iTernity iCAS FS

Model number: iCAS FS
Storage Category: Software Defined Storage
Drive quantity, size, type: 4 – 1.5TB NVMe SSDs
Storage configuration: RAID6, Direct Attached
Firmware version: 1.8.0 (iCAS FS version)
Connection protocol and speed: 10 GbE
Additional support: All models and configurations of iCAS FS for S3 compatible storage with specifications equivalent or greater than the above.

General product family overview:

iCAS FS is a software-defined, highly scalable platform based on Linux and commodity hardware that can be used as a backup target and for data archiving.

iCAS FS, in addition to SMB and NFS protocols supported, offers S3-compatible interface, addressable through HTTPS protocol.

Data is immediately written to several dedicated cluster nodes with a configured number of replicas. The cluster is externally accessible with virtual IP addresses that will transparently fail over from one node to another, making eventual downtime of individual nodes transparent to the client. In addition, the system is self-healing, so that error conditions will be automatically fixed. Therefore, this ensures maximum protection against manipulation, corruption, and unauthorized data access.

Vendor Settings:

      Storage configuration:

        o    All settings are the default settings of an iCAS FS installation during this test.

        o    The composition of the drives can vary from system to system due to the software-defined approach.

      Networking:

        o   Jumbo Frames supported, but not utilized during this test