SANBlaze Technology, Inc. is a pioneer in storage emulation
technologies and a leading provider of storage, networking
and multifunction solutions for embedded computing.
SANBlaze VirtuaLUN
storage emulation software is a key piece of test equipment
for anyone developing, testing or deploying storage
hardware or software products. Emulated storage targets
(disks, tapes and arrays) or Initiators (hosts) can in many
instances replace real devices, providing multiple benefits
versus the use of dedicated storage hardware.
SANBlaze VirtuaLUN Emulation solutions support most storage
protocols, including:
Fibre Channel,
iSCSI,
FCoE,
NVMe,
NVMof and
SAS.
The combination of SANBlaze software with supported
hardware provides a powerful, scalable, high performance
storage subsystem. Software is ported to best in class NIC/HBA/CNA
devices to provide the best performance and feature set for
emulated solutions by storage protocol.
SANBlaze emulation solutions can be purchased in two ways:
As a software license deployed on supported hardware by the user. Software solutions vary based on:
Enterprise (full featured) or Value (lower cost)
Protocol
Port count
Target or Initiator or both
As a system, pre-configured in a high performance,
scalable hardware platform integrated and supported by SANBlaze. System includes PCI-e Gen 3 Motherboards with
dual, multicore Intel processors
System configurations vary based on:
Platform Slots (2 slots or 6 slots)
Platform Memory (64GB, 128GB or 256GB)
Protocol
Port count
Target or Initiator Emulation or both
Protocols can be mixed and matched in any system. For
example, A VLF system has two slots, so it could support 2
ports of FCoe and 2 Ports of 16G Fibre Channel. Any
variation of the Protocols can be integrated within a
system.
SANBlaze target
emulation systems for FCoE, Fibre Channel, SAS, and iSCSI
provide a virtual, extremely cost-efficient configurable
environment for SAN product development, testing and QA.
The systems reduce the need to deploy large farms of
physical "scratch" disks or tapes, providing port density,
high performance, non-volatile media at a fraction of the
cost of physical disks or tapes. The ability to add
latency, have differing read/write sizes, inject a wide
variety of errors and save and restore multiple disk
configurations provides a flexible and invaluable tool for
development, test and QA labs.
The SANBlaze Initiator Emulator for FCoE, Fibre Channel, iSCSI and SAS
provides simulation of a single to hundreds of
Initiator ports. The Initiator product operates on existing
SANBlaze VirtuaLUN and GargantuLUN systems, making it easy
to integrate into existing SANBlaze environments. The
software runs standalone or in conjunction with SANBlaze
Target Emulation software for an end-to-end solution.
SANBlaze Initiator Emulation provides unparalleled
advantages over the real thing: smaller footprint, lower
power consumption, centralized management and control and
lower cost of ownership. Simulation of hundreds of host
devices or initiators is possible in a 1U form factor.
Features such as read/write/compare testing, error
injection and a custom command builder provide the ideal
environment in which to simulate Initiator test cases via
script or an easy to use web interface.
SANBlaze manufactures target and initiator emulators for
FCoE,
Fibre Channel,
iSCSI,
SAS
and other storage protocols. Our highly configurable systems
are unique in their ability to emulate actual storage
devices. Our target emulators allow you to create
read/write drives and tapes, control latency and configure
error conditions. Our initiator emulators behave as a real
initiator, not just a traffic generator or protocol tester,
providing real login and command control.
SANBlaze has many years of experience writing and
implementing target mode drivers on various platforms. Our
own storage emulation products are based on chip sets from
a number of leading storage and networking vendors, giving
us both driver development and porting experience.
Porting Services:
SANBlaze has many years of experience writing and
implementing target mode drivers on various platforms. Our
own storage emulation products are based on chip sets from
a number of leading storage and networking vendors, giving
us both driver development and porting experience.
Embedded
Computing
Advanced TCA Blades
SANBlaze has a complete line of AdvancedTCA blades
providing building blocks for ATCA system designers. ATCA
blades include compute, storage and switching solutions.
AdvancedMC:
The SANBlaze AMC product family provides the widest
selection of storage options available in the AMC market
today. SANBlaze storage modules support multiple hard drive
interfaces, capacities, technologies and AMC form factors,
meeting the storage requirements of any MicroTCA or
AdvancedTCA designs at a variety of price/performance
levels.
Rear Transition modules:
SANBlaze has developed a growing line of Rear Transition
Modules (RTM) that provide storage, networking and external
I/O accessibility and expansion. Though primarily conceived
to support SANBlaze ATCA storage carriers, these RTMs can
be used or easily adapted to work with ATCA blades from
most leading ATCA compute and packet processing vendors.
Customization services are available to adapt these RTMs to
any unsupported vendor ATCA blade.
Defence solutions:
The Rugged Compute Platform for Tactical Ops (RCP-Tactical
Ops) is a field deployable ruggedized AdvancedTCA® (ATCA)
Platform. The integrated application ready platform
incorporates superior computing density, inherent
redundancy, class leading power efficiency, modularity and
convenient serviceability thus addressing both the COTS and SWaP-C requirements of Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA)
for new DoD acquisition programs.
