The F5 Acopia ARX series is an intelligent file virtualization device with high performance and availability. It provides various services including global namespace, migration, tiering, replication, and load balancing on a single platform. It offers industry-leading performance and scalability, exceptional availability, real-time policy execution, telecom-grade management performance and support functions, and the freedom to use the chosen storage technology.
The Acopia ARX series provides a highly available, scalable file virtualization platform that simplifies storage management. It uses standard file access protocols (NFS and CIFS) to act as a proxy for existing file systems, eliminating the need for hardware upgrades or software agents.
Key features include automatic failover between clustered ARX devices, real‑time policy execution for dynamic load balancing, and management via both CLI and GUI wizards. The series offers three models—ARX500, ARX1000, and ARX6000—each with different form factors, capacities, and Ethernet port counts. This manual is written in Chinese.
| Capacity (ARX500) | >120M files |
|---|---|
| Configuration (ARX500, ARX1000) | Fixed |
| Max Ethernet ports (ARX500) | 2 |
| Supported protocols | NFS, CIFS |
The ARX series supports the industry‑standard NFS and CIFS protocols.
It provides automatic failover between ARX devices in a cluster and maintains data integrity during failures.
The system offers both a command‑line interface (CLI) and a graphical user interface (GUI) with wizard‑driven configuration.
ARX500 is a 1U fixed unit, ARX1000 is a 2U fixed unit, and ARX6000 is a 13U modular unit.