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About This Document Overview Focusing on media services, this document describes design models of the Media Storage Solution and typical service solutions to highlight unique characteristics of Huawei storage products and customer benefits.
Intended Audience This document is intended for:
Huawei R&D engineers and technical support engineers
Huawei product managers
Engineers in the Customer Support Department
The intended audiences are required to be familiar with the following devices and software:
HUAWEI OceanStor S2600T Storage System (S2600T for short)
HUAWEI OceanStor S5600T Storage System (S5600T for short)
HUAWEI OceanStor S5800T Storage System (S5800T for short)
HUAWEI OceanStor S6800T Storage System (S6800T for short)
HUAWEI OceanStor Dorado2100 G2 Solid-State Storage System (Dorado2100 G2 for short)
HUAWEI OceanStor 9000 Big Data Storage System
HUAWEI OceanStor VIS6600 Virtual Intelligent Storage System (VIS6600 for short)
HUAWEI Secospace USG6600 Firewall (USG6600 for short)
HUAWEI OceanStor SNS2124 Fibre Channel Switch (SNS2124 for short)
HUAWEI CloudEngine series IP switches
Document Content This document is a part of HUAWEI Media Storage Solution documentation. This document contains five chapters as follows: Chapter
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TV Station Media Services
Describes TV station media services.
Huawei TV Station Storage Solutions
Describes typical TV station storage solutions.
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Technical specifications of Huawei TV station storage solution
Describes technical specifications of each solution.
Main Components of Huawei TV Station Storage Solution
Describes product components in solutions.
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Provides acronyms and abbreviations.
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Contents About This Document .................................................................................................................... ii 1 TV Station Media Services .......................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Media Service Overview .............................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 TV Station Service System Overview........................................................................................................................... 2
2 Huawei TV Station Storage Solutions ...................................................................................... 4 2.1 Overview ...................................................................................................................................................................... 4 2.2 Solution Design Principles............................................................................................................................................ 5 2.2.1 Storage Requirements of Service Scenarios .............................................................................................................. 5 2.2.2 Solution Design ......................................................................................................................................................... 5 2.3 News Production Storage Solution ............................................................................................................................... 7 2.3.1 Scenarios .................................................................................................................................................................... 7 2.3.2 Solutions .................................................................................................................................................................... 8 2.4 Video Production Storage Solution ............................................................................................................................. 11 2.4.1 Scenarios .................................................................................................................................................................. 11 2.4.2 Solutions .................................................................................................................................................................. 12 2.5 MAM Storage Solution ............................................................................................................................................... 14 2.5.1 Scenarios .................................................................................................................................................................. 14 2.5.2 Solutions .................................................................................................................................................................. 16 2.6 New Generation IP-Based Storage Solution ............................................................................................................... 17 2.6.1 Scenarios .................................................................................................................................................................. 17 2.6.2 Solutions .................................................................................................................................................................. 18
3 Technical Specifications of Huawei TV Station Storage Solution ................................... 20 4 Main Components of Huawei TV Station Storage Solution .............................................. 21 4.1 SAN Storage ............................................................................................................................................................... 21 4.1.1 Disk Storage — Oceantor T Series .......................................................................................................................... 21 4.1.2 Disk Storage — OceanStor S6800T ........................................................................................................................ 26 4.1.3 Solid-State Storage................................................................................................................................................... 29 4.2 Big Data Storage ......................................................................................................................................................... 32 4.3 Virtual Storage ............................................................................................................................................................ 35 4.4 Fibre Channel Switch ................................................................................................................................................. 38 4.5 IP Switch ..................................................................................................................................................................... 41
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4.5.1 Product Series .......................................................................................................................................................... 41 4.6 Firewall ....................................................................................................................................................................... 43 4.6.1 Technical Specifications .......................................................................................................................................... 45
A Acronyms and Abbreviations .................................................................................................. 48
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TV Station Media Services
1.1 Media Service Overview According to main services of customers, media services include TV station services, film production services, and new media services such as broadcasting and TV networks. Table 1-1 Customer groups in the media asset industry Customer Group
Description
TV stations
Including nationwide TV stations, provincial and municipal TV stations, and local TV stations, such as, China Central Television (CCTV), All-Russia State Television and Broadcasting Company (VGTRK), Dubai Media Incorporated in UAE, and Phoenix Television in Hong Kong
film production services
Including film post-processing, advertising production, animation production, and music post-processing, such as, Time Warner in U.S., Bavaria Studios and UFA Studios in German, and Pinewood in U.K.
New media
Including network TV, Video-On-Demand (VOD), portal websites, and social networking sites (SNSs), such as, Facebook, YouTube, Youku, and China Network Television (CNTV)
MVPD
Including Cable operators and Telco carriers, who provide time-shifted TV, VOD/IPTV services, like Comcast, Time Warner Cable, AT&T, Verizon, Vodafone etc.
(Multichannel Video Programming Distributor)
Media Storage Solution V100R001C00 mainly involves TV station service scenarios.
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1.2 TV Station Service System Overview The TV station service system is a streamlined service system covering critical phases such as ingestion, editing, packaging, composition, transcoding, media asset management (MAM), and broadcasting. Figure 1-1 TV station service system
Ingestion service system: It is an important material source of TV stations. Various materials are ingested for TV stations. The ingestion service provides original materials for other departments. In the ingestion center, the ingestion server ingests material transcodes uploaded by satellite signal, CD-ROM, or camera into the ingestion storage system. Edit service system: It is a core system for program production in TV stations and responsible for producing programs. The editing service covers four phases: rough editing, refined editing, rendering, and production. Editing can be implemented in two modes: linear editing (early tape flow editing) and non-linear editing (digital exiting). MAM service system: It provides a platform to save massive video files of TV stations for a long time and efficiently reuse media asset resources. The MAM service system stores media materials such as various video materials, audio materials, characters, and figures in a digital manner and comprehensively manages catalogs, retrieval and query operations, non-linear material transcoding, information release, devices, and fixed assets (FA). Broadcasting system: It is a critical system in TV stations. It involves studio broadcasting (small) and master control broadcasting (big). Studio broadcasting indicates channel programs, galas, and large-scale tournaments. Master control broadcasting is responsible for television hookup of multiple TV channels. The TV station service system is a business service system covering critical phases such as ingestion, news production, video production, MAM,
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Figure 1-2 Service modules in a TV station
When the service system of a TV station is constructed, storage planning of the service system varies with the TV station scale and development course. For example, as for some TV stations, each channel uses a storage system. Ingestion and editing services are processed in the storage system. As for some TV stations, all channels share a storage system. By elaborately analyzing and researching services, the Media Storage Solution team launches typical storage solutions based on TV station service types and application scenarios. Media Storage Solution V100R001C00 provides different solutions for four storage subsystem scenarios: news production, video production, MAM, and IP-based storage. The ingestion storage subsystem has been included in the four storage subsystems. Therefore, the solution for this subsystem is not independently described in this document.
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Huawei TV Station Storage Solutions
2.1 Overview By analyzing service characteristics and product adaptation degrees based on TV station service scenarios, the Media Storage Solution group designs four typical storage subsystem solutions in terms of news production, video production, MAM, and IP-based storage. Currently, the typical solutions use NAS and FC SAN architectures. The SAN provides block-level storage, and the NAS provides file-level storage. The following figure shows the NAS and FC SAN network architectures. Figure 2-1 NAS and FC SAN network architectures
The following section describes architecture and design principles of the typical solutions.
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2.2 Solution Design Principles 2.2.1 Storage Requirements of Service Scenarios The service scenarios have the following storage requirements:
News production scenario: robust reliability, high bandwidth, low latency, easy management, and convenient maintenance
Video production scenario (non-news comprehensive production): powerful security, high bandwidth, low latency, easy management, and convenient maintenance
MAM scenario: large capacity, easy management, convenient maintenance, and high-density energy saving
IP-based whole station network scenario: all-IP-based network, easy management, and convenient maintenance
2.2.2 Solution Design Reliability Based on news production requirements for robust reliability, the typical solutions use dual storage systems to eliminate single points of failure.
Performance (High Bandwidth and Low Latency) As media mainly involves video stream services, and big data blocks (big I/Os and data blocks with 60 KB for each block) and sequential read/write services are processed, high bandwidth is required. Therefore, throughput is an indicator used to evaluate performance. Meanwhile, the editing and broadcasting of video streams do not allow frame loss and picture freeze. Therefore, throughput and latency are also taken as key indicators used to evaluate media service performance. Although throughput and latency are two main indicators for evaluating media service performance, requirements still vary based on different media services.
News production and video production: Mainly process sequential read services and involve some random read services (generally accounting for 20% when seek editing is implemented). The throughput pressure is large, and no picture freeze occurs during the seek editing by dragging a timeline (requiring stable latency). Therefore, throughput and latency are key performance evaluation indicators. Services involved in news and video production are defined as stable bandwidth services.
MAM: Manages all files in a TV station in terms of data migration and browsing and mainly processes sequential services. However, a large amount of real-time editing services is not processed. Therefore, MAM has no latency requirements. Services involved in MAM are defined as ultimate services (sequential services).
