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What’s Inside:
1 KeyBenets
2 FreedomfromFile StorageConstraints
2 SimplifyingFileAccess withFileVirtualization
3 SimplifyingData Managementwith AutomatedManagement Policies
4 TrueHeterogeneity
5 DataProtection
5 Architecture
6 Manageabilityand Supportability
7 ARXSpecications
10 ProfessionalServicesandSupport
10 MoreInformation
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Key benefts
Reduce storage costsMatchthebusinessvalueofyourdatatothecost
ofitsstorage;reducecostswithnewtechnologies.
Optimize backupsDecreasethebackupofredundantdatatolower
backupandrecoverytimes,mediaconsumption,
andcosts.
Maximize value o existing storageImproveutilization,reclaimstrandedcapacity,
anddeferadditionalstoragepurchases.
Simpliy managementPerformstorageprovisioningand
decommissioningwithoutdisruptingusers.
Improve fexibility and choiceMoveyourdatawhereverandwheneveryou
want,evenbetweenheterogeneousdevices.
SimplifyDataManagementandReduceStorageCostswithFileVirtualization
Today’slestorageenvironmentscompriseacomplexcollectionofstorageplatforms,le
systems,andoperatingsystemsthatarerapidlygrowing.Frequentoutagesoccurwhendataismovedornewstorageisprovisionedduetothedependenciesbetweenclientsandstorage
resources.Lowaggregateutilizationratesarecommon.Burgeoningcapacitydemandsincrease
theoperationaloverheadassociatedwithlestoragemanagement.
F5®ARX®devicesenableyoutobreakfreefromtheseconstraintsbyintroducingintelligent
levirtualizationintothelestorageinfrastructure—eliminatingthedisruptionassociated
withstorageadministrationandautomatingmanystoragemanagementtasks.Theresultis
adramaticimprovementincost,agility,andbusinessefciency.
ARXSeriesDATASHEET
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Simpliying Data Management with AutomatedManagement Policies
ARXenablesITorganizationstoautomateandenforcedatamanagementpoliciesinreal
time.Operationsthatwereoncedonemanuallycannowbeperformedautomatically,
withoutvisibilityordisruptiontousersandapplications.Thissignicantlyextendsthe
valueofexistingstorageinvestmentsandenhancesbusinessworkowinthreekeyareas:
automatedstoragetiering,non-disruptivedatamigration,anddynamiccapacitybalancing.
Automated storage tiering
ARXautomatestheplacementandmovementofdatabetweendifferenttiers(orclasses)
ofstorage,witheachtierpotentiallycomprisingdevicesfrommultiplevendors.F5’sstorage
tieringcapabilityoperatesatthelelevel,enablingorganizationstomovelesorprojects
basedoncertaincriteria(age,type,andmore)ratherthanentirelesystems.Nostubsor
pointersareleftbehind,eliminatingrisksandcomplicatedbackupandrecoveryprocedures.Real-timepolicyenforcementcapabilitiesenablelestobeplacedonappropriatedevices
automatically.Benetsinclude:
•Decreased storage CapEx.Automatically
moveolderorlesscriticaldatatolower-
coststorage,whilefreeingupexpensive
tier1capacityanddeferringadditional
storagepurchases.
• Lowered operational overhead.
Moveolderdatatolower-coststorage
alternativesautomaticallyandwithout
affectingusersordegradingservicelevels.
• Decrease backup windows and costs.Reducetheamountofredundantdata
thatisbackedupregularlytoreduce
backupandrecoverytimesandlower
theamountofbackupmediaconsumed.
• Use o the best technologies.Match
thebusinessvalueofdatawiththecost
andperformanceofstoragebyleveraging
differenttechnologiessuchasSATAor
datadeduplication.
Automated storage tiering with ARX
Applications and Users
NAS and File Servers
Tier 1
Tier 2
Intelligent FileVirtualization
ARX4000
ARX
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Non-disruptive data migration
Administratorscanusepowerfulpoliciesforarangeofdatamigrationtasks—frommovingentirelesystemstoindividualles.Datamigrationscantakeplacebetweenheterogeneous
storagedevices,forbothNFS-andCIFS-orienteddata,andcanbescheduledtoavoidpeak
trafctimesorbackupwindows.Inaddition,migrationsareperformedwithoutanychanges
tomountpointsordrivemappingstoeliminateoutagesandbusinessdisruptionpreviously
associatedwithdatamigrations.Benetsinclude:
•Reduced business disruption.Migratedatawithoutaffectingusersorapplications.
•Enhanced data mobility.Performmigrationsforanyreasonatanytime.
• Faster migration.Completemigrationsinlesstime,withnoneedtoscheduledowntime
withbusinessgroupsorusers.
