Windows Storage Servers

Sentral is a Microsoft approved OEM hardware vendor for its range of storage products. Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 is a Network Attached Storage - NAS and iSCSI operating system, built upon the trusted Windows Server 2008 R2 platform to provide a platform for network-attached storage (NAS) appliances. It is optimized to deliver a better file serving experience. The Windows Storage Server product family provides advanced storage solutions for small businesses to enterprise organizations.

It includes technologies such as file deduplication, and an iSCSI software target for unified file services and block I/O storage. Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 provides simplified deployment and management of individual appliances and dual-node, highly available storage clusters. Sentral provide a range of Pedestal and Rackmount hardware units from 1U to 4U with enterprise class hard drives based on SAS or Serial ATA (SATA).

System features:

Data capacity from 2TB in a 1U up to 96TB in 4U

Enterprise SATA or SAS 3Gb/s or 6Gb/s Disk Drives

Hot Swap Drives

Hot Spare Capable

Hardware RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 & 60 Solutions

Hardware redundancy

Multiple Gigabit Ethernet and optional 10GbE NIC and Fibre Channel Connections

Benefits

Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 delivers a cost effective, reliable, and scalable solution to address challenges on how file data is accessed, moved, and managed. The amount of data supported within the organization continues to grow every year, pushing conventional storage requirements to their limits. Digitization of content, regulatory requirements and archival demands are resulting in the need to retain information for longer periods of time. Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 provides the platform to meet the storage demands of today’s businesses.

Key Features of Windows Storage Server

Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 adds to the Windows Server 2008 R2 File Services such as:

iSCSI block I/O storage. The Microsoft iSCSI software target 3.3 enables block storage data access, accessed as iSCSI logical unit number (LUNs), for applications such as SQL Server, Microsoft SharePoint, Exchange Server, and operating system data like Hyper-V virtual machines or bootable images.

File data deduplication. The Single Instance Storage (SIS) feature in Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 appliances provides file deduplication by actively comparing and eliminating identical files on volumes to optimize storage capacity. Duplicate files are transparently replaced with file system links to the single copy retained in the SIS Common Store, which increases the efficiency of disk utilization. In addition, protection and recovery by SIS-aware backup solutions can also reduce the time to perform backups and disaster recovery.

Simplified Deployment and Management. Windows Storage Server 2008 is deployed in an appliance form-factor which means hardware and software requirements are pre-configured vastly simplifying the deployment tasks normally associated with a new file server. The appliance form-factor also greatly reduces the required amount of time to deploy removing many management tasks and minimizing the impact of deployment on the organizations file infrastructure.

Multiple Operating System Editions. Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 comes in three editions: Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Enterprise edition, Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Standard edition, and Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Workgroup edition.

Automated Two-Node Failover Cluster Setup. Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Enterprise edition includes wizards that enable automated two-node failover cluster setup. A highly-available iSCSI or file server can be setup in 20 minutes.

Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1 is a platform server that includes a robust set of features. Whether you want to consolidate servers, build a Microsoft private cloud, or offer Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, the features of Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1 offer you the flexibility to deliver advanced capabilities to your business for increased IT efficiency and agility.

Each Windows Server 2008 R2 edition provides key functionality to support any size business and IT challenge. Use the information below to decide which edition best meets your business needs.

Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Edition is optimized for your large-scale virtualization of workloads that require the highest levels of scalability, reliability, and availability to support large, mission-critical applications.

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition provides you with high levels of system uptime and the scalability to support the growth of mission-critical applications. It also provides a cost-effective way to realize the benefits of virtualization.

With built-in, enhanced web capabilities and included virtualization technology, Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard is designed to increase the reliability and flexibility of your server infrastructure while helping save time and reduce costs.

Windows Web Server 2008 R2 Edition was designed to be used as a single purpose internet facing web server that delivers rock solid foundation of infrastructure capabilities. It is integrated with the newly re-architected IIS 7.0, ASP.NET, and the Microsoft .NET Framework.

The proven and reliable technology of Windows Server Foundation provides you with a base to run most small-business applications. It’s an affordable platform for the core portfolio of IT capabilities, including file and print sharing, remote access and security.

To discuss your requirements and how we can build the system you need, please contact our sales team at 08456 448016.