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Promise RAID

The Promise VTrak E-Class RAID Subsystem delivers outstanding performance, reliability and expansion for video and server applications. Configure up to sixteen 750GB 7200-rpm SATA or 300GB 15,000-rpm SAS drives in a 3U rack-optimised enclosure for up to 12TB of raw capacity on one or more RAID sets. Promise RAID is an ideal storage solution for direct-attached or SAN-based server and workstation applications, qualified for use with Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, Final Cut Studio 2 and Xsan 2

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Technology

• Active/active Controllers

  The advanced subsystem design includes fully redundant, active/active hot-swappable controllers and load balanced power and cooling units. All system components are monitored for continuous operation and send instant user notification in case of failure or malfunction. The active/active RAID controllers balance the workload across the data paths in normal operation and provide redundant data paths and high availability in the unlikely event of a controller failure.

• 4Gb Fibre Channel

  Dual 4Gb Fibre Channel host interface ports per controller provide connectivity for direct attached storage and widely deployed storage area networks. With full auto negotiation functionality VTrak E-Class RAID subsystems are perfect for adding capacity to existing Xserve RAID installations and creating new high performance 4Gb per second volumes under Xsan.

• SAS and SATA Hard Drive Support

  Supporting both SAS and SATA drives allows deployments of tiered storage on a single flexible storage platform. Each standard 3U 19" rack unit supports up to sixteen 15,000-rpm 3.5" SAS or 7,200-rpm SATA 3Gb/s drives. If your application requires large sequential data transfers, like video editing, SATA drives are a perfect fit. If your application requires the efficient random access of many small files such as database and web transactions then SAS drives would provide optimum performance.