ASSUREON ARCHIVE STORAGE DATA SHEET

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1 DATASHEET ASSUREON ARCHIVE STORAGE DATA SHEET There is some data that is too important to lose, too private to be seen and too critical to be tampered with. OVERVIEW The Nexsan AssureonTM archive storage system is ideal for any organization that needs to implement storage optimization, regulatory and corporate compliance, or the long-term archiving of unstructured data. Users do not need to learn anything new, change how they access data or learn any new processes. Assureon archive storage systems can house from 3TB to multiple PB of unstructured data. industries; federal, state and local government organizations; as well as call STORAGE OPTIMIZATION Up to 80% of data on primary storage is unstructured. Due to the nature of unstructured data, it either never changes or changes infrequently. This data can Assureon archive storage system without any disruption to ongoing operations. In addition to freeing up space on primary storage for active data, the data on Assureon is automatically protected from day one. Assureon-protected data does not need to be repeatedly backed up during weekly full or daily incremental backups, dramatically reducing the size, time and cost of the backup process. The data on Assureon is better protected and instantly available. The space on primary storage can be freed up immediately once data is protected by Assureon. Data can also be left on primary storage for periods of high access then replaced with a shortcut or deleted after a set period of time. REGULATORY AND CORPORATE COMPLIANCE Assureon is ideal for organizations that must comply with governmental regulatory requirements including HIPAA, GLBA, Sarbanes-Oxley, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP), SEC 17A-4 and PCI DSS. Assureon exceeds even the strictest regulatory requirements for data integrity, protection, privacy, security, longevity and availability with full audit trails. Additionally, Assureon makes it easy and automatic for organizations to adhere to their internal guidelines for data retention, deletion, privacy, protection and risk mitigation. TM info@freeitdata.com

2 ASSUREON FEATURES INTEGRITY Fingerprints Each time a file is saved, a unique fingerprint is generated using both an MD5 and SHA1 hash of its contents and metadata, so history and contents cannot be altered after the fact (WORM storage) Serial Numbers Each file is assigned a serial number which is used to ensure no files are missing or inappropriately added Secure Time Tampering with the system time clock is prevented by using a global, redundant, secure time source (Stratum Level I hardware time sources Two Copies Each file and its fingerprint are stored twice in the Assureon. The second copy is either stored in a separate RAID disk set in the same Assureon or on a remote Assureon Data Verification Files are continually verified against their fingerprints, repaired using their copies and safeguarded by RAID disk arrays for days or decades SCALABILITY AND HIGH AVAILABILITY Remote Replication Two active Assureon systems can continuously replicate to each other to protect against a site failure Failover/failback Native active/active replication protects against site disasters with automatic read failover and manual write failover Performance & Capacity Scale capacity up to multiple petabytes and add performance by using multiple Assureon archive storage systems together InfiniBand Optional High Speed Assureon with InfiniBand connectivity provides blazingfast retrieval of data from the Assureon archive REMOTE AND BRANCH OFFICES It can be particularly challenging to meet corporate compliance guidelines for data that resides in remote or branch offices, which often have little or no onsite IT personnel. The easiest solution to this challenge is to place Assureon at corporate headquarters with an Assureon Edge NAS in each remote office, providing NFS and CIFS shares. All data stored on the branch office Assureon Edge is securely transmitted to the Assureon archive storage system at corporate to be archived. Alternatively, the Assureon Client is installed on branch office Windows 2003 or 2008 servers where it archives selected directories and files by transmitting them to Assureon at corporate headquarters LONG-TERM ARCHIVE The Assureon archive storage system stores data for days or decades with unsurpassed integrity and protection in an easy to administer system that resides onpremise, in the cloud or both. High availability is built into each replicated Assureon system. High speed InfiniBand connectivity is available as an optional add-on for ultimate performance. Each file is fingerprinted and stored twice within Assureon on separate RAID disk sets, or, better yet, on separate Assureon archive storage systems that are geographically separated. Background data integrity auditing uses the fingerprints and duplicate copies to ensure authentic files for days or decades without the need for administrative intervention. Self-healing integrity checks and file availability audits along with digitally signed metadata files and third-party secure time stamps work together for the utmost protection of files within Assureon. Together, this applies a verifiable chain of custody to each data set throughout the retention period. CLOUD STORAGE Assureon archive storage systems are designed with multi-tenancy in mind. Online archive storage providers utilize security features such as certificate-based authentication and separate AES-256 encryption for each cloud services customer. Additionally, each file is individually encrypted with its own AES-256 key to provide the strongest separation and security of data for each client. Standard reports keep track of storage usage for each cloud services customer and enables easy import into their billing systems. DATASHEET 2 (Rev. 01/21/14)