Ingestion: Stores video files from satellite and Blu-ray Discs (BDs) and involves write services. Service performance varies based on different upper-layer software processing modes. The upper-layer service software ingests video files in real time and directly stores them to a storage system. Services involved in this process are defined as stable services. The upper-layer service software ingests video files to a local computer and then moves local files to a storage system. Services involved in this process are defined as ultimate services.
Bandwidth calculation methods
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Bandwidth calculation methods for stable services: Editing services: Number of workstations x Number of video editing layers of each workstation x Bit rate of video files Ingestion services: Number of ingestion servers x Number of ingestion streams x Bit rate of video files Bandwidth calculation methods for ultimate services: A single service: Read bandwidth and write bandwidth are the sum of all read and write service bandwidth respectively. Hybrid services: Total service bandwidth = Total read service bandwidth + Total write service bandwidth (Note the read/write ratio.) (Read/write ratio = Total read service bandwidth/Total write service bandwidth)
Capacity Calculation
Concepts related to capacity Capacity covers two concepts: raw capacity and available capacity. Raw capacity: Indicates rated disk capacity. For example, 11 disks (2 TB for each disk) provide a total of 22 TB raw capacity. Available capacity: Indicates actually available capacity for data reads and writes. Available capacity = Actual capacity value of disks (The value is calculated by using the nominal capacity value of disks.) – Capacity used by parity disks in RAID groups, hot spare disks, and file systems The disk capacity defined by disk manufacturers is different from that calculated by operating systems. As a result, the nominal capacity of a hard disk is different from that displayed in the operating system. Disk capacity defined by disk manufactures: 1 GB = 1000 MB, 1 MB = 1000 KB, 1 KB = 1000 bytes Disk capacity calculated by operating systems: 1 GB = 1024 MB, 1 MB = 1024 KB, 1 KB = 1024 bytes The following table lists mappings between the nominal capacities and actual capacities of disks. The capacity calculation method is for reference only.
Table 2-1 Mappings between the nominal capacities and actual capacities of disks Disk Type
Nominal Capacity
Actual Capacity
SAS
300 GB
279 GB
600 GB
559 GB
900 GB
838 GB
100 GB
93 GB
200 GB
186 GB
2 TB
1.82 TB
3 TB
2.73 TB
SSD
NL SAS
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Disk Type
Nominal Capacity
Actual Capacity
4 TB
3.64 TB
Capacity calculation method The capacity can be calculated as follows based on the storage capacity provided by customers or tendering documents or the information provided by customers: Capacity = Show time of a program x Number of programs x Code streams of video files.
2.3 News Production Storage Solution 2.3.1 Scenarios A news production system generates and broadcasts routine news of a TV station. The routine news includes item-based news, topic-based news, and interviews. The news production process is as follows: Figure 2-2 News production process
During the news production process, ingested news materials, finished programs, and scripts are stored on a storage system. News production has the following storage system requirements:
High storage reliability for timely news broadcasting −
No single points of failure and non-stop 24/7 running
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Online upgrade and parts replacement
High storage performance for HD news programs −
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Broad compatibility with mainstream news production software
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Storage systems for the news production: compatible with mainstream news production applications such as DAYANG D3 Edit, Sobey E7, and Apple Final Cut Pro.
News production services have high reliability requirements. Generally, two storage systems are deployed. One storage system serves as the primary one, and the other serves as the secondary one. Alternatively, one storage system stores files of high bit rates, and the other stores files of low bit rates. Requirements on a single storage system: capacity < 150 TB, performance < 4 GB/s
2.3.2 Solutions According to the news production system's requirements for robust reliability, high bandwidth, and low latency, two storage solutions are provided for news production: upper-layer service software-based dual-write solution and VIS mirroring-based dual-read/dual-write solution. The two storage solutions are described as follows:
Solution 1: Upper-Layer Application Software-based Dual-Write Solution This solution applies to service scenarios where upper-layer application software has been provided to ensure robust reliability. The upper-layer application software provides the dual-write function or the data synchronization function to save data on two storage systems, ensuring robust reliability of services. Figure 2-3 Architecture of the upper-layer application software-based dual-write solution
The architecture is described as follows:
Typical configuration: Upper-layer application software: provided by third-party vendors or news editing software vendors Small-scale storage system: OceanStor 9000 Performance node * 3 + 600GB SAS
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Medium-scale storage system: OceanStor 9000 Performance node * 6 + 600GB SAS or third-party FS + 1 x S2600T + 600 GB SAS Large-scale storage system: OceanStor 9000 Performance node * 9 + 600GB SAS or third-party FS + 1 x S5600T + 600 GB SAS
Network layer: As for the NAS, Layer 2 switching and Layer 3 routing are supported.
Storage ports and modes: As for the NAS, 10GE ports are used. The non-bonding mode is recommended. As for the SAN, 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel ports and Array Port Mapping Mode are used.
Share protocols and access modes: As for the NAS, the Common Internet File System (CIFS) and Network File System (NFS) share protocols are used. As for the SAN, the File Server (FS) private share protocol and network driver-based share access mode are used.
Compatible third-party FSs: StorNext 3.X and 4.X, Fishare 1.9, BWFS 5.3.2, and Sanergy 3.2.7
Compatible news software: Sobey Nova 8.0
Solution highlights are as follows:
Robust reliability: This solution uses third-party software to ensure robust reliability. Storage does not need to provide additional functions. The network is easy-to-use and highly adaptable. Single points of failure are eliminated.
Superb performance: This solution uses third-party software to ensure superb performance. Storage does not need to provide additional functions. Performance advantages are fully used.
Flexible expansion: Storage systems can be smoothly expanded online, meeting performance and capacity requirements after service expansion and saving investment. Meanwhile, this solution is applicable to the SAN and NAS architectures.
Solution 2: VIS Mirroring-based Dual-Read/Dual-Write Solution This solution applies to service scenarios where upper-layer service software cannot ensure robust reliability. Meanwhile, this solution is applicable to the SAN architecture only. The VIS virtual storage gateway provides the mirroring-based dual-read/dual-write function, ensuring robust reliability and high performance of services.
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Figure 2-4 Architecture of the VIS mirroring-based dual-read/dual-write solution
The architecture is described as follows:
Typical configuration: −
Medium- or small-scale storage system: third-party FS + 1 x S2600T + 600 GB SAS
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Large-scale storage system: third-party FS + 1 x S5600T + 600 GB SAS
Network layer: Fibre Channel network switching mode
Front-end ports and modes: − 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel ports and Array Port Mapping Mode are used. −
Share protocols and access modes: the FS private share protocol and network driver-based share access mode are used.
Compatible third-party FSs: StorNext 3.X and 4.X, Fishare 1.9, BWFS 5.3.2, and Sanergy 3.2.7
Compatible news software: Sobey Nova 8.0 and DAYANG D3-Edit
Solution highlights are as follows:
Robust reliability: The fully redundant firmware design and multi-level data protection eliminate single points of failure and support online upgrade and spare parts replacement. Services are not interrupted when a single disk enclosure encounters an unexpected power failure.
Superb performance: A single storage system provides a stable bandwidth of 4 GB/s, supporting concurrent connections from 160 HD workstations (2 simultaneous streams each, 100 Mbit/s bit rate) or 320 SD workstations (4 simultaneous streams each, 25 Mbit/s bit rate).
Flexible expansion: Storage systems can be smoothly expanded online, meeting performance and capacity requirements after service expansion and saving investment.
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2.4 Video Production Storage Solution 2.4.1 Scenarios Video production is applicable to comprehensive non-news production scenarios. The video production storage solution integrates program material uploading and downloading, program editing and production, audio processing, program packaging, and network management. The service process is as follows: Figure 2-5 Video production process
During video production process, locally ingested production materials, semi-finished programs that are roughly and elaborately edited, finished programs, and files such as sports events that are detached from data centers (DCs) are stored on a storage system. Video production has the following storage system requirements: High storage performance
High concurrent bit rates that are up to 200 Mbit/s require higher bandwidth. The average I/O latency must be less than 40 ms.
Wide compatibility with video production software
Video production needs to be compatible with non-linear editing (NLE) software such as Apple Final Cut Pro, DAYANG D3 Edit, Sobey Nova, and Autodesk smoke.
Safe sharing
Permission quota management mechanisms and antivirus features are required.
Video production system chiefly requires high performance and security. Generally, the security system and storage systems are independently deployed and used in a convergent manner. When a customer has high service security requirements but does not independently deploy the security system, the customer can add the Unified Security Gateway (USG) firewall to storage systems. In this way, high service performance requirements can be met, and the security of the production system is enhanced.
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Storage and deployment of the production system depend on production service amount and number of programs. Customers can deploy one or more storage systems based on actual conditions. Requirements on a single storage system: capacity < 150 TB, performance < 7 GB/s
2.4.2 Solutions According to high security, superb performance, large bandwidth, and low latency requirements of video production, two storage solutions are provided for video production: NAS architecture solution and SAN architecture solution.
