Cohesity 5270 Appliance overview
The Cohesity 5270 Appliance is a scalable hardware and software storage system designed for enterprise backup environments. It provides 9.1 TiB to 36.4 TiB of internal storage in its base 2U configuration, with expansion support for up to six 2U12 Storage Shelves, enabling a maximum usable capacity of 991 TiB.
A 2U12 8TB-based storage shelf offers 65.5 TiB of storage. The 5270 Appliance supports upto 6 storage shelves. As with previous generations of the Flex 52xx appliances, the Cohesity 5270 Appliance can be configured as a primary server or a media server or both.
A 2U12 20TB-based storage shelf offers 163 TiB of storage but this option is supported only with a configuration of six storage shelves.
SAS-3 cables connect the Cohesity 5270 Appliance to the storage shelves. SAS-3 cables also connect the storage shelves to each other.
The Cohesity 5270 Appliance supports the following software:
Flex Appliance 7.0 and above
To determine the right Cohesity 5270 Appliance system for your environment, you should consider the environment's future storage requirements over the lifetime of the system.
Cohesity offers multiple storage configurations from which to choose. You can use the supported 5270 Appliance storage configurations to best serve the needs of your particular environment.
Cohesity 5270 Appliance configuration and capacity options:
Base Appliance Configurations:
One Cohesity 5270 Appliance with 9.1 TiB of internal storage only
One Cohesity 5270 Appliance with 36.4 TiB of internal storage only
Expandable Storage Configurations (8TB Drives)
For deployments requiring additional capacity, one Cohesity 5270 Appliance supports expansion with up to 6 storage shelves using 8TB drives. The maximum capacity with 6 storage shelves is 429.4 TiB.
High-Density Storage Configuration (20TB Drives)
For large-scale, long-term retention deployments, one Cohesity 5270 Appliance with six external storage shelves using 20TB drives for a total of 991 TiB of storage.