory
- 256GB (Standard) or 3.8TB (Optional) NVMe SSD for OS
Note: Voyager SAN cluster appliances have 2 x storage controllers + one or more HA RAID arrays. The supported XD-Series HA RAID arrays are listed under.
For customization options, contact StoneFly sales.
Supported Storage Expansion Arrays and Units
Voyager SAN storage appliances support a range of expansion arrays / RAID subsystems:
- 12 x 3.5” 2U High IOPS HA RAID Expansion Array – 12Gb SAS or 16Gb FC
- 16 x 3.5” 3U High IOPS HA RAID Expansion Array – 12Gb SAS or 16 Gb FC
- 24 x 3.5” 4U High IOPS HA RAID Expansion Array – 12Gb SAS or 16Gb FC
- 24 x 2.5” 2U High IOPS HA RAID Expansion Array – 12Gb SAS or 16 Gb FC
Supported expansion units for the Voyager HA cluster SAN appliances include:
- 12 x 3.5” 2U HA Expansion Unit – 12Gb SAS
- 16 x 3.5” 3U HA Expansion Unit – 12Gb SAS
- 24 x 2.5” 2U HA Expansion Unit – 12Gb SAS
- 60 x 3.5” 4U HA Expansion Unit – 12Gb SAS, Single Drawer
- 60 x 3.5” 4U HA Expansion Unit – 12Gb SAS, Three Drawer
12 Bay
16 Bay
12 Bay
16 Bay
24 Bay
24 Bay
60 Bay
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StoneFusion – Single Centralized Management Interface
Why trust StoneFly SAN Storage Appliances with your Block Data?
StoneFly pioneered the creation, development, and deployment of the iSCSI storage protocol. After our registration of the iSCSI.com domain back in 1996, StoneFly spent years on the early development of iSCSI and has been shipping StoneFly iSCSI SAN appliances since 2002.
Since that time, StoneFly has been facilitating enterprise block storage with state-of-the art SAN storage products with an ever-growing feature set.
Our expertise in storage technology has enabled us to build a customer base of over 2000+ enterprise customers around the globe.
Trusted by Customers Worldwide
StoneFly SAN Storage Appliances Can Be Configured As
All-Flash SAN Appliance
- Supports high performance 12Gb Solid State Drives (SSDs) and NVMe.
- Built-in NVMe for storage operating system.
- Pre-configured with StoneFly StoneFusion software.
- Purpose-built for high end, high performance enterprise workloads.
Hybrid SAN Appliance
- Supports combinations of high performance 12Gb SSD and SAS.
- Built-in NVMe for storage operating system.
- Pre-configured with StoneFly StoneFusion software.
- This flexible appliance brings tiered storage to on-premises block-level infrastructure for a variety of enterprise applications and workloads.
Recommended StoneFly SAN Storage Appliance Models
Voyager Cluster SAN Appliance with 12-Bay High IOPs HA RAID Expansion Array
- Six bonded 10Gb RJ-45 iSCSI connections per cluster (backwards compatible with 1Gb)
- Supports up to 1776 SAS drives or SSD with optional expansion.
- Dual 12Gb SAS ports on each cluster node for connection to HA RAID expansion array(s).
- No single point of failure.
- Uses only 4U total rack height.
- Redundant 80-PLUS certified high-efficiency hot-swappable power supplies.
ISC 12-bay 12GS-Class SAN Appliance
- Dual bonded 10Gb RJ-45 (backwards compatible with 1Gb)
- Twelve 12Gb SAS 3.5” enterprise drives: 7200RPM, 10k, 15k, and SSD.
- Supports up to 256 drives for maximum capacity of 3.5 Petabytes (PBs) per node.
- Capable of RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, and 60 plus RAID Cache battery backup.
- Form Factor: 12-bay 2U rackmount.
- Redundant 80-PLUS Platinum certified high-efficiency hot-swappable power supplies.
