General Storage Technology Between Editshare and Isilon

Comparison Study Between Editshare and Isilon in term of Storage Technology

Criteria	EMC ISILON	EDITSHARE STREAM	Remarks
DISK PROTECTION	FlexProtect file-level striping with support for N+1 through N+4 and mirroring data protection schemes. Using Virtual Hotspare to have more space/capacity utilization RAIN (Redundant Array Independent Node)	Raid 5, Raid 6. Using Global Hotspare  which consume 1 or 2 disk space. RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disk)	ISILON can be configured to allow 1 disk failure or 1 node failure (N+1) up to 4 disk failure or 4 node failure. (N+4) Editshare can be configured to allow 1 or 2 disk failure. (based on Raid 5 or Raid 6 configuration)
Scale-out Nas	Every node works independently. ISILON is a cluster storage, no master or slave is required. Allow to have up to 144 additional nodes	Editshare must be configured with master configuration and allow to have maximum up to 10 expansion (act as a slave)
Performance	Every additional node to the cluster increases RAM, Throughput, and Processors. Performance increases as node increases. 40GBps Infiniband connection between nodes with redundancy features.	Every additional chassis, increase capacity, but decrease performance. Xstream Both capacity and bandwidth of a single Workflow Director can be increased with PCI-E expansion Energy Storage capacity of a single 3U or 4U Energy server can be increased using SAS expansion from Energy server RAID card Up to 2 SAS Expansion Chassis supported per Energy server
Operating System	7th Generation of Isilon OneFs distributed File System	Linux Mandriva 64-bit	Isilon OneFS operating system provides intelligence behind all Isilon scale-out storage OneFS combines 3 layers or traditional storage architecture file system, volume manager and data protection.  Editshare is NAS Server storage. Which running Linux Mandriva 64-bit, Storage management application is installed in the server
Pool Capability	Isilon allow creating multiple pool to manage primary, secondary and nearline storage. It can be easily administered in one GUI.	Multiple Energy or Xtream or other EditShare storage servers can be added and easily administered together using EditShare’s Extreme Scalable Architecture (ESA)	Isilon unmatched efficiency means less physical Storage and space is required to house the amount of data
Auto Balance	Easily add nodes without downtime, manual data migration or replication logic configuration.	Editshare require downtime for expansion and data need to be migrated or replicated manually. Additional configuration or services is required.	Isilon save production time as users are still allow to access data while adding node is in process. Does not affect cluster performance. As editshare require time for additional expansion to run Initialization process for the configured RAID. (time consuming, the bigger the capacity, the longer time is required). This however effects the performance of the server
Product Lines	S-Series For ultra-performance primary storage, purpose built for high-transactional and IOPS intensive application 21.6TB – 3.11PB X-Series Flexible and comprehensive product line, strikes the right balance between large capacity and high-performance storage. With SSD technology, is an ideal solution for high throughput and high concurrency applications. 18TB – 20PB NL-Series Cost-effective, highly scalable nearline storage. Combines high density and efficiency with massive capacity capabilities 108TB – 20PB	Energy The perfect balance between high-performance, cost-effectiveness and scalability. 31TB – 64TB Xstream highest-performing, most scalable solution. Single systems can grow to over 600 TB and support hundreds of users. Put multiple XStream systems together for unlimited scalability. 32TB – 320TB

Energy Server hardware	Xtream Server Hardware
Intel Quad Core Xeon CPU, Intel chipset	Intel Six Core Xeon CPU, Intel motherboard chipset
6GB DRR3-1333 ECC high speed RAM	6 GB DRR3-1333 ECC high speed RAM
Sixteen (3RU) or 24 (4RU) 3.5” enterprise-class 7,200 rpm, SATA 3Gb/s media drives in 500GB, 1TB, and 2TB capacities	Sixteen 3.5" enterprise-class 7200rpm SATA 3Gb/s media drives in 500GB, 1TB, and 2TB capacities Optional SAS media drives (6Gb/s, 15000rpm) in 300GB, 450GB and 600GB capacities
Mirrored 2.5” 320GB SATA 3Gb/s OS drives, rear accessible	Mirrored 2.5" 320GB SATA 3Gb/s OS drives, rear accessible
6Gb/s Hardware RAID Controller with SATA/SAS ports	6Gb/s Hardware RAID Controller with 16 SATA/SAS ports (dedicated RAID controller for each 16 drive set)
RAID 5 standard, configurable to other RAID standards such as RAID 6, 50, 60	RAID 5 standard, configurable to other RAID standards such as RAID 6, 50, 60
Automatic and manual background rebuilding of drives after failure	Automatic and manual background rebuilding of drives after failure
Rebuild and verification priority settings	E-mail notification of disk errors, alarms, and daily status report
	Rebuild and verification priority settings

EMC ISILON S200	EMC ISILON X200
Intel  Xeon Processor	Intel  Xeon Processor
24GB, 48GB, 96GB DRR3-1333 ECC high speed RAM	6GB, 12GB, 24GB, 48GB DRR3-1333 ECC high speed RAM. Base configuration : 6GB DRR3-1333 ECC high speed RAM
300GB hardisk 24 x 300GB SAS – 7.2TB 23 x 300GB SAS & 1 x 200GB SSD – 6.9TB/200GB 18 x 300GB SAS & 6 x 200GB SSD – 5.4TB/1.6TB 600GB hardisk 24 x 600GB SAS – 14T.4TB 22 x 600GB SAS & 2 x 200GB SSD – 13.2TB/400GB 18 x 600GB SAS & 6 x 200GB SSD – 10.8TB/1.2TB 900GB hardisk 24 x 900GB SAS – 21.6TB 22 x 900GB SAS & 2 x 200GB SSD – 19.8TB/400GB 21 x 900GB SAS & 3 x 400GB SSD – 18.9TB/1.2TB	500GB hardisk 6,11 or 12 x 500GB SATA 6,1   or 0 x 200GB SSD 4.2TB – 6TB 1TB hardisk 6,11 or 12 x 1TB SATA 6, 1 or 0 X 200GB SSD 7.2TB – 12TB 2TB hardisk 6,10 or 12 X 2TB SATA 6,2 or 0 X 200GB SSD 13.2TB – 24TB 3TB hardisk 6,9 or 12 x 3TB SATA 6,3 or 0 X 200GB SSD 19.2TB – 36TB
Infrasturcture Networking – 2 infiniband connections	Infrastructure networking – 2 infiniband connections with double data rate (DDR) or quad data rate (QDR)
SmartFail capabilities for drives failure.	SmartFail capabilities for drives failure

EMC ISILON X400

Intel  Xeon Processor

24GB – 192GB DRR3-1333 ECC high speed RAM.

1TB hardisk 32 – 36 x 1TB SATA 0,2 or 4 x 200GB SSD 32.4TB – 36TB 2TB hardisk 33 – 36 x 2TB SATA 0 or 3 x 200GB SSD 67.2TB – 72TB 3TB hardisk 32 – 36 x 3TB SATA 0 or 4 x 200GB SSD 97.6TB – 108TB

Infrastructure networking – 2 infiniband connections with double data rate (DDR) or quad data rate (QDR)

SmartFail capabilities for drives failure