3 ASSUREON FEATURES PRIVACY Separation of Data Assureon provides complete separation of data between departments or projects using logical and physical separation as well as separation through the use of multiple AES-256 encryption keys Encryption Files can be AES-256 encrypted. Keys for a replicated Assureon are stored safely at 4 sites by the integrated key management system. A nominal annual key management subscription is required Authentication Users are authenticated with Active Directory or digital certificates Audit Trails Audit trails report on file access and denied access attempts REGULATORY AND CORPORATE COMPLIANCE Government Regulations Meet regulatory mandates (e.g., Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP), SOX, SEC-17, HIPAA, GLBA and PCI DSS) Data Retention Easily create retention rules and associate them with unstructured data directories or file types Legal Hold A legal hold can be easily placed on any set of files, overriding their original retention periods until the hold is removed One System Data sets can be retained for a period of time that can be extended but not shortened. Other data sets can be assigned a flexible retention period that can be lengthened or shortened to accommodate both needs in the organization Data Deletion Industry-leading single-pointdeletion deletes all copies by destroying the encryption key for the file and deleting all copies of the file. Optional DoD wipe of the drive is also available on a per-object granularity CONFIGURATIONS Assureon is offered in three different hardware platforms. Appliance The NXR and AXR Series of Assureon archive storage system is available in a 2U package that combines both the Processing Node and Storage in a single frame. Assureon NXR includes a NAS head and provides 3TB to 6TB of usable archive space. The Assureon AXR provides 4TB to 8TB usable capacity. Low Capacity Small SX/SXR Series Assureon ranges in size from 7TB to 56TB in a 4U package, including the Processing Node and Storage Node. Enterprise Large SX/SXR Series Assureon system ranges in size from 14TB to 200TB in 6U. Assureon can scale to multiple petabytes by adding additional Processing Nodes and Storage Nodes. Dual Write Assureon is offered in Dual Write configurations only. Single Site Assureon (SX) In this configuration, Assureon will maintain two copies of every file within the local Assureon system. Each copy resides on a separate RAID disk set. Replicated Assureon (SXR) In this configuration, Assureon will maintain two copies of every file or object. One copy in each of the two replicated Assureon systems are typically geographically separated for the greatest protection but may be optionally used across campus or at the same location. Hosted Assureon (HXR) In this configuration, a local Assureon will maintain a single copy of the data while a second copy of the data is replicated to a remote, multi-tenancy Assureon. Typically, the second Assureon resides at an Assureon-as-a- Service cloud provider or in a corporate cloud. DATASHEET 3 (Rev. 01/21/14)

4 ASSUREON FEATURES EASY TO MANAGE Automatic Archive Assureon Windows Client moves files from Windows Servers to the Assureon and can leave the original file in place or optionally leave a shortcut behind NAS (NFS/CIFS) Assureon Edge presents a CIFS/NFS NAS interface to users and applications and stores all files on Assureon. Both replicated and Clustered NAS configurations are available Fast, Easy Deployment The Assureon Client can be installed on Windows Server 2003 or 2008 with no reboot required. Once the archiving policies are established, files and folders are archived, completely transparent to applications and users Global Management Single pane-of-glass management of all local and remote Assureon Utmost Data Protection Protecting data with Assureon has many advantages over traditional backups including WORM, single file deletion, greater reliability and availability, and near instantaneous restores to dramatically reduced RTO Authentication Assureon uses Microsoft Active Directory for authentication in the enterprise and can preserve folderlevel NTFS permissions; it can also use certificates for authentication in Linux or Unix environments, standalone Windows servers or when it is used for a multi-tenancy cloudbased online archive Reports Standard reports keep track of storage usage for bill back of cloud services customers or within an individual customer bill back for projects or departments Four levels of monitoring Automated monitoring via system state thresholds, node events, Assureon Client and self-healing file integrity and availability audits Lights-out Management Self-managing Assureon issues alerts when something needs attention DATASHEET 4 ASSUREON FEATURES CONT. EASY TO USE Non-disruptive Users and applications do not need to change to work with Assureon. An application running on a Windows 2003 or 2008 server can have its data securely archived, freeing up primary storage while the application is in production Prior Versions Prior versions of files are easily retrieved by administrators Assureon Explorer A web-based GUI makes it easy to search the entire archive with role-based restrictions for instant access. Metadata search is included with all Assureon systems. Optional file content indexing and searching is available as an Assureon Content Index Search node for typical files such as office, textual PDF files, text files, html files, xml files, etc. EFFICIENT Free Primary Storage Files moved to Assureon free up primary storage Reduce Backups Archived folders can be removed from the backup stream, significantly reducing the size of full backups. The result is a very fast return on investment based on savings of labor, hardware, media and time Fast Restores Hyper speed restores replace small shortcuts rather than the actual file contents to meet even the toughest Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) Power Savings AutoMAID energy saving technology reduces power consumption by up to 60% while maintaining fast response Less Space Needed Single-instance storage technology eliminates duplicate files, saving 20-60% on typical mid-sized organization s Assureon capacity requirements CLOUD-READY Multi-tenancy Multi-tenancy features enable service providers to offer highly secure Archive-as-a-Service with logical, physical and encryption data separation Online Archive An on-premise Assureon can replicate to a cloud-based Assureon powered archive service. Assureon supports one-to-one and manyto-one replication ABOUT IMATION Imation is a global data storage and information security company. Our products and solutions help organizations and individuals store, manage and protect their digital content. Imation s storage and security portfolio includes Nexsan high-density, archive and solid-state optimized unified hybrid storage solutions; IronKey mobile security solutions that address the needs of professionals for secure data transport and mobile workspaces; and consumer storage solutions, audio products and accessories sold under the Imation, Memorex and TDK Life on Record brands. Imation reaches customers in more than 100 countries through a powerful global distribution network. For more information, visit (Rev. 01/21/14)

