Two years ago, DataDirect Networks (DDN) decided to buy Tintri. So far, DDN has continued releasing products under the Tintri brand name while slowly incorporating Tintri’s technology. Today, DDN has taken another step along their surprisingly long road to fully absorbing the company they bought. Tintri just released a new hybrid NVMe/HDD series of systems that will be available under both the DDN and Tintri brand names, the IntelliFlash H-series. The company also announced an addition to their VMStore product line, the VMStore T7000. The VMStore T7000 is due out Q1 CY2021. We interviewed the Field CTO of Tintri earlier this year; you should listen to the conversation if you’re interested in an inside look at the company. DataDirect Networks was formed by a merger of MegaDrive and ImpactData in 1998. DDN focuses on storage solutions.
Two years ago, DataDirect Networks (DDN) decided to buy Tintri. So far, DDN has continued releasing products under the Tintri brand name while slowly incorporating Tintri’s technology. Today, DDN has taken another step along their surprisingly long road to fully absorbing the company they bought. Tintri just released a new hybrid NVMe/HDD series of systems that will be available under both the DDN and Tintri brand names, the IntelliFlash H-series. The company also announced an addition to their VMStore product line, the VMStore T7000. The VMStore T7000 is due out Q1 CY2021. We interviewed the Field CTO of Tintri earlier this year; you should listen to the conversation if you’re interested in an inside look at the company. DataDirect Networks was formed by a merger of MegaDrive and ImpactData in 1998. DDN focuses on storage solutions.
The IntelliFlash H-Series of hybrid flash systems is available from both DDN and their wholly-owned subsidiary, Tintri. The systems are, or rather will be, available in two sizes. The larger, H6200 systems are extra deep, measuring 6.9” H x 17.56” W 42.52” D (175.3mm H x 446mm W x 1080mm D) , and are available immediately. The company also plans to release a more typical depth H6100 system with lower capacity in the first quarter of next year. Both versions are split into 2U controller units and 4U expansion units. It looks like both platforms will use the same or nearly identical controllers that support up to 24 NVMe SSDs to provide the flash half of the hybrid system. In both cases, the controller has a different depth than the expansion units, with the controller measuring 3.45″ H x 17.58″ W 33.5″ D (87.6mm H x 446.4mm W x 850mm D). The larger H6200 expansion units support up to 90 SAS HDDs per expansion unit. The smaller H6100 expansion units support only up to 24 SAS HDDs per expansion unit. A surprisingly low capacity for such a tall expansion unit. Both systems offer the same networking options. Administration ports consist of 4x 1GbE, 2x 1GbE (IPMI). Customers have a choice of 16x 10GbE, 8x 25GbE, or 8x 100GbE for ethernet data ports. Fiber ports are also available in either 8x 8G or 16x 16G FC. The system comes with Tintri’s IntelliFlash Operating Environment that provides deduplication, compression, snapshotting, cloning, and a host of other features common to the entire line. The H-Series also supports both SAN and NAS protocols on a single system.
DDN Tintri IntelliFlash H-Series Key Specifiactions
Model |
H6100 |
H6200 |
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Storage Capacity |
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NVMe RAW Capacity (TB) |
23 to 92 |
46 to 368 |
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HDD RAW Capacity (TB) |
96 to 1344 |
720 to 6480 |
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Hybrid E ective Capacity (TB) |
384 to 5376 |
2880 to 25920 |
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Storage Controllers |
Dual Controller (active/active), fully redundant architecture |
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Ethernet Data I/O Ports |
Choice of: 16x 10GbE, 8x 25GbE or 8x 100GbE |
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Fibre Channel Data I/O Ports |
Choice of 8x 8G or 16x 16G FC |
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Network Admin Ports |
4x 1GbE, 2x 1GbE (IPMI) |
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Controller Form Factor |
2RU (24x NVMe SSDs) |
2RU (24x NVMe SSDs) |
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Controller Physical Dimensions |
3.45”(H) x 17.58” (W) 33.5” (D) (87.6mm (H) x 446.4mm (W) x 850mm (D)) |
3.45”(H) x 17.58” (W) 33.5” (D) (87.6mm (H) x 446.4mm (W) x 850mm (D)) |
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Weight |
105lbs (47.63kg) |
105lbs (47.63kg) |
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Typical Power Usage (Watt) |
800 W (2730 BTU/hr) |
840 W (2866 BTU/hr) |
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Environmental Speci cations |
Operating temperature: 10°C to 25°C (50°F to 77°F) Non-operating temperature: -40°C to 70°C (-40°F to 158°F) Operating relative humidity: 20% to 90% (non-condensing) Non-operating relative humidity: 5% to 95% (non-condensing) |
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Expansion Shelves |
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Expansion Form Factor |
4RU (24x SAS HDDs) per expansion shelf |
4RU (90x SAS HDDs) per expansion shelf |
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Expansion Shelf Physical Dimensions |
7.0”(H) x 17.2” (W) 27.0” (D) (178mm (H) x 437mm (W) x 686mm (D)) |
6.9”(H) x 17.56” (W) 42.52” (D) (175.3mm (H) x 446mm (W) x 1080mm (D)) |
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Software Services |
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Block and File Protocols |
SAN Protocols (iSCSI, Fibre Channel), NAS Protocols (NFS, SMB) |
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Capabilities |
IntelliFlash Operating Environment: |
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Management |
IntelliFlash web UI, con guration wizard, Analytics for IntelliFlash, VMware plug-in for vCenter and support for vCenter Linked Mode, RBAC, SRA and VAAI NAS; Microsoft SCVMM/SMI-S, IP-KVM, SNMP, PowerShell Toolkit |
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Hardware Availability |
Redundant storage controllers, fans, power supplies, and network ports; removable SSDs and HDDs, SAS expansion |
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Tintri hasn’t shared many details about their not too distant release of their Vmstore T7000. What we do know is that they claim the system will offer a higher density of NVMe storage to support more VMs in the same physical volume than their previous products. Each unit is expected to support just 10 drives with support for what Tintri is calling “non-disruptive drive-by-drive expansion.” They also claim the system will be 30% faster but have not yet shared details on what processors they will use to achieve that improvement.
Availability
IntelliFlash H-Series H6200 – Immediately
IntelliFlash H-Series H6100 – expected Q1 CY2021
VMstore T7000 – expected Q1 CY2021
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