High Density, Highest Performance Storage
The Nexsan E18™ is the next generation of high performance, high density and energy-efficient storage for Nexsan products. Upping the ante over Nexsan's SASBoy® 14-drive 3U solution, the E18 delivers 18 drive bays in only 2U–nearly double the capacity per U compared to its predecessor, with well over 10TB of high-performance, redundant SAS. As such, the E18 is designed for applications that require enterprise-class performance at a mid-market price.
The system employs the new Nexsan E-Series RAID controller–available in single or dual controller configurations–and contains up to four 8Gb Fibre Channel ports and up to four 1Gb iSCSI ports to deliver higher bandwidth and path resiliency. Nexsan's Active Drawer Technology™ enables two sliding, active drawers that hold nine drives in each, allowing them to be quickly and easily serviced by one person while remaining online.
The E18 is ideal for transactional applications as well as storage for virtualized environments that utilize Windows, Linux, VMware, Xen or Hyper-V–which access storage randomly, require high performance and require no single-point-of-failure configurations.
Nexsan E18 Key Benefits
- Over 10TB of high performance SAS in 2U
- 18-disk RAID system with two active drawers
- Single or dual redundant active/active controllers
- High speed cache with both battery and flash backup
- 8Gb Fibre Channel and 1Gb iSCSI host-side ports
- Utilizes multi-path IO for Windows, Linux, VMware, Xen and Hyper-V
- No single-point-of-failure design
- Anti-Vibration Design™ maximizes disk reliability
- Nexsan's exclusive AutoMAID® technology reduces energy consumption by 87%
- Nexsan's Cool Drive Technology™ utilizes redundant push and pull fans
Nexsan E18 Advanced Features
Up to 18 Disks
Industry leading storage density and capacity in 2U.
SAS and SSD drives
High speed SAS and SSD drives can be mixed to deliver performance to transactional applications or virtual hosts.
Active Drawer Technology™
Allows one person to easily access hot-swappable disks and fans, in any of the two sliding drawers, which remain operational when opened. High Availability
Can be configured so there is no single-point-of-failure between the servers and storage system, or within the storage system. All power, fans, disks and I/O ports are fully redundant. Active / Active
Both controllers service storage requests, delivering twice the performance of the active/passive architecture offered by others. Energy Savings
AutoMAID® is the storage industry's most sophisticated power management system. Infrequently accessed data allows drives to be powered down when not in use while offering near instantaneous access to data when needed. AutoMAID saves up to 87% on power and cooling costs. Anti-Vibration Design
Hard drives are mounted so that all disks are not spinning in the same direction. In addition, the anti-vibration design of the chassis provides unprecedented hard drive MTBFs. Cool Drive Technology
The high density chassis is specially designed for uniform airflow that ensures optimal thermal operation. The hot-swappable fans in the front and rear of the active drawers allow proper push/pull airflow.