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PC Magazine names ATAbeast

"Best of Comdex: Enterprise Hardware"

ATAbeast: Every component fully redundant with individual component on-line, hot swap ability

ATAbeast: ATABeast delivers access to data up to 100 times faster than tape libraries.

ATAbeast: Up to 12.6 TB in just 4U of rack space

 

 

 

Product Overview
Unleash the power of the ATABeast™ disk vault from Nexsan Technologies, the first true online disk-based tape library replacement. Built upon Nexsan's groundbreaking EnterpriseATA™ technology, the ATABeast delivers industry leading features including dual active/active ATA RAID controllers with failover/failback. With unparalleled density and security at a TCO less than tape, the ATABeast maximizes the return on your storage hardware investment.

 

Unsurpassed Data Availability
Near-line storage. You no longer need to store important data on slow and inaccessible media such as tape or optical. Now that data can be protected in a full featured disk array.


D2D - Disk to Disk Backup. Online access to data means superior business continuity. The ATABeast provides the speed, redundancy and availability to deliver superior disk-based backup with greater density and less cost than tape libraries.


Secondary Storage.
The enterprise class features and performance of the ATABeast enable large file repositories for thousands of users to be stored on a single system. The high IOPS rating of the ATABeast makes it perfect in any data center.


Video or Audio archive. The unmatched capacity of the ATABeast easily handles the largest files. Massive video and audio archives can be stored and instantly accessed for play-on-demand applications.

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Other Nexsan Solutions

ATAbaby

With up to 1 Terabyte of storage in a single unit, ATAbaby
provides intelligent RAID protection for your valuable data in a compact package.
 

ATAboy 2

With sustained thoughput speeds of up to 170 MB/s per controller,
ATAboy 2 provides high performance across all standard platforms and operating systems.
 

D2D Professional

Award winning Disk-to-Disk backup solution. Bundled with
ATAboy hardware, D2D Pro provides the maximum data protection for backup and disaster recovery at a cost less than tape.
 

 

More ATAbeast Information

> Key Benefits
> Storage Virtualization
> TeleGuard - Phone Home
> NexScan - GUI
> Warranty / Support
> Brochure

 

Cost Correct Enterprise Class Reliability

Unsurpassed fault tolerance results from utilizing redundancy, advanced ATA disk drives and the latest in RAID technology. The Nexsan designed GUI interface, NexSCAN™, provides our industry with the latest in centralized management and monitoring features for all Nexsan subsystems. Tele-Guard™, Nexsan's phone home manager, provides operator selectable parameters monitoring all system conditions. Tele-Guard™ provides the vehicle to notify single or multiple system operators of any user defined, system triggered event. In addition to supporting On-LineHot-Swap for all active components, the ATABeast's unique run-time diagnostics and error handling software monitors automatic fail over initiation for all active components.ATABeast's ATA disk-based systems provide the maximum uptime operation and data protected environment available today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced Features
Enterprise Class Deep Vault Storage Array built around the latest ATA high-speed disk drives.
OS independent. No special software drivers or server-based management applications to support the ATABeast.
Online ATABeast delivers access to data up to 100 times faster than tape libraries.
Hot-pluggable drives, controllers and power supllies
WorldView™ - Provides ability to manage and configure multiple units from a single GUI
Single or dual RAID controllers
Auto-negotiating host speed / Auto-termination U160
Supports RAID 0, 4 and 5 / 16 LUNS supported
Supports multiple RAID sets and multiple partitions per set
RS232 Management available
Ideal for high capacity applications - D2D, Digital Video, CCTV, online
archives
Supports LUN security on fibre Channel version
LUN Masking
High IOPS performance -- all 42 drives can be active simultaneously
Anti-Rotational Vibration (ARV) design enables maximum performance.
Horizontal midplane design promotes superior airflow and alleviates insertion stress points
Fully scalable with internal capacity expansion
Up to 126TB in one data center rack
Embedded web-browsable GUI over 10/100 port, supports email alerts and SNMP traps
Three n+1 450 watt power supplies with tachometer-monitored blowers to provide maximum power and cooling
Technical Specifications
External Host Interface / Channels:
  • Dual 2-gigabit Fibre Channel host ports SPF LC per controller
  • Single or Dual controllers
Internal Device Interface / Channels:
Forty-two ATA/133 device channels
Power Power
Current Voltage Nominal Peak
500 watts
4.5 A @ 115VAC
2.5 A @ 230 VAC
1700 BTU/hour
750 watts
6.5 A @ 115VAC
3.5 A @ 230 VAC
2565 BTU/hour
Height 7 in. (4U)
Width fits in standard 19” EIA rack with supplied mounting rails
Depth 29.5 in.
Weight 154 lbs (without disk drives)