Overview

DataON™ Cluster-in-a-Box (CiB) appliance is an innovative all-in-one cluster platform that delivers highly-available (HA) services and shared storage in an energy saving condensed footprint. This “Hyper-V Direct” cluster appliance is specially designed for shared storage with Microsoft’s Storage Spaces, enabling customers to reduce cost, consolidate datacenter hardware, easily deploy a new platform and quickly transition to a Microsoft Hyper-V environment.

With shared storage from a single appliance, modern business are struggling with space constraints, hardware sprawl, power challenges, and the need to run dozens of VMs. DataON™ CiB gives businesses a purpose-built 2U appliance that includes two server nodes with 10GbE heartbeat connections for real time high availability extending system up-time and protecting business continuity. With the introduction of end-to-end 12Gbs SAS device performance, DataON™ CiB is optimized for tiered SSD/ HDD or all flash storage deployments with 1/10/40GbE networking to fully leverage SMB3 RDMA storage network fabric to create a highly available cluster-aware environment.

Technical Specification

ModelCiB-9112CiB-9124CiB-9473
PlatformIntel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600v4 family
with Intel® C610 Chipset
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600v4 family
with Intel® C610 Chipset
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600v4 family
with Intel® C610 Chipset
Form Factor2U2N Rack Server w/ (12) SAS/SATA 3.5"2U2N Rack Server w/ (24) SAS/SATA 2.5"4U2N Rack Server w/ (70) SAS/SATA 3.5"
CPU Cores16 to 40 Cores16 to 40 Cores16 to 40 Cores
Memory64GB to 1024GB per node64GB to 1024GB per node64GB to 1024GB per node
Performance TierSAS SSD, up to 46TBSAS SSD, up to 92TBSAS SSD, up to 266TB
Capacity TierSAS SSD or HDD, up to 120TBSAS SSD, up to 92 TBSAS SSD or HDD, up to 700TB
Networking2x GbE RJ45 & 2x 10GbE SFP+ RDMA2x GbE RJ45 & 2x 10GbE SFP+ RDMA2x GbE RJ45 & 2x 10GbE SFP+
Max. TDP135W135W135W

CiB Customer Stories