Cost-effective Storage Expansion Platform:

The Vess J3000 Series offers a robust, scalable storage expansion platform designed to deliver reliability and cost-effective performance for growing IT workloads. Available in 3U-16 bay configurations, these systems are fully expandable to accommodate expanding data needs both now and in the future. Built to be simple to administer, they provide flexible capacity and dependable operation for demanding environments. Ideal for organizations seeking a forward-looking foundation for data-intensive applications.

  • Expand Vess R3000, A6000 and A7000 subsystems with Vess J3000 expansion units
  • Industry leading performance and reliability at an excellent price
  • Supports 12G/6G SAS and 6G SATA drives simultaneously
  • Field replaceable SAS JBOD I/O modules
  • 3U-16 form factor featuring hot-swappable drive bays

 

Promise Vess Series Specifications 

Vess J3600sD

Drive Support

• Up to 16 3.5” drives

• 6/12 Gb SAS, 6 Gb SATA HDD and SSD

• Supports any mix of SAS and SATA drives simultaneously in the same enclosure

External I/O Ports

Single (sS)/Dual (sD), IN/OUT 12G SAS-wide port over SFF-8644 per controller

Expander Management Features

• Self-conguring expander supports full SAS domain topology management

• End Device Frame Buering (aggregate bandwidth over multiple slow devices e.g. 6G and 3G)

• Smart cable support to detect cable type and tune PHY automatically for maximum reliability

• SMP-SAS Management Protocol

• In-band access to Expander and PHY information

• Statistic counters

• SES EM-SES Enclosure Management (ANSI T10 SES 2 Compliant)

• SCSI SES command set over virtual SSP device

RAID Storage Subsystem

Vess R3000/Vess A6000/Vess A7000

System Processor

Xeon E-2226GE

Storage Expansion

Optional PROMISE Vess R and Vess J series via iSCSI

RAID Storage Subsystem

Vess R3000/Vess A6000/Vess A7000

Power Supply

CRPS 550W ; Eciency 80PLUS Certied Redundant PSU

Dimensions

131 x 446.7 x 507 mm

Management Interfaces

• LED status indicator support for drives, FRU and enclosure environmentals

• In-band SES enclosure management alerts user to out of spec operation:

thermal condition, voltage condition or component failures, protecting data and hardware

• Full subsystem management CLI through out-of-band RS232 serial port