•Use ewer IT resources.Dedicatefewerresourcestomigrationswithautomatedpolicies
andnoneedforclientreconguration.
• Freedom rom lock-in.Consolidateleservers,rolloverequipmentleases,upgrade
storageplatforms,orswapvendorswithoutdisruptingusers.
Dynamic capacity balancing
Real-timecapacitybalancingpoliciesenableenterprisestocreatelargervirtualleservers
fromexistinglestoragedevices,aggregatingtheresources(capacity,throughput,processing
power)ofthesephysicaldevicesandoptimizingapplicationperformance.Benetsinclude:
•Maximized utilization o existing assets.Aggregatecapacityfrommultiplestorage
devicestoimproveutilizationanddeferadditionalstoragepurchases.
• Optimized backups.Splitalargevirtuallesystemintomultiplephysicalones,
enablingsmallerbackupstobeperformedinparalleltoreducebackuptime.
•Reduced power and cooling costs.Booststorageutilizationefciencyandreduce
thenumberofpoweredstoragedevices.
• Fewer outages rom data management tasks.Performdatamanagementtasks
suchasprovisioningandloadbalancinginrealtimeandwithoutdisruptingusers
orapplications.
• Improved application perormance.Eliminateperformancehotspotsbyaggregating
multipledevicesontoasinglevirtualleserver.
True Heterogeneity
File access protocols
ARXsystemsuseindustry-standardleaccessprotocolstocommunicatewithclientsand
servers—CIFSforWindowsdevicesandNFSforUnixorLinuxdevices.ARXdoesnotintroduce
anewlesystem,butactsasaproxytothelesystemsthatarealreadythere.
Storage fexibility and choice
ARXiscompatiblewiththevastmajorityofNetworkAttachedStorage(NAS)devicesandle
servers,providingthebenetsofvirtualizationacrossaheterogeneousinfrastructure.With
ARX,companiesarenotrequiredtoforklift-upgradehardware,replaceexistinglesystems,
orinstallsoftwareagentsacrosstheenterprisetorealizeabenet.
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Data Protection
Historical le tracking
Withautomatedstoragetiering,companiescanreducebackupandrecoverytimesaswellas
backupmediaconsumption.However,itcanalsomakeitmoredifculttolocateandrestore
individuallesfrombackupmediawhenneeded.ARXmakeslerecoveryeasierbyproviding
historicalletracking.Usingletracking,administratorscanidentifythephysicallocationsof
individuallesatanypointintime.Thismakesiteasiertoquicklylocateandrestoretheright
versionofanyle.
Virtual snapshots
ARXsimpliesmanagementofsnapshotsinheterogeneousenvironmentsbycoordinating
physicalsnapshotsacrossmultipleNASdevicesandlesystems—eventhosefromdifferent
vendors—withinthesamevirtualnamespace.Thevirtualsnapshotthatresultsisnavigableinthesamemannerasthevirtuallesystemfromwhichitwascreated,givinguserstheability
torecovertheirlesinavirtualenvironment.
Architecture
TheARXfamilyofintelligentlevirtualizationsolutionsfeaturesanarchitecturethatis
optimizedtomeettheneedsofawiderangeofITorganizations.
Unmatched scalability
ARXwasdesignedforawiderangeofbusinessesandisthemostscalablelevirtualization
solutionavailabletoday.ScalingtomorethantwobillionleswithasingleARX4000device,
theARXsystembringsvirtualizationbenetstolestorageenvironmentsranginginsizefrom
small-andmid-sizedorganizationstothelargestandmostdemandingenterprisesintheworld.
High-perormance or le access workloads
ARXprovidesindustry-leadingperformanceandistheonlylevirtualizationsolutionwiththe
abilitytohandlegigabytesofthroughput.Itspatentedsplit-patharchitectureseparatesthe
dataandcontrolpathsinthesystem.Thisenablesittosustainveryhighperformancelevels
forleaccessworkloadswhilesimultaneouslyperformingcomplexoperationssuchasstorage
managementpolicy.Datapathfunctionsarehandledatwire-speedrates,andcontrolpath
functionshavetheirowndedicatedprocessingandmemoryresources.
High availability and data integrity
ARXproductshavebeendesignedwithhighreliability,availability,anddataintegrityinmind.
ARXprovidessuperiorsystemavailabilitythroughhardwareandnetworkredundancy,aswell
asthroughenhancedsoftwareresiliencymechanisms.AllARXsystemssupportautomatic
servicefailoverbetweenARXdevicesinaclusteruponfailure,anddataintegrityisensured
throughouttheentireprocess.ARXdoesnotmodifyuserdata,storeanydataonthedevice
itself,orcreateproprietarystublesonlestorageassets.Thisensurestheintegrityand
accessibilityofdataatalltimes.
