Snap Server 620 Series

Snap Server 620 Product Description:

Say goodbye to guesswork. Businesses, departments, and remote/branch offices facing unpredictable storage growth and limited IT resources need a high performance storage solution that offers simplified management capabilities and the ability to expand quickly with pay-as-you-grow flexibility.  With iSCSI support, companies can securely manage, store, and distribute block data across an existing Ethernet network using industry-standard iSCSI initiators. With your choice of SATA or SAS drives, the SnapServer® NAS 600 series is a high performance block and file storage solution that combines enterprise-class performance and effortless scalability to support your mission critical, nearline, or backup data storage requirements.

Scalable Rackmount Unified Storage:

The SnapServer® 620 is ideal for growing businesses with a wide variety of storage needs. The SnapServer NAS 620 provides outstanding performance and ease of use in a 1U rack mount network attached storage (NAS) server that is scalable and flexible, to fit an array of storage needs and budgets. With iSCSI support included, companies can securely store, manage, and protect both block and file data in the same system.  It is configured with 4 enterprise-class SATA II drives for an initial capacity of up to 8TB or 4 enterprise class 15K RPM SAS Drives for an initial capacity of 1.2TB and is expandable with up to 25.2TB of SAS or an additional 168TB of SATA storage. The SnapServer NAS 620 supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6 and 10 to keep your data safe.

Built on the award-winning GuardianOS™ platform, the SnapServer NAS 620 enables companies to store both block and file data utilizing an existing Ethernet network includes many enterprise-class features, including the capability to be remotely monitored and managed, along with other SnapServers, from a central seat using SnapServer Manager™ software. Running Snap Enterprise Data Replicator™ (Snap EDR) replication software, data can be continuously, securely, and efficiently moved between sites. As part of a backup to disk solution, the SnapServer 620 can be the backup server, storing backup images on its hard drives, and later transferring backups to a remote site for safety, or onto tapes for long term archive.

With the ability to scale from 1TB to 176TB of storage capacity, you can right-size your storage environment by purchasing only what you need today, then expanding your system as your storage needs grow. With the ability to mix SAS and SATA, the SnapServer NAS 620 also enables you to build a truly customized solution that fits your specific needs.

Customer Needs:

Growing businesses with a wide variety of storage needs, including the flexibility to customize their mix of SAS and SATA storage, as well as the scalability to increase their storage as their needs dictate - without the need to purchase a new storage system.

Benefits:

Cost-effective file and block storage with performance and capacity that maximizes your storage budget and grows as business needs change.

Key Differentiators:

High performance and availability, built with a single dual-core 64-bit AMD Opteron processor, optional dual hot-swappable power supplies, unmatched price/performance, and scales easily to 176TB.

Highlights:

• Easy management and cross-platform file sharing out of the box
• Unified block and file architecture
• Provides up to 63% higher performance than the SnapServer 520 for high-performance and data protection
• With SAS or SATA disk drives in the SnapServer Expansion S50 expansion storage the SnapServer NAS 620 makes an ideal archival platform with the power to support a large number of replication clients.
• Includes 2GB (expandable to 4GB) of memory for extremely fast throughput
• Optional dual hot-swappable power supplies, hot-swappable enterprise-class SATA II drives, and dual gigabit Ethernet ports with Ethernet teaming for load balancing and port failover
• On-the-fly scalability with Instant Capacity Expansion (I.C.E)™
• Integrated BakBone NetVault: Backup for GuardianOS with upgraded 500GB Virtual Tape Library license

Technical Specifications:

Worldwide Warranty:

Worldwide Warranty Snap Server hardware and software are backed by world-class service and support to protect your investment from downtime. With Overland Storage services for Snap Servers, you have complete peace of mind. Standard services with the Snap Server 650 include:

• Three-year limited hardware warranty, return to depot
• 90-day software support

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Snap Server Comparison:

Snap Server by Adaptec provides a complete solution for sharing, managing, and protecting data across your organization. Ease of use, cost-effective performance and reliability have long made Snap Server a leading brand of storage solutions.

Documentation:

Download the Snap Server 620 Datasheet (PDF).