The Lenovo Storage D1212 has the flexibility and capacity to handle many different types of workloads. You can start with one D1212 enclosure containing up to 12x 3.5-inch drives as a simple JBOD, and later daisy-chain up to 8 enclosures per SAS Chain (using multiple ports). One chain supports up to 96 drives.
Supported drives include 10,000rpm and 7,200rpm HDDs, secure self-encrypting 7,200rpm SED HDDs, and high-performance/high-capacity SSDs for read-intensive workloads. The D1212 supports RAID-0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, and 60, using a variety of RAID HBAs. A single chain can contain a combination of HDDs and SSDs with multiple speeds and capacities. If 15,000rpm and 2.5-inch HDDs are required, D1224 expansion units may be included in the chain.
Highlights
SAS zoning support up to 6 hosts with Y cables
A simple, affordable, easy-to-deploy storage expansion solution.
Use one D1212 as a stand-alone JBOD, or daisy-chain up to 7 more per SAS Chain. This provides access for up to 96 HDDs or SSDs using only one HBA.
Up to 8 D1212 enclosures are supported per SAS Chain
Each D1212 contains 12 hot-swap 3.5-inch bays, supporting HDDs and SSDs. This means a maximum of 96 drives/960TB(Risk to change to 768TB)supported per SAS Chain
Available drives include enterprise-class 10,000rpm SAS HDDs, high-capacity nearline (NL) 7,200rpm SAS HDDs, and high-performance/high-capacity SAS SSDs.
Standard models include dual SAS I/O modules. Each module includes three 12Gb SAS ports (IN and OUT)—four total per enclosure. Using only two ports enables an enclosure to be daisy-chained to the ones before and after it. Using both SAS IO modules enables high availability.
Integrates seamlessly with all Lenovo servers.
High availability via dual I/O modules, redundant PSUs, and hot-swap drives.
An effective storage solution for workloads such as data backup, data caching, video surveillance, media streaming, email hosting, server virtualization, file management, and print serving.
Ideal for cost-sensitive customers, space-constrained environments, current and future high-capacity needs, and server/storage virtualization. It reduces the burden on over utilized internal server storage, and offers extreme capacity for archive and cold storage solutions.
Shares common parts with the D1224 DAS unit for I/O modules and PCMs.
Easy to deploy and highly available
Simply cable-connect new units and they come online immediately (OS-dependent) with instant drive identification. Virtual machines can share these expansion chassis as well.
And because storage is useless when it’s offline, the D1212 uses ruggedized components that are designed for 99.999 percent availability, along with hot-swap drives and hot-swap/redundant power supplies for maximum uptime. Redundant I/O modules with failover complete the package.
3 universal 4x 12Gb mini-SAS HD connectors per enclosure
Up to 84 3.5-inch drives per enclosure
Daisy-chain 4 enclosures for up to 336 drives
Direct-attach server storage (JBOD)
Use a combination of high-capacity NL-SAS drives and high-IOPS/low-latency SSDs in the same enclosure
Perfect for HPC, Tier-3 Cloud data centers, and medium-to-large enterprise data centers
Hot-swappable components: all drives, 2x ESMs, 5x fans, 2x 80 Plus Platinum power supplies
Compatible with all Lenovo ThinkServer and System x servers†
Mega Storage at a Great Price
The Lenovo Storage D3284 delivers high-density direct-attach storage. It supports mixing-and-matching different drive types for high performance, high capacity, or a combination of the two. Affordable high-density options, combining 7,200rpm NL-SAS hard disk drives (HDDs) with high-IOPS/low-latency SAS solid-state drives (SSDs), enable a multitiered storage infrastructure in a single enclosure or daisy-chain. It supports up to 4 enclosures in a single chain. Chains can be connected to up to three servers.
Affordable, High-Capacity, Flexible Storage
High-capacity 3.5-inch NL-SAS drives offer up to 840TB of “cold” or archive storage in only 5U (that’s 1.5x the capacity of the HP D6000*), and up to 3.36PB in 20U, using four daisy-chained enclosures.
SSDs (33.6TB/134.4TB) provide the extreme throughput necessary for the most I/O-intensive jobs, such as HPC, high-frequency trading (HFT), and caching. With up to 84 drives per enclosure and 336 per daisy-chain, there is plenty of room for multitiered drive types.
High Availability, High Density
Hot-swap redundant components, including dual ESMs, dual 80 Plus Platinum power supplies, and five fans, provide the high availability needed for a high-density storage platform.
D3284 is a key component of the Lenovo GPFS Storage Server and Lenovo Storage DX8200N Powered by NexentaStor.
The high-density enclosure uses 1/3 less rack space than the equivalent number of drives in traditional 2U enclosures and fits in 1m deep racks, so it works with existing infrastructures. * As of this publication date.
The ThinkSystem DE Series Hybrid Flash Array with adaptive-caching algorithms was engineered for workloads ranging from high-IOPS or bandwidth-intensive streaming applications to high-performance storage consolidation.