Solution 1: NAS Network Architecture Solution Due to TCP/IP network fluctuation problems, the full-IP single-network architecture cannot meet low latency and large bandwidth requirements of services. Therefore, the NAS architecture solution can be used when the network is at GE/10GE level and the number of video editing layers is equal to or smaller than 4/8. The number of editing layers of a single workstation is closely related to hardware configuration and upper-layer editing software used by the workstation.
Figure 2-6 Video production solution
The architecture is described as follows:
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Small-scale storage system: OceanStor 9000 Performance node * 3 + 600GB SAS
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Medium-scale storage system: OceanStor 9000 Performance node * 6 + 600GB SAS
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Large-scale storage system: OceanStor 9000 Performance node * 9 + 600GB SAS
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Network layer: Layer 2 switching and Layer 3 routing are supported.
Storage ports and modes: 10GE ports are used. The non-bonding mode is recommended.
Share protocols and access modes: The CIFS or NFS share protocol is used.
News software compatibility: compatible with NLE software such as Apple Final Cut Pro, DAYANG D3 Edit, Sobey Nova, and Autodesk smoke
Solution highlights are as follows:
Superb performance: The external USG firewall and content detection hardware acceleration technology improve application-layer protection efficiency and ensure the optimum performance of a 10GE network.
Flexible expansion: The full-IP and single-network architecture ensures easy and convenient deployment, expansion, and access. Plug-and-play workstations are available.
Safe sharing: Shared access is available for mainstream NLE software such as Sobey and Apple Final Cut Pro. Comprehensive permission quota control policies ensure secure data access.
Solution 2: SAN Architecture Solution Due to TCP/IP network fluctuation problems, the full-IP single-network architecture cannot meet low latency and large bandwidth requirements of services. Therefore, the FC SAN architecture solution can be used when the network is at GE level and the number of video editing layers is larger than 4. Figure 2-7 Video production solution
The architecture is described as follows:
Typical configuration: Firewall: USG6600 −
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Large-scale storage system: third-party FS + 1 x S5600T + 600 GB SAS
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Super-scale storage system: third-party FS + 1 x Dorado2100 + SLC/eMLC SSD
Network layer: Fibre Channel network switching mode
Storage ports and modes: 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel ports and Array Port Mapping Mode are used.
Share protocols and access modes: the FS private share protocol and network driver-based share access mode are used.
Compatible third-party FSs: StorNext 3.X and 4.X, Fishare 1.9, BWFS 5.3.2, and Sanergy 3.2.7
Solution highlights are as follows: Superb performance: The external USG firewall and content detection hardware acceleration technology improve application-layer protection efficiency and ensure the optimum performance of a 10GE network. A single SAN provides a stable bandwidth of more than 7 GB/s, allowing simultaneous streams from 96 HD workstations (5 simultaneous stream each, 100 Mbit/s bit rate). Flexible expansion: Storage systems can be smoothly expanded online, LUN Map To Port technology is used, and plug-and-play workstations are available, meeting performance and capacity requirements after service expansion and saving investment. Safe sharing: Shared access is available for mainstream NLE software such as Sobey and Apple Final Cut Pro. Comprehensive permission quota control policies ensure secure data access.
2.5 MAM Storage Solution 2.5.1 Scenarios The MAM system provides a platform to save massive video files of TV stations for a long time and efficiently reuse media asset resources. The service process is as follows: Figure 2-8 MAM service process
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Function modules of the MAM system are as follows:
Filtration (selection) module: Filters, reviews, arranges, and migrates contents of the MAM system. These contents come from the production and broadcasting system (networks covering news, production, digital TV, and advertisement) and traditional program libraries.
Transcoding/Processing module: Retrieves and migrates task information and transcodes/processes specified materials.
Recording/Catalog module: Catalogs and classifies materials in media asset libraries.
Retrieval and browsing module: Releases materials in media asset libraries and provides users with retrieval and browsing services.
Uploading and downloading service module: Generates digital video files from analog files or signals, manages downloading requests of customers, and uploads required video materials.
Media asset storage module: Provides a storage center for material archive, retrieval, and invoking, and provides a secure, reliable, and centralized storage space for various service data.
Background management module: Implements copyright management, material management, information statistics collection, accounting management, permission management, service process management, service process customization, service process monitoring, and network management.
Generally, storage systems used by the MAM system cover the online media asset library, near-line media asset library, and offline media asset library. The offline media asset library often uses tape libraries to archive all content data. The online media asset library uses disks to store content data and provides services for program production. The NLE media asset library also uses disks to store non-hot spot content data, requires high-density energy saving, and is often combined with the online media asset library. The MAM system is a massive data storage center. It has the following requirements: High efficiency: By improving retrieval, archive, and migration efficiency, the overall program production efficiency is improved. Value-added contents: Content leasing and data mining are required. Digital copyright protection needs to be implemented. Cost-effective O&M: Expansion capabilities need to be improved, and high density and energy saving are required. Safe sharing: Permission quota management mechanisms and antivirus features are required. Service characteristics of the MAM system:
Online media asset requirements: high bandwidth, permissions, and quotas
Near-line media asset requirements: high density, energy saving, and low total cost of ownership (TCO)
Offline media asset requirements: low TCO, offline storage, and roaming
Online media asset libraries can be divided into the low-bit rate online media asset library and high-bit rate online media asset library. Their storage capacity requirements are as follows:
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Low-bit rate online media asset library: < 100 TB
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High-bit rate online media asset library: 100 to 200 TB for a small scale, more than 200 TB for a large scale
The MAM system chiefly has large capacity and high security requirements. Generally, the security system and storage systems are independently deployed and used in a convergent manner. When a customer has high service security requirements but does not independently deploy the security system, the customer can add the USG firewall to storage systems. In this way, service sharing requirements can be met, and the security of the online media asset library is enhanced. Figure 2-9 MAM solution architecture
2.5.2 Solutions According to high security and large capacity requirements of the online media asset library, two storage solutions are provided: NAS architecture solution and hybrid architecture solution.
Solution: NAS Architecture Solution Figure 2-10 NAS architecture
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The architecture is described as follows: Typical configuration:
Low bit rates: OceanStor 9000 Mini-Capacity node * 3 + 3TB/4TB SATA
High bit rates and a small scale: OceanStor 9000 Capacity node * 3 + 2TB SATA
High bit rates and a large scale: OceanStor 9000 Capacity node * 3 + 4TB SATA
Network layer: Layer 2 switching and Layer 3 routing are supported. Storage ports and modes: 10GE ports are used. The non-bonding mode is recommended. Share protocols and access modes: The CIFS or NFS share protocol and Universal Naming Convention (UNC) share access mode are used. Permission management: The NAS is not added to domains. The Local User management is implemented. Quota management: It is implemented by the upper-layer independent software vendor (ISV) software. Compatibility: The solution is compatible with DAYANG D3-MAM, Sobey SpaceMAM, Tedial Tarsys, and Auto. CM. Solution highlights are as follows: Flexible expansion: Storage systems can be smoothly expanded, and plug-and-play workstations are available, meeting service expansion requirements and saving investment. Efficient sharing: Share access over multiple protocols is supported. Meanwhile, share access of mainstream MAM software on multiple platforms can be implemented efficiently. Online expansion: Online expansion capabilities are excellent. On-demand configuration and step-by-step investment are available.
2.6 New Generation IP-Based Storage Solution 2.6.1 Scenarios The dual-network IP-based system requires two systems: O&M IP network system and Fibre Channel network system. The solution design is complex and has high skill requirements. Resources cannot be shared between the two systems. Therefore, the deployment and maintenance are costly. Recently, the IP-based network becomes mature and is deployed in large scales. Deployment and maintenance are easy. Therefore, the IP-based network becomes a focus for future network development. In terms of the Fibre Channel network, service expansion costs are high. Therefore, the new generation IP-based storage solution is designed for customers.
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Figure 2-11 IP-based network service process
The IP-based storage system has the following requirements: IP-based network architecture: The dual-network architecture evolves into the single-network architecture. Superb performance: Ethernet networks can carry news and video production services. Unified management: Unified management is implemented to improve management efficiency.
2.6.2 Solutions Figure 2-12 New generation IP-based storage solution
The architecture is described as follows: Typical configuration:
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Medium and small scales: News and video production: OceanStor 9000 Performance node * 3 + 600GB SAS MAM: OceanStor 9000 Capacity node * 3 + 2TB SATA Large scale: News and video production: OceanStor 9000 Performance node * 6 + 600GB SAS MAM: OceanStor 9000 Capacity node * 3 + 4TB SATA Network layer: The next generation CloudEngine series switches are used. Flattened network architecture with a maximum of three hops is used. Unified management: Performance and faults of the network layer and storage layer are monitored in a unified manner. Upper-layer software compatibility:
DAYANG D3-Edit, D3-MAM, and EMB/ESB are compatible with each other.
Sobey Nova and SpaceMAM are compatible with each other.