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Interace fexibility
ARXistherstlevirtualizationsolutiononthemarketthatsupports10GigabitEthernet(GbE)connectivity.Thisgivesorganizationsthatareplanningtoupgradeto10GbEthe
exibilitytorealizethebenetsoflevirtualizationtoday,whileprotectingtheirinvestment
overtime.
Manageability and Supportability
Easy-to-use management interaces
ARXprovideseasy-to-usemanagementinterfaces,includingacommandlineinterface(CLI)
andgraphicaluserinterface(GUI).TheGUIsupportsawizard-drivencongurationthat
makeseventhemostcomplexpoliciesintuitive.
Enterprise-class supportability
ARXofferscomprehensivesupportabilityandtroubleshootingcapabilities,includingSNMP,
extensiveloggingandreporting,automated“emailhome”support,portmirroring,and
packetcapture.
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Physical Specications ARX4000 ARX2000
Protocols: NFS, CIFS, Multi-protocol NFS, CIFS, Multi-protocol
Maximum GigabitEthernet Ports:
12 - 10/100/1000 Mb RJ45 12 - 10/100/1000 Mb RJ45
Maximum 10 GigabitEthernet Ports:
2 - 10 Gb X2 (MM-SC) n/a
Maximum Throughput: 12 Gbps* 4 Gbps*
Maximum Users: 12,000* 6000*
Maximum Files: 2 billion 1.5 billion
Power Supplies: Two dual, redundant, hot-swappable Dual, redundant, hot-swappable
Dimensions:7" H × 19" W × 24" D (per unit)
4U industry-standard rack-mount chassis
3.5" H × 19" W × 28" D (per unit)
2U industry-standard rack-mount chassis
Weight: 96 lbs. 40 lbs.
Operating Temperature: 41° to 95° F (5° to 35° C), 18° F change per hour 41° to 95° F (5° to 35° C), 18° F change per hour
Relative Humidity: 5–95% 5–95%
Saety Agency Approval: UL 60950ETL Listed
IEC950 (EN60950) CE Marking
UL 60950cUL listed to CSA C22.2 No. 950
IEC950 (EN60950) CE Marking
Certications/SusceptibilityStandards:
FCC Part 15 Class A
CISPR22 Class A (EN55022) CE Marking
EN 55024
VCCI Class A
FCC Part 15 Class A
CISPR22 Class A (EN55022) CE Marking
EN 55024
VCCI Class A
Typical Power Consumption: 517 W 280 W
Typical Heat Output: 1764 BTU/hr 956 BTU/hr
Input Voltage: 100–240 VAC, 50/60 Hz 100–240 VAC, 50/60 Hz
*Stated values are estimated guidelines—please consult with your F5 sales representative to determine which platorm is right or your environment.
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ARX Specications
TheARXseriesisavailableinthreemodelsandasaVirtualEditionthatdifferbyperformanceandscale.AllARXplatformsofferglobalnamespace,levirtualizationfeatures,andabroadset
ofdatamanagementcapabilities.
ARX4000 Series ARX2000 Series
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Physical Specications ARX500
Protocols: NFS, CIFS, Multi-protocol
Maximum Gigabit
Ethernet Ports: 2 - 10/100/1000 Mb RJ45
Maximum 10 GigabitEthernet Ports:
n/a
Maximum Throughput: 800 Mbps*
Maximum Users: 600*
Maximum Files: 384 million
Power Supplies: Single
Dimensions:
1.75" H × 19" W × 27" D (per unit)
1U industry-standard rack-mount chassis
Weight: 31 lbs.
Operating Temperature: 50° to 95° F (10° to 35° C), 18° F change per hour
Relative Humidity: 5–95%
Saety Agency Approval:
UL 60950
cUL listed to CSA C22.2 No. 950
IEC950 (EN60950) CE Marking
Certications/SusceptibilityStandards:
FCC Part 15 Class A
CISPR22 Class A (EN55022) CE Marking
EN 55024VCCI Class A
Typical Power Consumption: 157 W
Typical Heat Output: 536 BTU/hr
Input Voltage: 100–127/200–240 VAC, 50/60 Hz
*Stated values are estimated guidelines—please consult with your F5 sales representative to determine
which platorm is right or your environment.
DATASHEET
ARX Series
ARX500 Series
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Virtual Specications
Protocols: NFS, CIFS, Multi-protocol
Maximum Ethernet Ports: 1 virtual
Maximum Files: 192 million
Maximum Users: 500*
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ARX Virtual Edition
Host SystemRequirements
Hypervisor:VMware ESX 4.0 or ESXi 4.0
Processor: 2 CPU cores (64-bit)
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Network Adapters: 1 network interace
Disk Space: 40 GB or more
*Stated values are estimated guidelines—please consult with your F5 sales representative to determine
which platorm is right or your environment.
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