eRacks Brings Out 432TB NAS

eRacks Open Source Systems have released a line of petabyte-class servers, the NAS72.

It comes with 4U of rackspace and is equipped with green drives that consume 23% less power than traditional drives.

It features economy of space, with 72 drive bays that can be configured to different custom setups housed in a special chassis that takes up 4U of rackspace. Each of the bays is equipped with designed ‘green’ drives noted for their energy efficiency. Each 6TB HGTS helium filled drive consumes 23% less power than traditional 4TB drives. This amounts to roughly half the energy usage per terabyte, making the storage capacity of 432TB both practical and affordable for nearly any server setup.

The company is known for its dedication to and expertise with the Open Source movement, with many of their products coming pre-installed and pre-configured with open source software like OpenStack, CloudStack and Eucalyptus, among others. This server solution is no different, and can be pre-configured with OpenStack.

“With the confluence of the highest storage density available, ‘Green’ miserly power usage, and sheer storage size, the eRacks/NAS72 brings an unprecedented level of utility to the cloud marketplace,” said Joe Wolff, CTO and founder, eRacks. “When combined with our available OpenStack pre-installation/pre-configuration services, it’s a truly unbeatable enterprise turnkey Petascale private cloud.“