5 DATASHEET E-SERIES V EFFICIENT, VERSATILE MODULAR STORAGE DATA SHEET PRESENT PERFECT. FUTURE READY. THE NEXSAN E-SERIES V STORAGE PLATFORM. storage system that enables organizations to lower their content storage costs, maximize storage uptime, and boost data storage ROI. The E-Series V storage arrays and expansion units offer mid-size organizations affordable enterprise-level Fibre Channel, SAS and/or iscsi SAN storage used for a variety of capacity-optimized and performance-driven applications. For larger organizations, E-Series V is a versatile SAN or DAS solution to stay ahead of the enormous data growth, demanding workloads, and high resiliency requirements in service provider sectors. Reliable High Density TURBOCHARGED PERFORMANCE Storage Arrays E-Series V features an advanced active/active controller design, including use of a dedicated hardware engine, or turbocharger, which accelerates RAID Turbocharged for High parity generation and doubles the sequential write performance over the prior Performance. version of E-Series. The turbocharged E-Series V is ideal for back-up/recovery applications and continuous data streaming bulk storage applications. HIGH-DENSITY, POWER EFFICIENT Organizations deploying E-Series V systems are able to mix and match capacityoptimized HDDs, performance-optimized HDDs and SSDs to accommodate applications based on performance or capacity needs. E-Series V systems consume less than one-third of the power in one-third of the rack space of typical arrays, with up to 360 terabytes of capacity in just one 4U, and up to a total of engage Nexsan AutoMAID disk management capabilities to reduce power consumption by up to 87 percent, reducing operating expenses and extending the overall life of the system. ULTRA-RELIABLE E-Series V systems exceed the most stringent reliability demands, leveraging an innovative mechanical design including Cool Drive Technology and antiimproving system reliability and performance. The reliability of E-Series V is and asynchronous replication extend E-Series V data protection capabilities. For more information, download the Snap & Replication data sheet. TM info@freeitdata.com

6 HIGHLIGHTS Reliability featuring Anti-vibration design and Cool Drive Technology Availability using Active Drawer Technology and redundant hot swappable active components Density up to 60 drives in 4U High Performance utilizes Imation s latest multi RAID engine controller technology Energy Efficient delivering up to 87% reduction in power while lowering your cooling needs through the use of AutoMAID Flexible Connectivity connecting via SAS, Fibre Channel or iscsi HIGHLY RESILIENT, CONTINUOUSLY AVAILABLE The E-Series system features high-availability architecture, with multipathing support and dual redundant, hot-swappable active components. SNMP alerts or notifications are sent to the administrator in the event of a component failure and upon a drive failure a spare drive is automatically rebuilt into the RAID set. With up to 16GB of battery-backed and flash-protected cache per controller, the E-Series solution mirrors cache between controllers in a dual controller configuration. Active Drawer Technology overcomes the challenges of competitive arrays by allowing a single drawer of drives to be pulled out and serviced easily while keeping your data available. E-SERIES V MODEL AVAILABILITY E-Series V is offered in four core configurations with available expansion units: E60VT (360 TB in 4U) E48VT (288 TB in 4U) E32V (38.4TB in 2U, 2.5" drives only) E18V (108 TB in 2U) Easy to Manage remotely managing one or many systems within a single, intuitive GUI. DATASHEET 2 Imation Corp. Nexsan, the Nexsan logo, E-Series, FASTier, E-Centre and NestOS are trademarks of Imation Corp. All other trademarks are (Rev. 06/06/14)

7 E18V E32V E48VT E60VT System Form Factor 2U 18 drives 2U 32* drives 4U 48 drive 4U 60 drives Max Number of Drives Raw Storage (Max) 324TB 115.2TB 864TB 1.08PB Controllers (Max) 2 Cache/Controller (Max) 4GB 4GB 16GB 16GB Drive Types** 7.2K SAS, 10K SAS, 15K SAS, SSD RAID Levels 0, 1, 1+0, 4, 5, 6 Network Protocols 1GbE/10GbE iscsi 8Gb FC 6Gb SAS 16Gb FC Dimensions Height 3.47 in 8.81 cm 3.47 in 8.81 cm 6.93 in 17.6 cm 6.93 in 17.6 cm Dimensions Depth 31.5 in cm 31.5 in cm in 85.0 cm in 96.5 cm Dimensions Depth w/front Bezel in 83.4 cm in 83.4 cm in 90.5 cm in 102 cm Dimensions Depth w/ Front Bezel and rear handles in 84.5 cm in 84.5 cm in 91.6 cm in cm Maximum Weight w/drives & rails lbs 49.1 kg 90.2 lbs 40.9 kg lbs 91.2 kg lbs kg Operating Temperature Range 5 C to 30 C 41 F to 86 F 5 C to 35 C 41 F to 95 F Operating Humidity Range 20% to 80% non-condensing Operating Altitude Non-Operational Altitude 0 to 2,133 m 0 to 7,000 ft 0 to 12,192 m 0 to 40,000 ft * 2.5" only (all others support 2.5" or 3.5") ** For the latest supported drives go to DATASHEET 3 Imation Corp. Nexsan, the Nexsan logo, E-Series, FASTier, E-Centre and NestOS are trademarks of Imation Corp. All other trademarks are (Rev. 06/06/14)

8 FEATURES AND BENEFITS ACTIVE DRAWER TECHNOLOGY No system downtime - Allows for easy, hot-swappable drive management Drives remain active when drawer is open Increased reliability and reduced external wire management COOL DRIVE TECHNOLOGY Optimizes air flow and component cooling Increases product reliability by reducing component temperatures System redundancy ensures adequate cooling even if a fan fails Variable speed fans with temperature sensors ANTI-VIBRATION DESIGN Reduces vibration to improve system performance and reliability Drives mounted counter-rotating Thick plates in chassis eliminate vibrations Anti-vibration fan mounts AUTOMAID Up to 87% energy savings and lowers your cooling needs Ideal for backup to disk or bulk storage scenarios Configurable on a per-disk set basis Easy to set up and maintain via GUI Can improve drive reliability by reducing power-on-hours ADVANCED CONTROLLER* Dedicated hardware engine accelerates RAID parity generation Up to 2x the sequential write performance over the prior generation E-Series systems. wdata protection maintained even through power outage via onboard flash-based emergency backup storage Power-controlled riser card enables data offload from DIMM to controller flash * Available only in the E48VT and E60VT ABOUT IMATION Imation is a global data storage and information security company. Imation s Nexsan portfolio features solid-state optimized unified hybrid storage systems, secure automated archive solutions and high-density enterprise storage arrays. Nexsan solutions deliver high performance for mission-critical IT applications such as virtualization, cloud, databases, and collaboration; and energy efficient, high-density storage for backup and archiving. For more information, visit DATASHEET 4 Imation Corp. Nexsan, the Nexsan logo, E-Series, FASTier, E-Centre and NestOS are trademarks of Imation Corp. All other trademarks are (Rev. 06/06/14)

