High Capacity Disk Storage Array with Power Saving Technology
Nexsan has taken its award-winning SATABeast storage system and redesigned it for Mac environments. With unparalleled density, availability and energy efficiency, Nexsan SATABeast Xi is the perfect fit for Mac storage.
- Highest storage density in the industry- Up to 84TB in only 4U
- Built for Xserve and Mac Pro systems
- Revolutionary AutoMAID energy saving technology greatly reduces power consumption and operating costs
- Full Enterprise class performance, reliability and management
- Dual function Fibre Channel and iSCSI connectivity with wire-speed performance
- Flexible, scalable and completely OS independent. Supports a broad range of storage infrastructures.
- New added support for SSD drives
- All active components are redundant and individually hot-swappable
Nexsan SATABeast Xi User Interface - Configuration and Management
The Nexsan SATABeast Xi user interface provides access to your system from any standard Web browser including Safari or any host computer directly or via a LAN or WAN. The Nexsan SATABeast Xi GUI is platform independent and requires no software or patches.
Nexsan SATABeast Xi User Interface
- Automated status review of disk drives, power supplies, fans and RAID controllers
- Single click access to all problems and warnings
- Event log for all significant events stored on disk
- Automated array verification prior to production; automatic "parity scrub" performed as background task every 24 hours
- Additional access via RS-232 serial port or network interface to an ANSI terminal or emulator
- Complete listing of voltages, temperature, battery mode, cache settings, network settings, and blower RPM
- Automatic IP address assignment via DHCP, as well as manual IP Gleaning over serial port or via web page
- SMART environmental monitoring support
Physical Infrastructure
Up to 42 SATA drives in 4U high box (29” deep). Easily fits a standard 19” server rack
Supports RAID 0, 1, 1+0, 4, 5, and 6
Single or dual active/active RAID controllers
Supports multiple RAID sets and multiple volumes per set
LUN Info
Supports up to 254 LUNS
Features LUN security
Controllers
Dual Fibre Channel SFP LC host and dual iSCSI ports per controller Up to 2GB cache per controller Hot pluggable drives, controllers, and power suppliesAdditional Information
Horizontal midplane design promotes superior airflow and alleviates insertion stress points Embedded web-browsable GUI over 10/100/1000 port; supports email alerts and SNMP traps Two redundant power supplies with tachometer monitored blowers to provide maximum power and cooling