Solution highlights are as follows: IP-based single-network architecture: The flattened network architecture improves storage and network performance. Joint optimization of storage networks: From the service perspective, storage and switches are combined to implement optimization. In this way, the IP-based network can carry services such as news and video production that has strict latency requirements. Unified management and monitoring: Storage, switches, and servers are managed and monitored in a unified manner, simplifying management and maintenance.
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Technical Specifications of Huawei TV Station Storage Solution Table 3-1 Technical specifications of Huawei TV station storage solution Performance
Protocol
News production
A single set of SAN storage system provides a stable bandwidth of more than 4 GB/s, supporting concurrent connections from 160 HD workstations (2 simultaneous streams each, 100 Mbit/s bit rate) or 320 SD workstations (4 simultaneous streams each, 25 Mbit/s bit rate).
As for the NAS, the CIFS and NFS share protocols are used. As for the SAN, the FS private share protocol and network drive-based share access mode are used.
Video production
A single set of SAN storage provides a stable bandwidth of more than 7 GB/s, supporting concurrent connections from 96 HD workstations (5 simultaneous streams each, 100 Mbit/s bit rate).
As for the NAS, the CIFS and NFS share protocols are used. As for the SAN, the FS private share protocol and network drive-based share access mode are used.
MAM
For NAS, each performance node provides 600MB/s bandwidth; each capacity node provides 600MB/s bandwidth; each mini-capacity node provides 200MB/s bandwidth.
As for the NAS, the CIFS, NFS and FTP share protocols are used. As for the SAN, the FS private share protocol and network drive-based share access mode are used.
IP-based storage
For NAS, each performance node provides 600MB/s bandwidth; each capacity node provides 600MB/s bandwidth; each mini-capacity node provides 200MB/s bandwidth.
The CIFS or NFS share protocols are used.
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Main Components of Huawei TV Station Storage Solution
4.1 SAN Storage 4.1.1 Disk Storage — Oceantor T Series HUAWEI OceanStore T series unified storage systems: a new generation of storage products designed for mid-range and high-end storage applications. HUAWEI OceanStore T series unified storage systems boast integration of block-level and file-level data storage, support a variety of storage protocols, and graphical user interface-based (GUI-based) central storage management. With industry-leading performance and enhanced efficiency, the T series delivers high-performance solutions applicable to scenarios such as large-database OLTP/OLAP, high-performance computing (HPC), digital media, Internet applications, central storage, backup, disaster recovery, and data migration. Figure 4-1 OceanStor T series unified storage
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Features Convergent
Unified storage of file-level and block-level data: Unifies SAN and NAS protocols and co-processes structured and unstructured data.
Compatibility with diversified storage protocols: Supports multiple storage network protocols including iSCSI, Fibre Channel, NFS, CIFS, HTTP, and FTP.
Central management interface: Interoperates with an easy-to-use and wizard-driven GUI for the central management on files and blocks and the facilitated system configuration.
Flexible and reliable
Easy upgrade: Supports easy upgrade from block storage to unified storage.
Hot swapping design: Assembled with hot-swappable controllers, fans, power supplies, I/O modules, and disks. The addition, deletion, or replacement of components does not affect the ongoing applications.
Diversified disks: The T series supports SAS, NL SAS, SATA, Fibre Channel, and SSD disks.
Highly reliable architecture: Achieves redundancy for all components to avoid single points of failure, incorporates advanced technologies such as data coffer and file system mirroring to enhance the system reliability.
Leading I/O scalability: The T series provides up to 12 I/O modules, that is, 48 I/O ports, including 4 or 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel, 1 Gbit/s iSCSI, 10 Gbit/s iSCSI TOE, 10 Gbit/s FCoE, and 6 Gbit/s SAS ports.
Data protection mechanism: Provides seamless integration with Enterprise Vault and NetBackup to achieve disaster recovery based on remote replication.
Application-aware optimization: Collaborates with the HostAgent software to implement application-level backup, disaster recovery, and disaster recovery verification, and supports mainstream application systems such as Oracle, DB2, Exchange Server, and SQL Server.
Cost efficient
Multi-node active-active clustering: allows the simultaneous operation of and concurrent access to all nodes in a cluster.
SmartCache acceleration: Uses flash memory drivers to expand cache to achieve optimized performance based on systems. The running speed of hybrid workloads is improved by several times.
Thin provisioning: HyperThin supports automatic capacity expansion for improved disk utilization and on-demand product procurement, reducing the TCO.
DST: Dynamic storage tiering (DST) implements transparent bidirectional dynamic data migration between various storage media based on file access frequency or a time policy. It maximizes return on investment. Proactive remote service: Delivers the unique Cloud Service for the health check, warning, and alarm notification functions, helping maintenance engineers quickly troubleshoot system faults.
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Technical Specifications Table 4-1 Technical specifications of the T series Model
S2600T
S5500T
S5600T
S5800T
Block storage components Storage processor
Multi-core processors
Cache
8 GB/16 GB
8 GB/16 GB/32 GB
24 GB/48 GB
96 GB/192 GB
Scalable cache
1.2 TB
1.2 TB
2.4 TB
3.6 TB
Number of controllers
2
Type of front-end ports
8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel, 1 Gbit/s iSCSI, 10 Gbit/s iSCSI TOE
8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel, 1 Gbit/s iSCSI, 10 Gbit/s iSCSI TOE, 10 Gbit/s FCoE
Type of back-end ports
6 Gbit/s SAS 2.0 wide port
6 Gbit/s SAS 2.0 wide port
4 Gbit/s Fibre Channel or 6 Gbit/s SAS 2.0 wide port
4 Gbit/s Fibre Channel or 6 Gbit/s SAS 2.0 wide port
Number of onboard I/O ports
Front end: 12 x 1 Gbit/s iSCSI ports; Back end: 4 x SAS 2.0 wide ports
Front end: 8 x 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel ports; Back end: 4 x SAS 2.0 wide ports
0
0
Max. number of I/O modules
2
2
10
12
Max. number of disk slots
276
528
1152
1440
Disk type
SAS, NL SAS, SATA, SSD
SAS, NL SAS, SATA, SSD
SAS, NL SAS, SATA, SSD, Fibre Channel
SAS, NL SAS, SATA, SSD, Fibre Channel
RAID level
0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50
Max. number of snapshots
256
1024
2048
2048
Max. number of LUNs
2048
4096
4096
8192
TurboModule
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Model
S2600T
S5500T
S5600T
S5800T
Value-added software
HyperImage (snapshot), HyperCopy (LUN copy), HyperClone (split mirroring), HyperMirror (synchronous/asynchronous remote replication), HyperThin (thin provisioning), UltraPath (multipathing software), DiskGuard (data protection software of application servers), and SmartCache (dynamic data caching)
File storage components Number of file engine nodes
2
2, 4
2, 4, 6
2, 4, 6, 8
Cache capacity per node
16 GB
16 GB
24 GB
24 GB
Fibre Channel ports per node
4 x 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel ports (for block storage)
Host ports per node
4 x 2 x 10 Gbit/s or 4 x 4 x 1 Gbit/s
Max. capacity of a single file system
256 TB
Number of files per file system
30,000,000
File system software
DST (dynamic storage tiering), Snapshot (file system snapshot), Mirror (file system mirroring), Replication (file system remote replication), and Symantec NetBackup Client (built-in Symantec network backup client)
Storage networks and protocols supported
Fibre Channel, iSCSI, NFS, CIFS, FTP, and HTTP
Compatible operating systems
AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, Linux, and Windows
Virtual environment features Virtual machine (VM) supported
VMware, Citrix, and Hyper-V
Value-added feature supported
VMware VAAI and integration of VSphere and VCenter
Physical specifications Power supply
AC: 100 V to 127 V or 200 V to 240 V DC: -48 V to -60 V
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Model
S2600T
S5500T
S5600T
S5800T
Power consumption
2 U controller enclosure ≤ 380 W
2 U controller enclosure ≤ 539 W
4 U controller enclosure ≤ 598 W
4 U disk enclosure ≤ 527 W
2 U disk enclosure ≤ 307 W
4 U disk enclosure ≤ 527 W
2 U disk enclosure ≤ 307 W
4 U disk enclosure ≤ 527 W Power consumption of a file engine
4 U file engine ≤ 800 W
Dimensions (H x W x D)
Controller enclosure: 2 U, 86.1 mm x 446 mm x 582 mm Disk enclosure: 175 mm x 446 mm x 412 mm
Controller enclosure: 4 U, 175 mm x 446 mm x 502 mm
Disk enclosure: 2 U, 86.1 mm x 446 mm x 412 mm Disk enclosure: 4 U, 175 mm x 446 mm x 412 mm
File engine dimensions (H x W x D)
4 U, 175 mm x 446 mm x 502 mm
Weight
2 U controller enclosure ≤ 22.98 kg
2 U controller enclosure ≤ 23.9 kg
Controller enclosure ≤ 43.6 kg
Disk enclosure ≤ 14.9 kg
4 U disk enclosure: ≤ 25.2 kg
4 U SAS disk enclosure ≤ 25.2 kg
2 U SAS disk enclosure ≤ 14.9 kg 4 U SAS disk enclosure ≤ 25.2 kg 4 U Fibre Channel disk enclosure ≤ 24.9 kg
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4.1.2 Disk Storage — OceanStor S6800T HUAWEI OceanStor S6800T series products are new-generation products designed for mid-range and high-end storage applications. They use industry-leading hardware and employ advanced technologies like high-density disk design, TurboModule high-density I/O modules and hot plugging design, TurboBoost three-level performance boost technology, and multi-dimensional data protection technology. This enables the S6800T series products to meet the requirements of diverse service applications such as large-scale database OLTP/OLAP, high performance computing, digital media, Internet operation, centralized storage, backup, disaster recovery, and data migration. The S6800T series products ensure high application security and continuity for users. Figure 4-2 OceanStor S6800T
Features High performance and scalability
Leading hardware: Houses 64-bit multi-core processors and large-capacity speed caches, providing a high exchange bandwidth and improving the overall system performance by 50%.
