ETERNUS AF - Features
This page provides an overview of the main features supported by the FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS AF series All-flash arrays. It highlights their benefits and briefly describes each feature.
Supported products are shown on each feature page.
ETERNUS AF Features - Safety
High-speed replication
| Advanced Copy functions | Online high-speed backup |
|---|---|
| Advanced Copy EC | Function to maintain a synchronized copy of operation volumes |
| Advanced Copy OPC | Function to create a operation volume copy at any specific time |
| Advanced Copy QuickOPC | Function to create an initial operation volume copy and then only copy subsequent updated data |
| Advanced Copy SnapOPC, SnapOPC+ | Function to create a operational copy of data items before they are updated. |
| Fast Recovery | This function recovers data quickly by relocating the data in a failed drive to other drives quickly when a drive error occurs. |
| Cooperative database data protection | Backup using DB and the Advanced Copy function |
| Smart backup operation with VSS | Backup using VSS and the Advanced Copy function |
Disaster recovery
| Remote Copy using Fibre Channel Interface | Disaster Recovery by Remote Location Backup |
|---|---|
| Remote Copy using iSCSI Interface | Disaster Recovery by Remote Location Backup |
| Remote Copy Disk Buffered REC over Low bandwidth Networks | Remote Copy Disk Buffered REC over Low bandwidth Networks |
Non-stop operation
| Component redundancy and hot swap | ETERNUS DX/ETERNUS AF have full redundant configuration and hot-maintenance capability. |
|---|---|
| Reverse Cabling | Increasing storage system availability |
| Storage Cluster | The Storage Cluster function enables operations to continue even if one storage system fails by switching to other storage systems. |
| Advanced RAID for assured data access even during a disk failure | In ETERNUS DX/ETERNUS AF, each member disk drive of a RAID group is located in a different Drive Enclosure. |
| ETERNUS Multipath Driver | Path failover |
| PRIMECLUSTER | Inter-unit mirroring for even higher storage availability |
| PRIMECLUSTER | Cluster system support |
Data Integrity
| Data Block Guard | Data block check codes for improved data integrity |
|---|---|
| DB (Data Base) Data Guard | Improved data reliability combined with Oracle DB |
| Disk drive patrol | Disk drives and data integrity checking |
| Cache Guard | Cache data protection during power failures |
| Redundant Copy | Preventive exchange while maintaining redundancy |
| Copy-back and copy-back-less operation | Data recovery and redundancy restore |
| Global Hot Spare | Efficient management of hot spare disk drives between different RAID groups |
| Dedicated Hot Spare | Hot spare disk use dedicated to a specific RAID group |
Security
| Host Affinity | Disk access settings for each host interface adopter |
|---|---|
| Data Encryption | Data Encryption in the ETERNUS DX/ETERNUS AF |
| Robust security using SSL / SSH | Encrypted transmission of information over a network |
ETERNUS AF Features - Performance
| Solid State Drives (SSD) | Low-power, highly reliable and high performance drives |
|---|---|
| RAID | Technologies that improve performance and avoid data loss caused by disk failure: RAID0, 1, 1+0, 5, 5+0, 6 |
| Quality of Service (QoS) | Maintaining service levels of high-priority tasks |
| Quality of Service Automation | Automated resource management according to business priorities |
ETERNUS AF Features - Efficiency
Drive Space Efficiency
| Deduplication/Compression | Reduce data in real-time in storage system |
|---|---|
| Compression | Reduces total writes and extends the life of SSD |
Virtualization
| Thin Provisioning | Storage capacity virtualization |
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Automatization
| Automated Tiering | Investment optimization in combination with ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser software |
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Storage Migration
| Non-disruptive Storage Migration | Storage migration without stopping a business server. |
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| Storage Migration (online/offline) | Reduce downtime for data migration |
File Sharing
| PRIMECLUSTER | File sharing between UNIX servers |
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Scalability
| Logical Device Expansion | Non-stop RAID group capacity expansion |
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| RAID Migration | Non-stop LUN migration to different RAID groups |
| LUN Concatenation | LUN consolidation between different RAID groups |
Administration
| Easy setup, management and administration through GUI /CLI | Setup, management and administration of storage |
|---|---|
| ETERNUS SF | Integrated management software for ETERNUS |
ETERNUS AF Features - Compatibility
| VVOL (VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes) | Easier deployment of VMs needs sophistcated storage arrays |
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| VAAI (vStorage APIs for Array Integration) | Performance Improvement in virtualized server environments |