9 DATASHEET NST2000 HYBRID STORAGE APPLIANCE DATA SHEET Hybrid Storage for NAS, FC, & iscsi SMART HYBRID FASTier high performance where it s needed. NestOS software intelligently optimizes the hybrid storage architecture and resources. AGILE SCALABILTY Linear, non-disruptive scaling up to 168 Terabytes. EFFICIENT UNIFIED OVERVIEW The Nexsan NST2000 Organizations have different needs for performance, capacity and connectivity when managing and protecting the data that drives your business. The NST 2000 blends solid-state technology, a scalable back-end storage infrastructure, multiple NAS/iSCSI/FC front-end connections, and enterprise-class data management services in a single system. It gives you the convenience and control to meet the needs of one or more workloads in one dedicated easy-to-use appliance. For organizations struggling to meet both high performance and high capacity NAS, FC or iscsi application requirements, the NST2000makes that easy with a hybrid of solid-state accelerated hard drives. For applications with the most stringent workload requirements like server virtualization, desktop virtualization (VDI), databases and cloud computing, the NST2000delivers unparalleled performance to ensure application demands never outpace available I/O again. Your applications will have never performed faster on a system operating at the economics of spinning disk storage. INTRODUCING FASTier TM Caching The proprietary FASTier caching acceleration technology uses solid-state iscsi, CIFS, SMB, and FTP in a single software stack and within a single-pane-of-glass management. ENTERPRISE CLASS Enterprise class Integrated System Data Management, Business Continuity, and Data Protection features and services that are rightsized for the mid-market. architecture. FASTier can scale from 600GB to 2TB. Intelligent, automatic caching algorithms remove the need for manual intervention or application- I/O requirements and SSD-only arrays have a very high cost with limited capacity, Imation s NST2000Hybrid Storage Appliance realigns the trade-off between performance, capacity and cost so IT administrators can do more than ever before. FULLY FEATURED The NST2000is fully featured with snapshots, replication, thin provisioning, replication, compression, and much more. A revolutionary GUI and scriptable CLI streamline setup and management for the time-constrained IT administrator. As with all Imation storage, the Nexsan NST2000no single point-of-failure architecture ensures the ultimate in reliability. The net of all this performance and functionality is a true enterprise-class solution without the enterprise-class price. TM info@freeitdata.com

10 HYBRID SCALING With NST, you can scale both FASTier intelligent caching and Hard Disk Drive storage. PERFORMANCE AGILITY NST s FASTier Intelligent caching allows you to tune performance where you need it, apply FASTier to specific applications that require high performance. APPLICATION FLEXIBILITY Unified storage system that supports multiple application needs through iscsi, FC, NFS, SMB, and FTP in a single system, with a single pane of glass management. HIGH-CAPACITY SCALING Linear, non-disruptive scaling up to 168TB and storage features such as compression. NST2000 HYBRID STORAGE APPLIANCE NST2000 storage systems utilize SSD, NL-SAS or SAS drives; two redundant, high performance, multi-core Xeon-based storage controllers; high speed I/O subsystems and a fully redundant architecture. All active components are hot-swappable, including power supplies, disks and controllers. FASTier read and write cache complements 96GB DRAM to significantly accelerate IOPS and throughput. The NST2000 features 16 Xeon CPU cores, up to 168TB of capacity and up to 2TB of SSD in FASTier cache. The NST2000 provides CIFS and NFS shared folders as well as fibre channel or iscsi volumes. Snapshots do not require the pre-reservation of storage capacity, and they may be scheduled and managed easily from the management GUI or initiated from Windows VSS requestors. Individual shares, LUNs, or entire storage pools may be replicated asynchronously to a second NST2000 storage system, with snapshots intact for use on the target side for backups, testing or data mining. Active Directory integration make it easy to manage user identities and access rights on the NST2000 shares, while CHAP, isns and LUN masking protect iscsi traffic. Quotas limit storage consumption by share, and oversubscription is permitted for thin provisioning storage, along with alarms which notify when additional storage is needed. Capacity can be expanded by adding additional storage to a running system, so future needs can be met without incurring downtime. Moreover, link aggregation combines Ethernet ports for faster throughput. DATASHEET 2 Imation Corp. Nexsan, the Nexsan logo, E-Series, FASTier, E-Centre and NestOS are trademarks of Imation Corp. All other trademarks are (Rev. 02/19/15)