Diversified disks: The S6800T supports SAS, NL-SAS, SATA, Fibre Channel, and SSD disks.
Superior I/O scalability and flexibility: Provides a maximum of 48 I/O ports residing on 12 I/O modules. These ports are a flexible mixture of front-end and back-end ToE and FCoE ports including 4/8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel ports, 1 Gbit/s iSCSI ports, 10 Gbit/s iSCSI ports, 10 Gbit/s FCoE ports, and 6 Gbit/s SAS ports. The TurboModule technology greatly improves density of I/O modules. Front-end and back-end I/O modules can be flexibly combined, cutting the maintenance cost.
On-demand performance improvement of the TurboBoost: Features powerful hardware support for superb performance. The SmartCache uses flash memory drivers to expand cache to achieve optimized performance based on systems. The running speed of hybrid workloads is improved by several times, and the performance of RAID groups that contains SSDs only is improved remarkably. The three-layer performance acceleration feature can improve system performance on demand and reduce the TCO.
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High reliability and availability
Hot-swappable modules: The TurboModule technology can implement hot swapping for controllers, fans, power supplies, I/O modules, BBUs, and disk modules without compromising ongoing host services. Meanwhile, it supports online I/O expansion.
Power failure protection: BBUs can automatically write cache data to coffer disks upon power failures for data protection.
Disk precopy: Proactively detects failing disks and transfers their data for backup, preventing system degradation and reducing data loss risks.
Advanced data protection: Provides a series of Hyper features to enhance the system performance. HyperImage interoperates with HostAgent (host agent software) for snapshot data consistency and instant data recovery. HyperClone (data clone) and HyperCopy (LUN copy) perform local data backup and recovery. HyperReplication (remote replication) executes remote disaster recovery and backup. Cross-platform volume replication protects and backs up data among heterogeneous storage systems.
High efficiency, flexibility, and easy to use
Unified I/O modules: The T series products use unified I/O modules, greatly cutting the TCO.
24-slot high-density design: Uses 2 U/4 U high-density disk enclosures (24 disks per each disk enclosure). Averagely, 1 U space can house twelve 2.5-inch disks. Compared with the expansion cost of low-density disk enclosures, the expansion cost of high-density disk enclosures is reduced by 60%.
Thin provisioning: HyperThin supports automatic capacity expansion for improved disk utilization and on-demand product procurement, reducing the TCO.
Easy-to-use management and maintenance tool: The Integrated Storage Manager (ISM) supports five-step initial configuration and provides alarm notification by sound, indicator, short message, and email. It supports online one-click firmware upgrade, effectively cutting the O&M costs.
Energy efficient
Disk energy saving: Supports application-aware disk spin-down, reducing the power consumption by up to 40%.
16-speed fan: Intelligently tunes the fan speed based on the operating temperature, reducing fan power consumption and noise.
Intelligent CPU frequency control: Reduces the CPU operating frequency as the service load decreases to lower the system power consumption.
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Technical Specifications Table 4-2 Technical specifications of the S6800T Model
S6800T
Hardware specifications Storage processor
Multi-core processors
Cache
192 GB/384 GB
Scalable cache
4.8 TB
Number of controllers
2
Type of front-end ports
8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel, 1 Gbit/s iSCSI, 10 Gbit/s iSCSI TOE, 10 Gbit/s FCoE
Type of back-end ports
4 Gbit/s Fibre Channel or 6 Gbit/s SAS 2.0 wide port
Number of onboard I/O ports
0
Max. number of I/O modules
12
Max. number of disk slots
1440
Supported disk types
SAS, NL SAS, SATA, SSD, Fibre Channel
Software specifications RAID level
0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50
Max. number of snapshots
2048
TurboModule
Supported
NAS service features
Supported protocols including CIFS, NFS, FTP, and HTTP
Value-added software
HyperImage (snapshot), HyperCopy (LUN copy), HyperClone (split mirroring), HyperMirror (synchronous/asynchronous remote replication), HyperThin (thin provisioning), UltraPath (multipathing software), DiskGuard (data protection software of application servers), and SmartCache (dynamic data caching)
Compatible operating systems
AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, Linux, and Windows
Virtual environment features
VMware VAAI and integration of VSphere and VCenter
Physical specifications Power supply
AC: 100 V to 127 V or 200 V to 240 V DC: -48 V to -60 V
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Model
S6800T
Power consumption
4 U controller enclosure ≤ 830 W 2 U disk enclosure (fully configured with 300 GB SAS disks) ≤ 307 W 4 U disk enclosure (fully configured with 600 GB SAS disks) ≤ 527 W
Dimensions (H x W x D)
Controller enclosure: 4 U, 175 mm x 446 mm x 502 mm Disk enclosure: 2 U, 86.1 mm x 446 mm x 412 mm Disk enclosure: 4 U, 175 mm x 446 mm x 412 mm Controller enclosure ≤ 43.6 kg
Weight
2 U SAS disk enclosure ≤ 14.9 kg 4 U SAS disk enclosure ≤ 25.2 kg 4 U Fibre Channel disk enclosure ≤ 24.9 kg
4.1.3 Solid-State Storage HUAWEI OceanStor Dorado2100 G2 (Dorado2100 G2 for short) is a SAN solid state storage product designed for the enterprise-class storage market. The Dorado2100 G2 has a total solid-state architecture. It uses advanced cache management and I/O scheduling mechanisms to meet applications that have demanding requirements for storage performance. Such applications include large databases, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), and high-performance computing. Figure 4-3 OceanStor Dorado2100 G2
Features Excellent performance
High IOPS: The Dorado2100 G2 delivers a performance of up to 600,000 IOPS, which is equivalent to the performance of a storage array consisting of 1500 15k RPM SAS disks.
Excellent responsiveness: The access latency is as low as 500 μs, which is only 5% of that with traditional disk arrays.
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Robust reliability
Dual-controller architecture: The active-active dual controllers implement redundancy and load balancing, ensuring high service reliability.
Component redundancy design: Redundant power supplies, fans, controllers, interface modules, SSDs, and BBUs eliminate single points of failure while supporting hot-swap and online I/O expansion.
Media protection: The adopted wear leveling, bad block repair, and random scrambling code technologies can dramatically prolong the service life of storage media with a global MTBF greater than one million hours.
System protection: The Dorado2100 G2 supports or presents RAID 0, 5, and 10, global hot spare disks, and data pre-copy for faulty disks.
Cost effectiveness and high efficiency
Low power consumption: The typical 580 W system power consumption saves power up to 90% compared with performance-equivalent traditional disk arrays.
Small footprint: Compared with traditional disk arrays, the Dorado2100 G2 saves 95% of cabinet footprint but has the same performance, dramatically reducing the cabinet purchasing cost.
Intelligent thin provisioning: The automatic capacity expansion function improves disk utilization and implements on-demand disk purchasing, reducing the initial purchasing cost.
Ease of use
Simplified management: The user-friendly management and maintenance mechanisms support GUI and CLI modes and provide alarm notification by sound, short message, and email.
Intelligent service life monitoring for SSDs: The Dorado2100 G2 constantly monitors the operating status of SSDs and notifies exceptions detected in real time, helping ensure application reliability.
Easy deployment: The Dorado2100 G2 uses a standard SAN form without changing existing IT architecture and protects the original investment.
Technical Specifications Table 4-3 Technical specifications of the Dorado2100 G2 Model
Dorado2100 G2
Hardware specifications Number of controllers
Dual controllers
Controller working mode
Active-Active
Type of front-end ports
8 Gbit/s Fiber Channel/10 Gbit/s iSCSI (ToE)/40 Gbit/s InfiniBand QDR
Number of onboard I/O ports
8 x 8 Gbit/s front-end Fibre Channel
Max. number of I/O modules
2
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Dorado2100 G2
Expansion I/O module
4 x 8 Gbit/s Fiber Channel/4 x 10 Gbit/s iSCSI (ToE)/2 x 40 Gbit/s InfiniBand QDR
Capacity option
SLC: 2.5 TB/5 TB per enclosure eMLC: 5 TB/10 TB per enclosure
Max. number of expansion disk enclosures
3
Performance Bandwidth
10 GB/s
IOPS
600,000
Access latency
500 s
Software specifications RAID level
0, 5, 10
Max. number of hosts
512
Max. number of LUNs
2048
Multipathing software
UltraPath
Thin provisioning
Supported
Physical specifications Power supply
AC: 100 V to 127 V or 200 V to 240 V
Typical power consumption
2 U controller enclosure: 580 W 2 U disk enclosure: 295 W
Dimensions (H x W x D)
2 U controller enclosure: 86.1 mm x 446 mm x 582 mm Disk enclosure: 86.1 mm x 446 mm x 412 mm 2 U controller enclosure (equipped with 25 HSSD disks): 32.5 kg
Weight
2 U disk enclosure (equipped with 25 HSSD disks): 24.5 kg Ambient temperature
5°C to 40°C when the altitude is lower than 1800 m (5905.51 ft.) 5°C to 30°C when the altitude is between 1800 m and 3000 m
Ambient humidity
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4.2 Big Data Storage On the basis of closely following the industry trend and fully understanding customer needs, Huawei launched OceanStor 9000, which is a big data storage system product oriented to the bid data storage market. OceanStor 9000 employs a symmetric distributed architecture, consolidates the erasure code data protection technology, offers a super large single file system, delivers industry-leading read and write performance, and provides unified interfaces externally to carry various services, meeting the need to store massive data in big data storage scenarios. OceanStor 9000 contains several types of nodes: Performance node, Capacity node and Mini-capacity node. The Performance node is used in OPS-intensive application scenarios. The Capacity node and Mini-capacity node is used in high-bandwidth application scenarios. Two types of nodes can be configured for the same OceanStor 9000. In addition, DST between the two types of nodes can be implemented. Based on service needs, customers are allowed to flexibly configure the number of nodes (at least three nodes of the same type are required). Figure 4-4 OceanStor 9000
Features High performance
Leading performance: With up to five million of operations per second (OPS), less than 40 ms of latency, and over 200 GByte/s of bandwidth, OceanStor 9000 delivers industry-leading NAS read and write performance to address the requirements of fields such as media editing and high-performance computing.
Symmetric distributed architecture: OceanStor 9000, which employs a scale-out storage architecture, scatters the massive data stress to multiple concurrent storage nodes. Data and metadata are evenly distributed on all nodes, preventing resource contentions.
Global Cache: The global cache mode enables OceanStor 9000 to consolidate all node caches, forming a virtual cache pool of up to 55 TB. Only one copy of data of the same file is stored in the cache pool and is accessible to any node. This increases the data hit ratio, reduces the number of disk reads and writes, and shortens the access latency, improving the overall system performance.
Reliable data protection: With the IT development, people have gradually realized that data is the most important asset of a company. Data loss has an unpredictable adverse impact on a company. Therefore, people attach increasing importance to data protection. OceanStor 9000 employs the erasure code technology to ensure data security and
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reliability in massive data storage scenarios. An erasure code is a RAID superset that supports more flexible redundancy policies and provides higher reliability than traditional RAID algorithms do. High scalability
Expansible node: The system performance (throughput) is expanded in proportion, and loads are balanced among storage nodes, preventing a performance bottleneck from occurring in a single node. This architecture not only retains high reliability and performance advantages of object storage system but also endows OceanStor 9000 with better scalability. Based on the scale-out architecture, OceanStor 9000 allows easy capacity expansion from 3 nodes to 288 nodes.
Expansible storage capacity: Storage capacity can be expanded to 40 PB.
Effective and reliable data management
Dynamic storage tiering (DST): Solid-state drives (SSDs) provide low latency and high throughput to eliminate I/O performance bottlenecks. OceanStor 9000 uses SSDs to store metadata, improving metadata access efficiency and processing capability. In addition, the InfoTier, which is a piece of DST software provided by OceanStor 9000, automatically identifies small-sized files and hotspot data. Based on the service value of information in different phases and intelligent I/O access frequency statistics collection, the internal value of data can be accurately determined. Based on access frequency, data is migrated between different storage media in the system, distributing data properly. Data of a high value is automatically distributed to high-level storage media, and data of a low value is automatically migrated to cheaper storage media, improving resource utilization. The migration process is transparent to services.
Fined-Grained Quota Management: OceanStor 9000 supports quota management and configuration at three levels: user, user group, and directory. Also, nested quota management is supported, facilitating resource management.
Simplified Management
Unified management: A simple graphical interface provides a unified way to manage files and block data services. A wizard configuration mode helps complete configurations easily.
Unified device monitoring: The graphical management interface provides real-time/historical performance measurement and supports multiple alarm modes such as audible alarms, visual alarms, and email alarms. A device's operating status can be monitored at any time.
Technical Specifications Table 4-4 Technical specifications of the OceanStor 9000 Model
Specifications
Hardware Specifications System architecture
Symmetric distributed architecture
Number of nodes
3 to 288
Performance node
Standard configuration: 2 x Intel E5 series, 48 GB memory, 1 x 2.5-inch 200 GB SSDs + 24 x 2.5-inch 600 GB SAS disks
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Capacity node
Standard configuration: 2 x Intel E5 series, 48 GB memory, 1 x 3.5-inch 200 GB SSD + 35 x 3.5-inch 4TB SATA
Mini-capacity node
Standard configuration: 2 x Intel E5 series, 32 GB memory, 1 x 3.5-inch 200 GB SSD + 11 x 3.5-inch 2TB SATA disks
Front network type
10GE, or 40GE InfiniBand, or GE
Internal network type
10GE, or 40GE InfiniBand, or GE
Software Specifications Data protection level
N+1, N+2, N+3, N+4
File system
Wushan distributed file system, scalable up to 40 PB, with the support for global namespace
DST (InfoTier)
Support for 2-tier DST and user-defined tiering policies
Automatic client connection load balancing (InfoEqualizer)
Support for various load policies
Space quota management (InfoAllocator)
Support for directory quotas, user quotas, and user group quotas
Data self-healing
Automated parallel quick data recovery at the maximum recovery speed of 1 TB per hour
System expansion
One-click online expansion, with one-node expansion less than 60 seconds
System management
Support for users of different management rights, and domainand rights-based user management
Global cache
Up to 55 TB of global cache
Supported operating systems
Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX
Supported protocols
NFS, CIFS, NIS, Microsoft Active Directory, LDAP, SNMP
Fault alarm notification
Email, SMS, SNMP, Syslog
Free from instant maintenance
Automatic bad disk detection and alarm notification, batch replacement of bad disks, eliminating the need for instant replacement and reducing maintenance manpower
Physical Specifications Power supply
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Dimensions (H x W x D)
Node
Performance node: 2 U, 86.1 mm x 446 mm x 582 mm (3.39 in. x 17.56 in. x 22.91 in.) Capacity node: 4 U, 175 mm x 446 mm x 582 mm (6.89 in. x 17.56 in. x 22.91 in.) Mini-capacity node: 2 U, 86.1 mm x 446 mm x 582 mm (3.39 in. x 17.56 in. x 22.91 in.)
Weight
Cabinet
Maximum size: 2000 mm x 600 mm x 1100 mm (78.74 in. x 23.62 in. x 43.31 in.)
Node
Performance node: fully loaded with 2.5-inch disks ≤ 35 kg (77.18 lb) Capacity node: fully loaded with 3.5-inch disks ≤ 70 kg (154.35 lb) Mini-capacity node: fully loaded with 3.5-inch disks ≤ 32 kg
Cabinet
Fully loaded with 2 U nodes: 576.7 kg (1271.62 lb) Fully loaded with 4 U nodes: 725.5 kg (1599.73 lb) Performance node ≤ 420 W
Typical Power
Capacity node ≤ 580 W Mini-capacity node≤ 260 W Operating temperature
5–35ºC (41–95ºF)
Operating humidity
20% R.H. to 80% R.H.
4.3 Virtual Storage As an industry-leading storage virtualization product, HUAWEI OceanStor VIS6600T (the VIS6600T) meets customers' needs for heterogeneous storage integration, unified management of storage space, and setup of a multi-level DR system. Specific functions to address these needs include storage virtualization and integration, unified resource management, data migration, and multiple data protection mechanisms. The VIS6600T is built to provide customers with an open storage system featuring solid security, robust security, flexible management, and superb performance. Figure 4-5 OceanStor VIS6600T
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Features Powerful storage virtualization
Integration of heterogeneous storage arrays The VIS6600T provides heterogeneous storage virtualization based on the network layer, combining resources on different storage arrays into a uniform storage resource pool. Users can directly access and share storage space in the resource pool without the need to know what or where the resources come from.
Seamless blending of Fibre Channel and IP networks Both Fibre Channel and iSCSI ports are provided on the VIS6600T, including the mainstream 10GE iSCSI port.
Versatile software portfolio
Mirroring On the VIS6600T, two or more heterogeneous storage devices can establish mirroring relationship to maintain service continuity against a single device failure. This mirroring technology across heterogeneous storage arrays delivers high reliability for local services.
