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CLN21

Coraid Linux NAS Gateway

Coraid is proud to introduce its CLN21 Linux NAS Gateway, using our own Linux distro for NAS. Storage is attached to the NAS Gateway using the AoE protocol and standard Ethernet networking, creating a file storage system with unlimited capacity.

NAS Gateway

The CLN21 is the first in a family of high performance Linux NAS Gateways designed to work with EtherDrive® Storage. CLN21 is a 1U Linux box pre-loaded with Coraid’s Linux NAS distro. It includes lots of application specific “HowTo” that will allow users to get up and running quickly. The unit has four GigE ports. Two ports connect to NFS and CIFS clients on the LAN, and two GigE ports connect to a dedicated storage LAN consisting of an unlimited size pool of EtherDrive® Storage. Separating the storage from the NAS server eliminates wasted captive storage inside the server. This increases storage reliability, and makes the whole system scalable to multi-petabytes of storage.

Unlimited Storage

Using Ethernet thousands of disks can be attached to and accessed by one or more CLN21 NAS Gateways. A storage system can be expanded gradually, one disk at a time. An unlimited number of filesystems can be exported, each mounted filesystem being up to 9 million TB. Single file sizes up to 9 million TB can be stored in any single directory.

File Sharing

Files are shared and accessible to Unix, Linux, Solaris, Apple and Windows clients using the NFS or CIFS file sharing protocol.

Linux Distro for NAS

Coraid’s Linux distro for NAS is a modified Debian distro highly targeted to be an NFS server or SAMBA CIFS server exporting ATA-over-Ethernet storage. With Coraid’s Linux you get a distro that is easy to configure with lots of specific “HowTo” all in one place. This saves you time and effort, and you also receive Coraid’s top rated customer support.

Summary

• Unlimited Capacity Linux Network Attached Storage Gateway (NAS Filer)
• Pre-configured with Coraid’s Linux NAS distro tuned for performance and scalability
• Unlimited storage capacity, > 1,000 TB, one disk at a time
• Uses ATA-over-Ethernet for connection to storage
• NAS Gateway is separate from disk storage, eliminating captive storage
• NFS and CIFS file sharing
• Logical Volume Management (LVM2) for flexible capacity control
• System boots from FLASH disk
• Includes AoE tools and Coraid Ether Console (CEC) for storage management

CLN21 PDF Document

Part Number
CLN1UNG21c

List Price
$US 2,995 (Service Agreement recommended)