11 HIGHLIGHTS FC/iSCSI block and NFS/CIFS shared folders FASTier caching acceleration technology Snapshots Asynchronous replication Quotas and thin provisioning Online capacity expansion Enterprise-class reliability and fault tolerance Hot-swappable active components Utilize SSD, NL-SAS and SAS drives Active Directory, isns and CHAP integration ENTERPRISE-CLASS FEATURE SET NAS (CIFS and NFS) Services FC & iscsi Block Services FASTier TM Caching Online Capacity Expansion Snapshots Asynchronous Replication Shared Folders can be accessed through CIFS, NFS or both. FTP services are also provided. FC or iscsi volumes can be provided to physical or virtual servers for direct-attached or SAN connections. Flash SSD technology is used to accelerate read and write IOPS and throughput. FASTier caching works transparently so there is no administration burden to turbo-charge I/O performance. FASTier caching is especially useful for random I/O workloads such as databases or for VMware, Xen or Hyper-V environments. Add additional hard drives to any storage pool to increase its capacity on the fly without impacting active clients. I/O will automatically be balanced across all drives. There is no performance penalty for taking snapshots. Up to 2048 snapshots are supported. Storage does not need to be reserved to hold snapshot data. The management GUI makes it easy to setup and manage snapshot creation and deletion schedules. Snapshots are mountable for testing or other purposes. Granularity is per pool, per share, or LUN. Asynchronous replication is WAN efficient because it only transmits delta blocks to the destination side. All snapshots taken on the source side are available on the destination side for backups, data mining or testing purposes. Granularity of replication is a storage pool, a share, or a LUN. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Dual redundant storage controllers 168TB maximum storage capacity RAID 5, 6 and 10 2 / 4 / 6TB 7.2K RPM SAS drives 600 / 900 / 1,200GB 10K RPM SAS drives Quotas / Thin Provisioning Data Compression Link Aggregation Data Protection Suite More storage can be allocated than actually exists in the system referred to as oversubscription. Alarms warn of limits reached, so storage can be added. Granular inline data compression meaning any file or block that is stored in the NST storage pool can be compressed, yet from the application s point of view, the file appears to be stored uncompressed. IEEE 802.3ad link aggregation allows multiple Ethernet ports to be combined for faster throughput. Provides NST with snapshot and replication capabilities. ENTERPRISE-CLASS PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY Drive Types Dual Storage Controllers RAID The NST2000 utilizes SSD, SAS 10K RPM or 7.2K RPM drives to meet varying storage needs. Dual controllers provide a no single point-of-failure solution. Should one controller fail, the second will perform all of the I/O operations as well as utilize its I/O ports for connection to external storage. RAID 5/6/10 are provided to protect against a single drive failure or up to two drives failing at the same time. DATASHEET 3 Imation Corp. Nexsan, the Nexsan logo, E-Series, FASTier, E-Centre and NestOS are trademarks of Imation Corp. All other trademarks are (Rev. 02/19/15)

12 ENTERPRISE-CLASS PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY Cont. High Availability All active components are redundant and hot-swappable including power supplies, disks and controllers. Controller I/O Ports Each storage controller provides up to (8) 1Gb Ethernet ports, (4) 10Gb Ethernet ports, and (2) 8Gb/s fibre channel ports EASY TO MANAGE Quick Start wizard Easy to Manage Web-based Management Automatic RAID Set Maintenance Alerts NTP client NDMP V4 Role-based Administration Get the storage system up and running in 15 minutes or less. A revolutionary GUI design makes it easy to set-up, manage and monitor the storage system. Wizards guide the IT generalist through setup, share and LUN creation and management, snapshots, volume management, replication, clustering, user management and security and setting up alerts. A Web server residing in the storage system presents the management GUI in a Web browser. An extensive CLI permits scripted administration as an alternative to using the GUI. Administer storage systems remotely. There is no need to install management software on a client computer and keep it updated. Use Windows Computer Manager to manage Share/Folder/File permissions for users and groups as well as LUNs. In the event of a drive failure, spare drives are automatically added to a RAID set and a RAID set rebuild is run all without any manual intervention being required. Alerts are sent via SNMP or and are stored in system log files. They are transmitted to the Web browser-based management console. Network Time Protocol client relieves the administrator from having to set, adjust and synchronize clocks across systems. Backup with popular backup and restore solutions through the industry-standard NDMP V4 interface or backup LUNs using any popular backup and restore applications. NDMP V4 preserves all access rights for CIFS and NFS shares, and uses background snapshots for fast backups. Storage system administrator can grant limited rights administrators per storage pools. These administrators can create, manage and delete shares and LUNs, perform snapshots and replication, and manage share-level access permissions. ABOUT IMATION Imation is a global data storage and information security company. Imation s Nexsan portfolio features solid-state optimized unified hybrid storage systems, secure automated archive solutions and high-density enterprise storage arrays. Nexsan solutions deliver high performance for mission-critical IT applications such as virtualization, cloud, databases, and collaboration; and energy efficient, high-density storage for backup and archiving. For more information, visit DATASHEET 4 Imation Corp. Nexsan, the Nexsan logo, E-Series, FASTier, E-Centre and NestOS are trademarks of Imation Corp. All other trademarks are (Rev. 02/19/15)

13 DATASHEET NST 4000 HYBRID STORAGE APPLIANCE DATA SHEET Hybrid Storage for NAS, FC, & iscsi SMART HYBRID FASTier high performance where it s needed. NestOS software intelligently optimizes the hybrid storage architecture and resources. AGILE SCALABILTY Linear, non-disruptive scaling up to 2.1 Petabytes. EFFICIENT UNIFIED iscsi, CIFS, SMB, and FTP in a single software stack and within a single-pane-of-glass management. ENTERPRISE CLASS Enterprise class Integrated System Data Management, Business Continuity, and Data Protection features and services that are rightsized for the mid-market. OVERVIEW The Nexsan NST4000 Organizations have different needs for performance, capacity and connectivity when managing and protecting the data that drives your business. The NST 4000 blends solid-state technology, a highly scalable back-end storage infrastructure, multiple NAS/iSCSI/FC front-end connections, and enterprise-class data management services in a single system. It gives you the convenience and control to meet the needs of one or more workloads in one dedicated easy-to-use appliance. For organizations struggling to meet both high performance and high capacity NAS, FC or iscsi application requirements, the NST4000makes that easy with a hybrid of solid-state accelerated hard drives. For applications with the most stringent workload requirements like server virtualization, desktop virtualization (VDI), databases and cloud computing, the NST 4000delivers unparalleled performance to ensure application demands never outpace available I/O again. Your applications will have never performed faster on a system operating at the economics of spinning disk storage. INTRODUCING FASTierTM Caching The proprietary Nexsan FASTier caching acceleration technology uses multiple operations in a fault tolerant architecture. FASTier can scale from 100GB to 6.4TB - large enough to hold entire working sets for unprecedented application acceleration. Automatic caching algorithms remove the need for manual hard pressed to meet high I/O requirements and SSD-only arrays have a very high cost with limited capacity, Imation s NST 4000Hybrid Storage Appliance realigns the trade-off between performance, capacity and cost so IT administrators can do more than ever before. FULLY FEATURED The NST 4000is fully featured with snapshots, replication, thin provisioning, replication, compression, and much more. A revolutionary GUI and scriptable CLI streamline setup and management for the time-constrained IT administrator. As with all Imation storage, the Nexsan NST4000with E-Series disk arrays offers industry-leading density and power management for the smallest footprint with up to 60 disks in 4U, while consuming 85% less power when idle via AutoMAID power saving technology. A no single point-of-failure architecture ensures the ultimate in reliability. The net of all this performance and functionality is a true enterprise-class solution without the enterprise-class price. TM info@freeitdata.com