Snapshot Virtual snapshots and full-sized snapshots occupying physical space are available to protect all data stored on heterogeneous storage devices at any point in time. In doing so, customers can avoid catastrophic damage caused by data loss.
Replication The VIS6600T supports I/O-level remote replication that utilizes built-in replication software to implement cross-region disaster recovery for heterogeneous storage devices. Customers therefore can have a disaster recovery platform that protects multiple services at different levels and enables unified deployment and management and disaster recovery solutions.
Enterprise-class modular design
Outstanding performance Engines in a cluster can be online expanded to beef up the overall service processing capability. The VIS6600T can be scaled up to eight nodes, and system performance increases linearly as the number of nodes grows.
Robust reliability The active-active clustering network enables load balancing and failover between paths. Apart from that, multi-node clustering, hot swappable I/O modules, and full hardware redundancy resign all contribute to the VIS6600T's robust system reliability. You can replace faulty components online to facilitate convenient maintenance and enjoy a reliable system to keep services running uninterrupted.
Flexible scalability The top-notch scale-out architecture allows you to advance overall system performance by online expanding controllers based on your demand.
Easy system management
Device management Devices are monitored in real time with an all-around fault detection mechanism, greatly simplifying device management.
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With only one set of software, you can manage storage devices from various vendors. The graphical-user interface (GUI)-based software enables intuitive resource planning and dispatching.
Disaster recovery (DR) management The customized DR solutions deliver various services related to DR management, including testing, drill, maintenance, and evaluation.
Technical Specifications Table 4-5 Technical specifications of the VIS6600T Model
VIS6600T
Hardware specifications Architecture
Multi-node clustering, load balancing, and active/active controller mode
Number of nodes
2 in a standard configuration and 8 in a maximum configuration
Processor per node
64-bit multi-core
Cache per node
48 GB
Service ports per node
20 x 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel ports, 20 x 1 Gbit/s GE ports, and 8 x 10 Gbit/s iSCSI ports
Software specifications Basic features
Storage virtualization Load balancing and failover among links Multi-node clustering
Value-added features
Heterogeneous volume mirroring Snapshot Data replication
Compatibility Compatible storage systems
Huawei OceanStor storage family IBM System Storage DS series, TotalStorage DS series, and V series NetApp FAS series HP StorageWorks MSA series, EVA series, and XP series EMC CLARiiON CX series, Symmetrix DMX series, and VNX series Fujitsu ETERNUS series Hitachi AMS/WMS series, Lightning series, Thunder series, and USP/NSC series Oracle/SUN StorageTek series
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Model
VIS6600T
Multipathing software
UltraPath (Windows/Linux/AIX), STMS (Solaris), PV-Links (HP-UX), and VxDPM (all operating systems)
Host compatibility
Windows, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, VMware, Hyper-V, Citrix, and XenServer
Management features Network management system (NMS) interface
GUI-based and service configuration wizards
Alarm management
Alarm notifications by NMS interface, indicator, buzzer, email, short message, and SNMP
Remote management
SSH connection, web remote login, and modem dial-up connection
Physical specifications Power consumption
AC 200 V to 240 V (50 Hz to 60 Hz): ≤ 768 W -48 V DC to +60 V DC: ≤ 768 W
Dimensions (H x W x D)
175 mm x 446 mm x 502 mm
Weight
43.6 kg
Ambient temperature
5°C to 40°C (altitude < 1800 m), 5°C to 30°C (altitude = 1800 m to 3000 m)
Ambient humidity
5% to 90% (non-condensing)
4.4 Fibre Channel Switch HUAWEI OceanStor SNS2124 is a stackable Fiber Channel switch that fits into small independent storage area networks (SANs) and edge topologies of large core switching networks. The SNS2124 is designed to cut down enterprises' SAN-related costs while improving the availability and scalability of SANs. Figure 4-6 OceanStor SNS2124
Features Highlights
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Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Fiber Expansion: Based on frame link aggregation, multiple ISL links are combined into one logical link to achieve efficient bandwidth utilization and load balancing.
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Ports auto-sensing: The SNS2124 has auto-sensing 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbit/s capabilities, and supports 4 Gbit/s SFP and 8 Gbit/s SFP. On-demand investment is available.
Dual functionality: The SNS2124 offers dual functionality as either a full-fabric SAN switch or as an NPIV-enabled access gateway that simplifies server connectivity in heterogeneous enterprise fabrics.
On-demand port expansion: The number of ports can be expanded from 8 to 16 or 24, achieving on-demand expansion from single-switch fabric architecture to full fabric architecture.
High service growth management efficiency
The SNS2124 significantly increases performance and functionality for SANs at an entry-level price. Based on the sixth-generation Fibre Channel technology, the SNS2124 combines auto-sensing 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbit/s throughput, greatly enhancing fabric operation. The evolutionary design provides these capabilities while consuming less than 2.5 W of power per port for abnormal power and cooling efficiency.
As a result, organizations can enjoy advantages of low-cost device connectivity and powerful capabilities that make SAN technology highly accessible and affordable. In addition, hot code load and activation help maximize application uptime with faster system software upgrades and maintenance to reduce the dependency on scheduled outages.
Superior network performance The SNS2124 provides high performance with all ports capable of operating at 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbit/s to enable up to throughput of 192 Gbit/s. Auto-sensing and speed-matching of data traffic provides interoperability with previous 1, 2, and 4 Gbit/s devices. To provide targeted performance, the enhanced Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking combines up to eight ISLs between a pair of switches into a single, logical high-speed trunk capable of providing up to throughput of 64 Gbit/s. A better way to improve service operations One of the primary benefits of a SAN environment is the consolidation of hardware resources. This centralized approach helps increase operational efficiency and staff productivity. With fewer physical resources to be managed, staff members can handle additional service growth or focus on other strategic initiatives. High-performance 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel capabilities speed data transfer to help keep data flowing and applications running. As a result, organizations can significantly improve storage utilization in distributed email environments. In addition, a SAN-based architecture enables LAN-Free backup and efficient data center (DC) resource management, increasing overall system performance and productivity.
Technical Specifications Table 4-6 Technical specifications of the SNS2124 Model
SNS2124
Hardware specifications Number of ports
Switch mode: total 24 ports 8-port increments through ports on demand licenses to universal (E, F, M, FL) ports
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Model
SNS2124
Port type
FL_Port, F_Port, M_Port (mirror port), E_Port Self-discovery based on switch type (U_Port) Access gateway mode: F_Port and NPIV-enabled N_Port
Port rate
1.063 Gbit/s line speed, full duplex 2.125 Gbit/s line speed, full duplex 4.25 Gbit/s line speed, full duplex 8.5 Gbit/s line speed, full duplex Auto-sensing of 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbit/s
Switching latency
700 ms with no contention, cut-through routing at 8 Gbit/s
Aggregate bandwidth
408 Gbit/s: 24 ports × 8.5 Gbit/s (data rate) x 2 (full-duplex)
Media type
Fibre Channel port: hot-swappable, industry-standard 3.3 V SFP+ transceivers for 8 Gbit/s ports, compatible with 4 Gbit/s and 2 Gbit/s SFP transceivers Distance depends on fiber-optic cable and port speed.
Max. frame size
2112-byte payload
Frame buffers
700 dynamically allocated, 484 maximum per port
Scalability
Full fabric architecture with a maximum of 239 switches
Service class
Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames)
USB
1 USB port for downloading firmware and saving, uploading, and downloading configuration
Software specifications Visualized user interface
Indicators for key components, web-based management, and fault location indication
Interoperability and certification
Compatible with FC-SW-2 compliant devices, including servers, storage systems, HBAs, and application software of mainstream vendors Certified by FCIA SANmark and SNIA SMI-S HTTP, SNMP v1/v3 (FE MIB, FC Management MIB), and Telnet
Manageability
Auditing, change management tracking, and Syslog SMI-S compliant, SMI-S and scripting toolkit Administrative domains and trial licenses for add-on capabilities Physical specifications
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Model
SNS2124
Power supply
AC: 85 V (1 A) to 264 V (0.5 A), 47 to 63 Hz
Power consumption
48 W in normal conditions, up to 57 W (24 8 Gbit/s ports)
Dimensions
1 U, 42 mm x 429 mm x 307 mm
Weight
4.2 kg, no SFP/SFP + and media
4.5 IP Switch HUAWEI CloudEngine (CE) series switches are high-performance cloud switches designed for next-generation data centers and high-end campus networks. The series includes the CE12800 flagship core switches with the world's highest performance, and CE6800/5800 high-performance box switches (for 10GE/GE access). The CE series uses Huawei's next generation VRP8 software platform and supports rich data center and campus network service features. Huawei has combined the CE series switches with Huawei transmission, routing, security, and network management products to create the Cloud Fabric solution for next-generation cloud-computing data centers. This solution helps customers build a stable network architecture supporting business growth and development for the next 10 years. Figure 4-7 CE series switches
4.5.1 Product Series CloudEngine 12800 Series The CloudEngine(CE) 12800 switches are high-performance core switches designed for data center networks and high-end campus networks. They implement advanced hardware architecture and offer the highest performance of any currently available core switches. The CE12800 provides as much as 64 Tbit/s switching capacity and high-density line-speed ports. Each switch has up to 128 100GE, 384 40GE, or 1536 10GE ports.
