Infortrends EonStor GS System with Cloud Integration

Integrated cloud solution as Unified Storage System

Powerful storage with a flexible approach

The Infortrend EonStor GS series delivers a unified-storage architecture that consolidates SAN, NAS, and cloud into a single system.

Its unified design—plus a built-in cloud gateway—lets you combine file- and block-based storage with virtually unlimited capacity expansion via the cloud.

As a unified platform with cloud integration, EonStor GS allows businesses to use the same appliance for file, block, and object storage—ideal for both structured and unstructured data.

The result: easier deployment and management of diverse data types, and lower overall costs thanks to a high-performance cloud gateway that’s fully integrated into the unified-storage system.

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Unified storage with a cloud gateway

Thanks to its integrated Intelligent Cloud Gateway Engine, EonStor GS unified-storage systems can be configured as a cloud cache: active data stays local while inactive data is off-loaded to the cloud. This setup lets you leverage the cloud’s flexibility, limitless scalability, and guaranteed availability. The platform currently supports major cloud providers such as Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and Alibaba AliCloud.

From day one, EonStor GS has offered a wide range of SSD and hybrid-storage configurations. Performance numbers that were once only promised are now achieved—over 450 K IOPS, sustained 11 GB/s block-level throughput, and 6.6 GB/s file-level throughput. The systems also deliver rich data services, including automated storage tiering, SSD cache, local and remote replication, file-level Rsync, and Intelligent Drive Recovery (IDR).

A flexible solution for diverse workloads

  • Unified storage for every scenario—SAN, NAS, and cloud in a single appliance
  • SSDs in a hybrid array can serve as cache or tiering media
  • Modular host options for SAN environments: Fibre Channel, iSCSI, InfiniBand, and SAS
  • High-speed Ethernet from 1 GbE up to 40 GbE

High performance, flexibly configured

Powerful, efficient all-rounder

With robust hardware and optimised firmware, the EonStor GS series integrates a wide range of protocol families: CIFS/SMB, NFS, AFP and FTP on the file side, plus Fibre Channel, iSCSI and SAS on the block side.

By unifying these protocols and exploiting Intel multi-core CPUs, the GS family delivers exceptional flexibility and tremendous performance—whether deployed as an all-flash array or a hybrid solution. Features such as SSD caching also make it easy to bridge local NAS/SAN storage with the cloud.

 

Buy into the versatility of the Infortrend GS Series

Automated storage tiering delivers exceptional performance at every operating layer, while deduplication and compression make bandwidth use more efficient and drive total costs down.

With specialized EonStor sub-families—GSe for the entry segment, GSe Pro for desktop deployments, and GSi for GPU-intensive workloads—users can choose the storage platform that fits their exact needs.

The GSe line has long served as the entry point. Barring a few exceptions, it will continue to complement the dual-controller GS models by covering the single-controller segment.

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System under control

User-friendly administration with EonOne for GS included.

Infortrend’s ongoing platform development has produced EonOne for GS, a purpose-built management suite for the EonStor GS line. It streamlines day-to-day administration and raises both storage and service efficiency.

The intuitive interface enables centralized oversight of multiple systems at once, so administrators can monitor performance and capacity in real time and adjust all configurations quickly.

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High-availability taken to the next level

EonStor GS delivers active-active block-level HA—the ideal safeguard for business-critical workloads that tolerate virtually no downtime. Planned or unplanned events—hardware failure, maintenance, even human error—are absorbed without disrupting service.

  • Auto-failover and failback keep operations seamless and push recovery-time objective (RTO) to a minimum. A witness server monitors both nodes and triggers automatic switchover; end-users never notice an interruption.
  • Synchronous remote replication drives the recovery-point objective (RPO) to near-zero. Identical, complete copies are written to both systems in real time, so either node can take over instantly and the risk of data loss all but disappears.
  • Active-active architecture means both arrays serve I/O simultaneously, letting you utilize all storage resources—far more efficiently than in an active-passive cluster.
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Form Factors in Abundance

Efficient Use of Space

Infortrend offers a variety of chassis options and expansion possibilities across its product families, including these examples: 2U with 12 drive bays, 2U configurations with 24 or 25 bays, 3U with 16 drives, 4U with 24 bays, and even a colossal 4U 60-bay system. This allows businesses to effectively utilize and expand their limited space for IT applications as needed.

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U.2 All-Flash Unified Storage with 100GbE RDMA Support

The EonStor GS 3024UT and GS 4024U models represent the high-performance tier within Infortrend’s GS series, designed for enterprise-level storage environments. Equipped with U.2 NVMe SSDs, they deliver exceptional IOPS and throughput — all while maintaining a compelling price-performance ratio.

Like the rest of the Unified Storage family, these systems support both SAN and NAS protocols, and can scale linearly in both capacity and performance through scale-out expansion at the block and file level. This makes them ideally suited for high-performance computing (HPC), media & entertainment workflows, virtualization, and database applications.

Key Features:

  • 100GbE RDMA support for ultra-low-latency networking
  • Up to 1.1 million IOPS
  • Throughput of up to 24 GB/s read and 12 GB/s write
  • Supports PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSDs
  • Scalable architecture for growing workloads
  • Automated storage tiering for optimal data placement across media types
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App Store on Docker

Using sophisticated applications for themselves

In addition, there are templates for various Docker Container images such as for 

 

Leverage powerful applications with ease

The integrated App Store offers a selection of preconfigured Docker container templates, covering a wide range of use cases — from Artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) to video surveillance and more.

Each template includes the relevant Docker container images along with predefined runtime parameters. These ready-to-deploy templates make it easy to install and run Docker containers with minimal effort and configuration.

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FAQ - Storage

Here you will find the most important questions about our storage solutions.

Why is a local (“on-premise”) storage system so important despite the cloud?

For highly critical or latency-sensitive workloads in particular, outsourcing to the cloud alone is often not enough. A local system provides the necessary speed and control: the data remains in your company, which enables fast, synchronous processing and a high standard of security. For example, you can run time-critical applications smoothly and at the same time benefit from the advantages of the cloud for backup or archiving.

Which storage systems are suitable for my company?

We offer solutions from small SMEs to large enterprise operations. Whether you need a compact RAID system for a few terabytes, a high-availability NAS for multiple locations or a JBOD to expand capacity with hundreds of drives, our experts can help you make the right choice and offer a wide range of form factors, protocols and equipment variants.

How does Starline ensure reliable data security?

Our storage systems are state of the art. The stored data is then protected in various ways: this can be RAID technologies, modern file systems such as ZFS, erasure coding, replication, snapshots and/or encryption options. Our industrial grade hardware is assembled in Kirchheim and tested in a burn-in test. This is how we guarantee a long service life for your storage systems.

Can JBODs be added to my existing storage setup?

Absolutely. Many of our systems have a modular design so that you can easily add more drives via JBOD (Just a Bunch of Disks) expansions. This allows you to flexibly adapt the capacity to growing data volumes at any time without having to purchase a completely new solution.

How does Starline provide support during and after installation?

We support you throughout the entire life cycle of your storage system - from the initial consultation to installation, commissioning and ongoing maintenance. Our technicians are always available on weekdays; we also offer a 24x7x4 service on request. We also support you with customs and financing issues and take care of firmware updates and any special requests.

Any questions? Please contact us.

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