14 HYBRID SCALING With NST, you can scale both Solid State and Hard Disk Drives independently. Additionally scale FASTier intelligent caching up to 6.4TB with high performance memory and flash technology. PERFORMANCE AGILITY NST s FASTier Intelligent caching allows you to tune performance where you need it, apply FASTier to specific applications that require high performance. APPLICATION FLEXIBILITY Unified storage system that supports multiple application needs through iscsi, FC, NFS, SMB, and FTP in a single system, with a single pane of glass management. HIGH-CAPACITY SCALING Linear, non-disruptive scaling up to 2.1PB, leveraging the processing power of E-Series to manage I/O and storage features such as compression. NST4000 HYBRID STORAGE APPLIANCE NST4000 storage systems utilize SSD, NL-SAS or SAS drives; two redundant, high performance, multi-core Xeon-based storage controllers; high speed I/O subsystems and a fully redundant architecture. All active components are hot-swappable, including power supplies, disks and controllers. FASTier read and write cache complements 96GB DRAM to significantly accelerate IOPS and throughput. The NST4000 features 16 Xeon CPU cores, up to 4 dedicated RAID engines, up to 2.1PB of capacity and up to 6.4TB of SSD in FASTier cache. The NST4000 houses up to 22 FASTier SSDs while leveraging Nexsan E-Series disk arrays on the backend, which deliver up to 2.1 petabytes in just 24U. The NST4000 provides CIFS and NFS shared folders as well as fibre channel or iscsi volumes. Snapshots do not require the pre-reservation of storage capacity, and they may be scheduled and managed easily from the management GUI or initiated from Windows VSS requestors. Individual shares, LUNs, or entire storage pools may be replicated asynchronously to a second NST4000 storage system, with snapshots intact for use on the target side for backups, testing or data mining. Synchronous replication utilizes two separate E-Series storage systems connected to the NST4000 head and written to simultaneously for business continuity. Active Directory integration make it easy to manage user identities and access rights on the NST4000 shares, while CHAP, isns and LUN masking protect iscsi traffic. Quotas limit storage consumption by share, and oversubscription is permitted for thin provisioning storage, along with alarms which notify when additional storage is needed. Capacity can be expanded by adding additional storage to a running system, so future needs can be met without incurring downtime. Moreover, link aggregation combines Ethernet ports for faster throughput. DATASHEET 2 (Rev. 08/22/14)

15 HIGHLIGHTS FC/iSCSI block and NFS/CIFS shared folders FASTier caching acceleration technology Snapshots Asynchronous replication Synchronous replication Quotas and thin provisioning Online capacity expansion Enterprise-class reliability and fault tolerance Hot-swappable active components Utilize SSD, NL-SAS and SAS drives Active Directory, isns and CHAP integration Industry-leading efficiencies with 60 disks in 4U storage arrays and up to 85% energy savings TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Dual redundant storage controllers 2.1PB maximum storage capacity RAID 5, 6 and 10 2 / 4/ 6 TB 7200 RPM NL-SAS drives 600 / 900 / 1,200 GB 10K RPM 2.5 SAS drives ENTERPRISE-CLASS FEATURE SET NAS (CIFS and NFS) Services FC & iscsi Block Services FASTier TM Caching Online Capacity Expansion Snapshots Asynchronous Replication Synchronous Replication Quotas / Thin Provisioning Data Compression Link Aggregation Data Protection Suite Shared Folders can be accessed through CIFS, NFS or both. FTP services are also provided. FC or iscsi volumes can be provided to physical or virtual servers for direct-attached or SAN connections. DRAM and Flash SSD technology is used to accelerate read and write IOPS and throughput. FASTier caching works transparently so there is no administration burden to turbo-charge I/O performance. FASTier caching is especially useful for random I/O workloads such as databases or for VMware, Xen or Hyper-V environments. Add additional hard drives to any storage pool to increase its capacity on the fly without impacting active clients. I/O will automatically be balanced across all drives. There is no performance penalty for taking snapshots. Up to 2048 snapshots are supported. Storage does not need to be reserved to hold snapshot data. The management GUI makes it easy to setup and manage snapshot creation and deletion schedules. Snapshots are mountable for testing or other purposes. Granularity is per pool, per share, or LUN. Asynchronous replication is WAN efficient because it only transmits delta blocks to the destination side. All snapshots taken on the source side are available on the destination side for backups, data mining or testing purposes. Granularity of replication is a storage pool, a share, or a LUN. Synchronous replication places two E-Series storage systems under the NST4000 head. Writes are acknowledged after they are simultaneously placed onto both E-Series, so they are always identical. Together with failover/failback support, synchronous replication provides the utmost in business continuity. More storage can be allocated than actually exists in the system referred to as oversubscription. Alarms warn of limits reached, so storage can be added. Granular inline data compression meaning any file or block that is stored in the NST storage pool can be compressed, yet from the application s point of view, the file appears to be stored uncompressed. IEEE 802.3ad link aggregation allows multiple Ethernet ports to be combined for faster throughput. Provides NST4000 with snapshot and replication capabilities. ENTERPRISE-CLASS PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY Drive Types Drive Stress Tests The NST4000 utilizes SSD, SAS 10 RPM or NL-SAS 7200 RPM drives to meet varying storage needs. Stringent drive stress tests ensure that only the best quality drives go into Nexsan storage systems. System Drive Tests Anti-Vibration Design Cool Drive Technology Dual Storage Controllers RAID Drives are tested in the storage system prior to being shipped to a customer, to ensure top quality and ongoing reliability, then removed and packaged for shipment. State-of-the-art anti-vibration dampening maximizes reliability and performance in the high density E-Series disk arrays that are utilized by the NST4000. Push/pull fans modules and specially designed air channels optimize drive cooling and reliability of the high density E-Series disk arrays that are utilized by the NST4000. Dual controllers provide a no single point-of-failure solution. Should one controller fail, the second will perform all of the I/O operations as well as utilize its I/O ports for connection to external storage. RAID 5/6/10 are provided to protect against a single drive failure or two drives failing at the same time. DATASHEET 3 (Rev. 08/22/14)