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The CE12800 switches use an industry-leading Clos architecture and a front-to-rear ventilation channel design to provide industrial-grade reliability. The switches also provide comprehensive virtualization capabilities and abundant data center service features. Moreover, the CE12800 switches use innovative energy-saving technologies to greatly reduce power consumption. The CE12800 is available in four models: CE12816, CE12812, CE12808, and CE12804. The CE12800 series uses interchangeable components to reduce costs on spare parts. This design ensures device scalability and protects customers' investment. Figure 4-8 CE12800 series
CE 6800 Series The CE6800 switches provide high-density 10GE access in data centers and can also be used as core or aggregation switches on campus networks. The CE6800 series' advanced hardware architecture design supports the highest density of 10GE access ports in the industry and provides 40GE uplink ports. These switches support abundant data center service features and high stacking capability. In addition, air flow direction is changeable in ventilation channels (front-to-rear or rear-to-front). The CE6800 comes in two models: the 48S4Q model providing 10GE optical access ports and the 48T4Q model providing 10GE electrical access ports. Each switch has 48 10GE ports (optical or electrical) and 4 40GE QSFP+ ports. Each QSFP+ port can be used as 4 10GE ports. These ports provide L2/L3 line-speed forwarding. Figure 4-9 CE6850-48S4Q-EI
Figure 4-10 CE6850-48T4Q-EI
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CE 5800 Series The CE5800 switches provide high-density GE access in data centers and can also be used as aggregation or access switches on campus networks. The CE5800 series switches were the first in the industry to provide 40GE uplink ports, and the advanced hardware architecture supports the industry's highest density of GE access ports. The CE5800 supports a wide range of data center service features and high stacking capability. In addition, air flow direction is changeable in ventilation channels (front-to-rear or rear-to-front). The CE5800 comes in three models: CE5850-48T4S2Q-EI, CE5810-48T4S-EI and CE5810-24T4S-EI. The CE5850-48T4S2Q-EI has 48 line-speed GE ports, 4 10GE SFP+ ports, and 2 40GE QSFP+ ports. These ports provide L2/L3 line-speed forwarding. Figure 4-11 CE5850-48T4S2Q-EI
The CE5810-48T4S-EI has 48 GE ports and 4 10GE SFP+ ports. These ports provide L2/L3 line-speed forwarding. Figure 4-12 CE5810-48T4S-EI
The CE5810-24T4S-EI has 24 GE ports and 4 10GE SFP+ ports. These ports provide L2/L3 line-speed forwarding. Figure 4-13 CE5810-24T4S-EI
4.6 Firewall Enterprise networks are evolving into next-generation networks that feature mobile broadband, big data, social networking, and cloud services. Yet, mobile applications, Web 2.0, and social networks expose enterprise networks to the risks on the open Internet. Cyber criminals can easily penetrate a traditional firewall by spoofing or using Trojan horses, malware, or Botnets. HUAWEI Secospace USG6600 series is designed to address these challenges. It analyzes intranet service traffic from six dimensions, including application, content, time, user, attack,
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and location and then automatically generates security policies as suggestions to optimize the security management and provide high-performance application-layer protection for enterprise networks. Figure 4-14 Secospace USG6600 series next-generation firewall
Features Granular application access control
Identifies the application-layer attacks and their application, content, time, user, and location information.
Provides all-round visibility into service status, network environment, security postures, and user behaviors.
Provides an analysis engine that integrates application identification and security functions, such as IPS, AV, and data leak prevention, to prevent application-based malicious code injections, network intrusions, data interceptions, and Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) attacks.
Excellent performance
Provides an Intelligent Aware Engine (IAE) capable of parallel processing with all security functions enabled after intelligent application identification.
Improves application-layer protection efficiency and ensures more than 10 GB/s performance with all security functions enabled.
Easy security management
Classifies 6000+ applications into 5 categories and 33 subcategories and supports application access control based on the subcategories.
Complies with the minimum permission control principle and automatically generates policy tuning suggestions based on network traffic and application risks.
Analyzes the policy matching ratio and discovers redundant and invalid policies to remove policies and simplify policy management.
Prevention of unknown threats
Provide samples of worldwide suspicious threats. The USG6600 series executes suspicious samples within the sandbox in the cloud to monitor the activities of the samples and identifies unknown threats.
Automatically extracts threat signatures and rapidly synchronizes the signatures to the devices to defend against zero-day attacks.
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4.6.1 Technical Specifications Table 4-7 Technical specifications of the USG6600 series Model
USG6650
USG6660
USG6680
Expansion and I/O Fixed port
2 x 10GE + 8GE + 8SFP
4 x 10GE + 8GE + 8SFP
Expansion slots
6 x WSIC
2 x WSIC
Interface module
WSIC: 2 x 10GE (SFP+) + 8 x GE (RJ45); 8 x GE (RJ45); 8 x GE (SFP); 4 x GE (RJ45) bypass
Functions Context awareness
ACTUAL (Application, Content, Time, User, Attack, Location-based awareness capabilities) Eight authentication methods (local, RADIUS, HWTACACS, SecureID, AD, CA, LDAP, and Endpoint Security)
Application security
Fine-grained identification of over 6000 application protocols, application-specific action, and online update of protocol databases Combination of application identification and virus scanning to recognize the viruses (more than 5 millions), Trojan horses, and malware hidden in applications Combination of application identification and content detection to identify file types and sensitive information to prevent information leaks
Intrusion prevention
Provides over 3000 signatures for attack identification. Provides protocol identification to defend against abnormal protocol behaviors. Supports user-defined IPS signatures.
Web security
Cloud-based URL filtering with a URL category database that contains over 85 million URLs in over 130 categories Defense against web application attacks, such as cross-site scripting and SQL injection attacks HTTP/HTTPS/FTP-based content awareness to defend against web viruses URL blacklist and whitelist, and keyword filtering
Email security
Real-time anti-spam to detect and filter out phishing emails Local whitelist and blacklist, remote real-time blacklist, content filtering, keyword filtering, and mail filtering by attachment type, size, and quantity Virus scanning and notification for POP3/SMTP/IMAP email attachments
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Model
USG6650
USG6660
USG6680
Data security
Data leak prevention based on content awareness File reassembly and data filtering for more than 20 file types (including Word, Excel, PPT, and PDF), and file blocking for more than 60 file types
Security virtualization*
Virtualization of security features, forwarding statistics, users, management operations, views, and resources (such as bandwidths and sessions)
Network security
Defense against more than 10 types of DDoS attacks, such as the SYN flood and UDP flood attacks VPN technologies: IPSec VPN, SSL VPN, L2TP VPN, MPLS VPN, and GRE
Routing
IPv4: static routing, RIP, OSPF, BGP, and IS-IS IPv6: RIPng, OSPFv3, BGP4+, IPv6 IS-IS, IPv6 RD, and ACL6
Deployment and reliability
Transparent, routing, or hybrid working mode and high availability (HA), including the Active/Active and Active/Standby mode
Intelligent management*
Evaluates the network risks based on the passed traffic and intelligently generates policies based on the evaluation to automatically optimize security policies. Supports policy matching ratio analysis and the detection of conflict and redundant policies to remove them, simplifying policy management. Provides a global configuration view and integrated policy management. The configurations can be completed in one page. Provides visualized and multi-dimensional report display by user, application, content, time, traffic, threat, and URL.
Specifications Height
3U
Dimensions (H x W x D)
130.5 mm x 442 mm x 415 mm
Weight (full configuration)
24 kg
HDD
Optional. Supports 300 GB hard disks (RAID1 and hot swappable).
Redundant power supply
Standard configuration
AC power supply
100 V to 240 V
DC power supply
-48 V to -60 V
Maximum power
350 W
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Model
USG6650
USG6660
Operating environment
Temperature: 5°C to 40°C
Non-operating environment
Temperature: -40°C to 70°C
USG6680
Humidity: 10% to 90%
Humidity: 5% to 95%
The features marked with an asterisk (*) will be available soon.
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Acronyms and Abbreviations
Table A-1 Acronyms and abbreviations Acronym
Full Spelling
BBU
backup battary unit
CIFS
Common Internet File System
ERP
Enterprise Resource Planning
FC
Fibre Channel
FS
File System
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
IP
Internet Protocol
IOPS
Input/Output Operations Per Second
ISV
Independent Software Vendors
LUN
Logical Unit Number
MAM
Media Assets Management
MIS
Management Information System
MDN
Mobile Directory Number
NFS
Network File System
OLTP
On-Line Transaction Processing
OLAP
On-Line Analytical Processing
RAID
Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks
S.M.A.R.T
Self Monitoring Analysis And Reporting Technology
SAS
Serial Attached SCSI
SATA
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
SSD
solid state disk
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SCSI
Small Computer System Interface
ISCSI
internet SCSI
TCO
Total cost of ownership
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
VOD
Video On Demand
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