These systems are targeted at backup and recovery, high-performance computing markets, Big Data/analytics, and virtualization, yet they work equally well in general computing environments.
ThinkSystem DE Series is designed to achieve up to 99.9999% availability via fully redundant I/O paths, advanced data protection features, and extensive diagnostic capabilities.
It’s also highly secure, with robust data integrity that protects your critical business data as well as your customers’ sensitive personal information.
Proven simplicity
Scaling is easy, due to the modular design of ThinkSystem DE Series and the simple management tools provided. You can start working with your data in less than 10 minutes.
Extensive configuration flexibility, custom performance tuning, and complete control over data placement enable administrators to maximize performance and ease of use.
Multiple viewpoints provided by graphical performance tools supply the key information about storage I/O that administrators need to further refine performance.
Advanced data protection
With Dynamic Disk Pools (DDP) technology, there are no idle spares to manage, and you don’t need to reconfigure RAID when you expand your system. It distributes data parity information and spare capacity across a pool of drives to simplify the management of traditional RAID groups.
It also enhances data protection by enabling faster rebuilds after a drive failure. DDP dynamic-rebuild technology reduces the likelihood of another failure by using every drive in the pool for faster rebuilds.
The capability to dynamically rebalance data across all drives in the pool when drives are added or removed is one of the key features of DDP technology. A traditional RAID volume group is limited to a fixed number of drives. DDP, on the other hand, lets you add or remove multiple drives in a single operation.
ThinkSystem DE Series offers advanced enterprise-class data protection, both locally and over long distance, including:
The ThinkSystem DE Series Hybrid Flash Array with adaptive-caching algorithms was engineered for workloads ranging from high-IOPS or bandwidth-intensive streaming applications to high-performance storage consolidation.
These systems are targeted at backup and recovery, high-performance computing markets, Big Data/analytics, and virtualization, yet they work equally well in general computing environments.
ThinkSystem DE Series is designed to achieve up to 99.9999% availability via fully redundant I/O paths, advanced data protection features, and extensive diagnostic capabilities.
It’s also highly secure, with robust data integrity that protects your critical business data as well as your customers’ sensitive personal information.
Proven simplicity
Scaling is easy, due to the modular design of ThinkSystem DE Series and the simple management tools provided. You can start working with your data in less than 10 minutes.
Extensive configuration flexibility, custom performance tuning, and complete control over data placement enable administrators to maximize performance and ease of use.
Multiple viewpoints provided by graphical performance tools supply the key information about storage I/O that administrators need to further refine performance.
Advanced data protection
With Dynamic Disk Pools (DDP) technology, there are no idle spares to manage, and you don’t need to reconfigure RAID when you expand your system. It distributes data parity information and spare capacity across a pool of drives to simplify the management of traditional RAID groups.
It also enhances data protection by enabling faster rebuilds after a drive failure. DDP dynamic-rebuild technology reduces the likelihood of another failure by using every drive in the pool for faster rebuilds.
The capability to dynamically rebalance data across all drives in the pool when drives are added or removed is one of the key features of DDP technology. A traditional RAID volume group is limited to a fixed number of drives. DDP, on the other hand, lets you add or remove multiple drives in a single operation.
ThinkSystem DE Series offers advanced enterprise-class data protection, both locally and over long distance, including:
The ThinkSystem DE Series Hybrid Flash Array with adaptive-caching algorithms was engineered for workloads ranging from high-IOPS or bandwidth-intensive streaming applications to high-performance storage consolidation.
These systems are targeted at backup and recovery, high-performance computing markets, Big Data/analytics, and virtualization, yet they work equally well in general computing environments.
ThinkSystem DE Series is designed to achieve up to 99.9999% availability via fully redundant I/O paths, advanced data protection features, and extensive diagnostic capabilities.
It’s also highly secure, with robust data integrity that protects your critical business data as well as your customers’ sensitive personal information.
Proven simplicity
Scaling is easy, due to the modular design of ThinkSystem DE Series and the simple management tools provided. You can start working with your data in less than 10 minutes.
Extensive configuration flexibility, custom performance tuning, and complete control over data placement enable administrators to maximize performance and ease of use.
Multiple viewpoints provided by graphical performance tools supply the key information about storage I/O that administrators need to further refine performance.
Advanced data protection
With Dynamic Disk Pools (DDP) technology, there are no idle spares to manage, and you don’t need to reconfigure RAID when you expand your system. It distributes data parity information and spare capacity across a pool of drives to simplify the management of traditional RAID groups.
It also enhances data protection by enabling faster rebuilds after a drive failure. DDP dynamic-rebuild technology reduces the likelihood of another failure by using every drive in the pool for faster rebuilds.
The capability to dynamically rebalance data across all drives in the pool when drives are added or removed is one of the key features of DDP technology. A traditional RAID volume group is limited to a fixed number of drives. DDP, on the other hand, lets you add or remove multiple drives in a single operation.
ThinkSystem DE Series offers advanced enterprise-class data protection, both locally and over long distance, including:
