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Infortrend EonStor GS 5000U
High-end · all-flash / hybrid (ssd + hdd) · dual controller - Flagship PCIe 5.0 U.2 NVMe unified (SAN/NAS/S3) array with 200GbE RDMA and GPUDirect Storage support for AI and HPC.
| Platform | |
|---|---|
| OEM | Infortrend |
| Family | EonStor GS |
| Class | High-end |
| Architecture | Dual controller (HA pair) |
| Status | Current |
| Released | n/a |
| Operating system | n/a |
| Controllers | 2 |
| Nodes | 1 - 4 |
| Cache / memory | 1,024 GB |
| Availability | n/a |
| Capacity and media | |
| Media | All-flash, Hybrid (SSD + HDD) |
| Drive types | NVMe SSD, QLC NVMe, SAS SSD, SATA SSD, SAS HDD (10K/15K), NL-SAS HDD |
| Drive note | 2.5in U.2 NVMe SSDs (QLC supported; must be purchased from Infortrend) in the head; SAS/SATA SSD and SAS/NL-SAS HDD only via JBODs for hybrid/auto-tiering. Models GS 5024U (Intel Xeon 6, PCIe 5.0) and GS 5024UE (Xeon Scalable). |
| Flash drive sizes | n/a |
| HDD sizes | n/a |
| Maximum drives | 896 |
| Controller enclosure | 2U, 24 drive bays |
| Expansion | GS 5024U: JB 4024U (2U 24-bay U.2 NVMe JBOF, up to 96 NVMe drives), JB 3012A, JB 3016A, JB 3060L, JB 4090; GS 5024UE also JB 3024BA, JB 3025BA, JB 3090 |
| Raw capacity | n/a |
| Cluster maximum | n/a |
| Effective maximum | n/a |
| Data reduction | Block level: offline compression and offline deduplication; file level: inline compression and offline deduplication. OEM states data reduction can save up to 66% of storage space. |
| Protection | RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 3, RAID 5/5F, RAID 6/6F, RAID 10, RAID 30, RAID 50, RAID 60 |
| Protection note | WORM (file level) and immutable S3 object storage against ransomware; antivirus; SSD wear-out prediction; super capacitor + flash cache backup. Optional HA Service pairs two GS systems (block-level active-active, file-level active-passive) with synchronous replication for near-zero RTO and zero RPO. |
| Performance and connectivity | |
| Maximum IOPS | 2,400,000 |
| Maximum throughput | 125 GB/s |
| Latency | 300 µs |
| Conditions | OEM: up to 125 GB/s (read) throughput, 2.4M IOPS and 0.3 ms latency on a single GS 5024U appliance. Cache is the dual-controller system maximum (DDR5 128 GB default, 1,024 GB max). Max 896 drives per appliance (96 via NVMe JBOF); scale-out cluster of 4 appliances up to 3,584 drives. Raw capacity not published per model (GS family: over 70 PB per cluster). |
| Protocols | SMB / CIFS, NFS, AFP, FTP, Fibre Channel, iSCSI, iSER, SAS direct attach, NVMe over TCP, NVMe over RoCE, NVMe over FC, S3 object, InfiniBand / RDMA file |
| Fibre Channel | 32 Gb |
| Ethernet | 200 GbE |
| Host ports | n/a |
| Limits | |
| Volumes / LUNs | 1,024 |
| File systems | 2,048 |
| Snapshots | 4,096 |
| Management and support | |
| Management | EonOne (web), EonView, CLI, SMI-S |
| Power | n/a |
| Positioned for | AI / ML, HPC, Media & entertainment, Virtualization, Databases |
| Warranty | 3-year limited hardware warranty with 8x5 support (batteries 2 years); extendable to 5 years |
| Design terms | Pool · Volume · Host group · Remote replication (asynchronous) |
| Data services | |
✓ Deduplication
✓ Compression
✓ Thin provisioning
✓ Snapshots
? Clones
✓ Asynchronous replication
✓ Synchronous replication
✓ Active-active / metro
✓ Encryption at rest
? Immutable snapshots
? Ransomware detection
✓ Quality of service
✓ Automated tiering
✓ Cloud tiering
? VMware vVols
? Kubernetes CSI
✓ Native file services
✓ Native object (S3)
? Non-disruptive upgrades
✓ Scale-out
✓ stated by the OEM · ✕ not offered · ? not stated | |
| Source | |
| Product page | https://www.infortrend.com/global/products/families/gs/5000u |
| Datasheet | https://www.infortrend.com/ImageLoader/LoadDoc/1073 |