16 ENTERPRISE-CLASS PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY Cont. High Availability All active components are redundant and hot-swappable including power supplies, disks and controllers. Controller I/O Ports Each storage controller provides up to (8) 1Gb Ethernet ports, (4) 10Gb Ethernet ports, and (2) 8Gb/s fibre channel ports POWER AND SPACE EFFICIENCY Industry-leading Storage Density Delivers up to 360 drives in 24U of rack space. AutoMAID Power Management EASY TO MANAGE Quick Start wizard Each RAID set can have its drives progressed into deeper power saving levels when they have not been accessed for a specified period of time, saving up to 85% in power in the disk array. No changes need to be made to applications to get the advantages of AutoMAID. Get the storage system up and running in 15 minutes or less. Easy to Manage Web-based Management Automatic RAID Set Maintenance Alerts NTP client NDMP V4 Role-based Administration Active Drawer Technology A revolutionary GUI design makes it easy to set-up, manage and monitor the storage system. Wizards guide the IT generalist through setup, share and LUN creation and management, snapshots, volume management, replication, clustering, user management and security and setting up alerts. A Web server residing in the storage system presents the management GUI in a Web browser. An extensive CLI permits scripted administration as an alternative to using the GUI. Administer storage systems remotely. There is no need to install management software on a client computer and keep it updated. Use Windows Computer Manager to manage Share/Folder/File permissions for users and groups as well as LUNs. In the event of a drive failure, spare drives are automatically added to a RAID set and a RAID set rebuild is run all without any manual intervention being required. Alerts are sent via SNMP or and are stored in system log files. They are transmitted to the Web browser-based management console. Network Time Protocol client relieves the administrator from having to set, adjust and synchronize clocks across systems. Backup with popular backup and restore solutions through the industry-standard NDMP V4 interface or backup LUNs using any popular backup and restore applications. NDMP V4 preserves all access rights for CIFS and NFS shares, and uses background snapshots for fast backups. Storage system administrator can grant limited rights administrators per storage pools. These administrators can create, manage and delete shares and LUNs, perform snapshots and replication, and manage share-level access permissions. Active drawers hold the drives to enable easy, hot-swappable management of extreme density without heavy lifting or having to power down the storage system. DATASHEET 4 ABOUT IMATION Imation is a global data storage and information security company. Imation s Nexsan portfolio features solid-state optimized unified hybrid storage systems, secure automated archive solutions and high-density enterprise storage arrays. Nexsan solutions deliver high performance for mission-critical IT applications such as virtualization, cloud, databases, and collaboration; and energy efficient, high-density storage for backup and archiving. For more information, visit (Rev. 08/22/14)

17 DATASHEET NST 6000 UNIFIED HYBRID STORAGE TM Performance, Availability and Scale for Any SAN and NAS Workload in Your Environment UNIFIED The Nexsan NST 6000 The NST supports eliminating the need for separate software stacks and block and The NST6000conveniently manages all protocols, pools, shares and LUNs within a single system. E-Centre, NST6000's single-pane management interface, provides a single view to manage all SAN and NAS storage. HYBRID NST 6000is a hybrid storage system. NestOS, NST6000's operating system, integrates the use of solid-state caching and hard disk storage to enable organizations to meet the most demanding I/O performance requirements of both SAN and NAS workloads. NestOS's FASTier caching technology is smart. It includes fault tolerant DRAM for the highest possible write caching performance and enterprise-class SSDs to accelerate read I/O, allowing you to independently customize your performance and capacity points. FASTier read/write cache devices can be customized at a storage pool level, enabling organizations to extend the use of FASTier to many applications in the data center. UNIFIED HYBRID The combination of solid-state technology, Fibre Channel connectivity, and a highly scalable back-end storage infrastructure makes the NST 6000platform ideal for continuous data availability supporting mission-critical IT applications. Figure 1 TM info@freeitdata.com

18 NST6000 TECHNICAL SPECS SYSTEM CAPACITIES Data listed in the table refers to a single 6U NST6000 Appliance unless indicated otherwise NST6530 NST6000 System Form Factor NST6000 Controllers NST6000 Vault Protection Modules 6U 2 x 2U = 4U 2 x 1U = 2U NST6000 System CPU Type Cores Xeon 24 Cores 12 per Controller NST6000 System Memory (DRAM) Basic Premium 192 GB 384 GB 96 GB 192 GB per Controller FASTier Fault Tolerant Write Cache Capacity 32 GB 64 GB Mirrored Capacity in System FASTier Read Cache Capacity Standard Maximum 4.4 TB 9.2 TB Maximum FASTier Read Cache Devices Up to 46 Read Cache Devices FASTier Read Cache Types 200, 400, 800GB emlc 100, 200GB SLC RAID Levels RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10 DATASHEET 2 (Rev. 01/14/14)

