/ / / Netstor comes with new All-Flash 2U NVMe JBOF NS388P including PCIe 4.0 card

Up to 512 Gbps fast: New NVMe JBOF from Netstor

Partner Netstor doubles the throughput of the fast 2U JBOF NS388P after product maintenance via PCIe 4.0 and NVMe.

Our long-standing partner Netstor has once again developed a fast storage enclosure. Netstor engineers have developed the All-Flash 2U NVMe JBOF NS388P specifically for high-performance data centers. They have therefore also integrated new PCIe 4.0 technology into the necessary interface card. This ensures that important specifications such as latency times, workload capacity and throughput are significantly improved.

The new Netstor JBOF with interface card

JBOF: Netstor NS388P-D2 & NS388P-S4

PCI 4.0 Card: Netstor NP980A-G4

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The all-new PCIe Gen4 NS388P storage holds up to 24 lightning-fast PCIe 4.0 U.2 NVMe SSD drives. The NS388P-D2 model (2×2 backplane) is designed to be fitted with dual-port (2×2) U.2 SSDs, while the NS388P-S4 model (1×4 backplane) can be fitted with single-port (1×4) U.2 SSDs.

This makes the all-flash storage ideal for supporting extremely high-performance and high-availability storage applications with ultra-fast all-flash solutions. In combination with its PCIe 4.0 ×16 NP980A-G4 host card - with up to 512 Gbps - the JBOF enclosure is able to offer sustained high bandwidth performance.

In addition, the benefit of all modern PCIe Gen4 U.2 NVMe SSD drives available is lower latency and the ability to enable ultra-low latency operations in all types of data centers.

In addition, the Netstor JBOF is based on Microsemi's low-power and highly integrated PCIe 4.0 switch. This optimized NVMe storage switch is designed to manage data more efficiently than any other solution on the market.

Abmessungen der Schnittstellenkarte Netstor NP980A G4

Sophisticated functions

In addition, by selecting different modes via the CLI interface of the NS388P, you can decide for yourself at any time how many slots of SSD storage capacity each server in the JBOF enclosure should receive. In practice, up to six servers can be connected to the same NS388P within a rack cabinet. Each server is assigned a dedicated storage zone in the enclosure.

In combination with U.2 NVMe SSDs (and corresponding 2×2 connections), the 2×2 backplane model NS388P-D2 mutates into a lightning-fast all-flash storage system that also has a data failover function. In addition, the redundant power supply units of the NS388P enable greater reliability and therefore a real zero system downtime.

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Technical data
Specifications NS388P-D2 NS388P-S4
Host Interface PCIe Gen4 x16, 256Gbps
(each with Quad SFF8674 connectors for PCIe 4.0 x16 bandwidth)
SSD Interface U.2 NVMe (SFF 8639 connector supports PCIe 4.0 2x2 dual-port interface) U.2 NVMe (SFF 8639 connector supports PCIe 4.0 1x4 single-port interface)
Number of Drives Up to 24
PCIe Switch Board Dual PCIe Gen4 Switch I/O Module
RAID Level JBOF (Just a Bunch of Flash)
Management Port In-band CLI Management
LCD Module Status monitoring (fan, temperature, power supply, NVMe slot)
LED Indicator per Bay White - Power On
Blue blinking - SSD Access
Red - SSD Error
Chassis LED Indicator Red - Fan Failure
Red - Power Supply Failure
Red - System Error Occurred
Material Rugged cold-rolled steel enclosure
Dimensions 340 (D) x 480 (W) x 88 (H) mm
Power Supply 800W redundant power supply (high efficiency 80 Plus Titanium)
Cooling Two 80 x 80 x 38 mm fans
Operating System Support Operating System Independent
Host Requirements One PCIe Gen4 x16 slot and a server-grade system with sufficient PCIe resources
Note: The number of host adapters and connection cables are optional for different configurations.
NP980A-G4
Host Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 (up to 256Gbps) * If a host server is equipped with two Netstor host cards, the throughput can be up to 512 Gbps.
External Interface 4 x SFF8674 connector
Form Factor HHHL (half height, half length)
AAML4415
Specifications PCIe Gen4 miniSAS HD cable, 1.5 m

Availability

You can download high-resolution images here. The NS388P from Netstor is now available at Starline. The End-user price – with Card and Cables – is currently  10,400.- Euros for the set without SSDs.

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Bernd Widmaier
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