GS2N 2U S2D 2-Node Hyper-Converged Appliance

The Zstor GS2N224 and 2312 are cost-effective compact integrated Microsoft Windows Server 2-Node Appliances, for highly available and scalable switchless 2-node cluster hyper-converged solutions.

Zstor 2-Node HCI solutions are low-cost, small, hyper-converged appliances designed specifically as integrated computing, networking and storage infrastructure. They are nearly linearly scalable to simplify and maximize the deployment of Microsoft applications, virtualization, data protection and hybrid cloud services. They are designed to optimize the full scope of Storage Spaces Direct within Windows Server 2016/2019 to make software-defined storage as shared nothing storage affordable to everyone.

GS2N devices can be designed with low-latency NVMe SSDs or INTEL® Optane® SSDs as cache and with a choice of SSDs and HDDs to an all flash or hybrid storage with maximum performance and capacity. They are available in 1U or 2U rack configurations. All systems are pre-installed with Microsoft Windows Server 2016 or 2019 operating systems, pre-configured and upgraded to the latest release status on customer request, so the solutions are ready for use immediately.

The nodes are switch-less directly connected via dual-ported 25GbE RDMA Ethernet adapters. When using 2 nodes, the use of an Ethernet switch can be dispensed with, thus offering enormous cost savings within the solution. Nevertheless, the solution is scalable and can be expanded to up to 16 nodes by adding additional nodes and Ethernet switches.

The solution is certified for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI: Catalog listing.

Azure Stack HCI Solution Guide, Branch Office and Edge: GS2N2224, GS2N2312
Azure Stack HCI Solution Guide, Trusted Enterprise Virtualization: GS2N2224, GS2N2312
Azure Stack HCI Solution Guide, Tightly Integrated Kubernetes: GS2N2224, GS2N2312
Azure Stack HCI Solution Guide, High performance Microsoft SQL Server: GS2N2224
Azure Stack HCI Solution Guide, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure: GS2N2224, GS2N2312

Highlights:

• 2 - 16 Nodes with a switched network or 2 - 4 Nodes switchless
• Energy efficient single/dual CPU system in compact 1U rackmount format
• Use of latest 2nd generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable CPUs with current Intel® C624 chipset
• 8 PCI-e Gen3 x8 / x16 Expansion Slots and onboard I/O networking boards
• Up to 7.5TB DDR4 ECC 2666 Mhz RAM in 24 DIMM slots
• 2 Hot Swap OS drives bays and onboard M.2 SATA SSDs as OS drives
• 12x 3.5" or 24x 2.5" Disk Slots with Combo Backplane
• Combo backplane for use with NVMe U.2 SSDs, SAS-3/SATAIII SSDs/HDDs
• Support for INTEL® Optane® U.2 High Endurance 3D Xpoint® SSDs as cache device
• Dual and Redundant Hot Swap Power Supplies with 80PLUS Titanium Energy Efficiency
• Simple maintenance and service friendliness in design
• Easy remote management with IPMI 2.0 including KVM and media redirection
• Tailored server customization for your application

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