19 NST6000 TECHNICAL SPECS CONNECTIVITY Data listed in the table refers to a single 2U NST6000 Controller unless indicated otherwise NST6000 Host Connectivity NST6530 Figure 2 NST6530 with Nexsan E-Series SAS Storage Arrays in a 42U rack. 1GbE I/O Embedded STANDARD CONFIGURATION 10 GbE I/O PCIe Card STANDARD CONFIGURATION PCIe Slots for Additional Host Connectivity 1GbE PCIe Cards OPTIONAL 10GbE PCIe Cards OPTIONAL 8 Gb/s FC I/O PCIe Cards OPTIONAL 4 port 1GbE 1 is management. 1 is reserved. (1) dual-port 10GbE 2 dual-port or quad-port 1GbE dual-port 10GbE dual-port or quad-port 8Gb 6 Gb/s SAS STANDARD CONFIGURATION 1GbE I/O Ports 2 to 10 10GbE I/O Ports 2 to 6 8 Gb/s FC I/O Ports 0 to 8 NST6000 SAS Storage Connectivity: Nexsan E-Series V Arrays # of SAS Ports PCIe Card Type 6 ports. 4 lanes (links) per port. Total SAS Bandwidth = 144 Gb/s. (1) dual-port (1) quad-port Nexsan E-Series V Storage # of RAID Arrays Expansion Units 6 Gb/s SAS Switch OPTIONAL 3 E-Series V Arrays 6 Expansion Units 9 Total E-Series 16 Mini-SAS wide ports 4 lanes (links) per port 6 Gb/s SAS STANDARD CONFIGURATION NST6000 SAS Storage Connectivity: Nexsan NST224X Enclosure # of SAS Ports PCIe Card Type 6 ports. 4 lanes (links) per port. Total SAS Bandwidth = 144 Gb/s. (1) dual-port (1) quad-port Figure 3 NST6530 with Nexsan NST224X SAS Storage Enclosures in a 42U rack. Nexsan NST224X Number of Enclosures 6 Gb/s SAS Switch OPTIONAL Up to Mini-SAS wide ports 4 SAS lanes per port DATASHEET 3 (Rev. 01/14/14)

20 NST6000 TECHNICAL SPECS SYSTEM STORAGE CAPACITY Data listed in the table refers to a single 6U NST6000 Appliance unless indicated otherwise. Additional capacities are available for the NL-SAS HDDs and Performance- SAS HDDs listed below. NST6530 NST6000 SAS Storage Connectivity: Nexsan E-Series V Array Nexsan E-Series V RAID Array Number of Head Units STANDARD CONFIG 3 E-Series Arrays 6 Expansion Units 9 Total E-Series WITH SAS SWITCH 7 E-Series Arrays 14 Expansion Units 21 Total E-Series E-Series V Arrays Types Available E-Series V Expansion Units Types Available E18: drives in 2U E48: drives in 4U E60: drives in 4U E18X: drives in 2U E48X: drives in 4U E60X: drives in 4U Max 3.5" NL-SAS HDD Capacity Based on use of E60 and E60X Number HDD 4TB/HDD STANDARD CONFIG 540 NL-SAS Drives 2,160 TB WITH SAS SWITCH 1260 NL-SAS Drives 5,040 TB Max 3.5" Performance-SAS HDD Capacity Based on use of E60 and E60X Number HDD 600GB/HDD STANDARD CONFIG 540 SAS Drives 324 TB WITH SAS SWITCH 1260 SAS Drives 756 TB NST6000 SAS Storage Connectivity: Nexsan NST224X Enclosure HDD 2.5" 10K Performance SAS HDDs Number of NST224X Enclosures Max Performance - SAS HDD Capacity Number HDD 1.2 TB/HDD Up to HDDs / Enclosure. 216 Drives 259.2TB emlc SSDs Number of NST224X Enclosures Max External SSD Capacity Number SDD 800 GB/SDD Up to SSDs / Enclosure. 216 Drives 172.8TB DATASHEET 4 (Rev. 01/14/14)

21 NST6000 TECHNICAL SPECS SYSTEM STORAGE SERVICES Data listed in the table refers to a single 6U NST6000 Appliance unless indicated otherwise NST6530 Client Support Storage Services Maximum Single File Size Linux, OS X, Unix, Windows ESXi, Hyper-V, XenServer Fibre Channel, iscsi, NFS, CIFS, SMB, FTP 16 TB Max NFS Shares 512 Max CIFS Shares 512 Max Snapshots Per Share 2,048 Maximum LUN Size 64 TB Max LUNs Per Target 255 System Max LUNs Fibre Channel 1,024 - iscsi Max Snapshots per LUN 2,048 ENVIRONMENTALS. DIMENSIONS. Data listed in the table refers to single 2U NST6000 Controller unless indicated otherwise NST6530 Operating Temperature 10-35C, 50-95F Operating Humidity U of Rack Space Height Width Depth Weight 20-95% (non-condensing) 2U 3.5in, 8.76cm 17.2in, 43.8cm 27.87in, 70.78cm >40lbs, >18.1Kg # hot swappable power supplies 2 DATASHEET 5 Maximum Power/Controller Node Voltage, Frequency Heat Dissipation < 430 W Voltage (110): V; Frequency Hz Voltage (220): V; Frequency Hz 1467 btu/hr (Rev. 01/14/14)