4U RAID From Sans Digital With 64 3.5-Inch HDDs

Sans Digital announced enterprise level rackmount enclosures featuring a high density 64 hard drive bay enclosure in a 4U rackmount.

Intended for IT administrators who require large amounts of highly-available data, the AccuRAID AR464X6 / AR464F8 features a 64 hot-swappable SAS/SATA 3.5" inch hard disk drive bays in a 19-inch 4U rackmount unit that can scale up to a maximum storage capacity in the terabyte range.

The AccuRAID 64 bay RAID subsystem features a  6Gb/s SAS (AR464X6 / AR464X6R) or an 8Gb/s FC interface (AR464F8 / AR464F8R) to provide an increase in system efficiency and performance.

They also support dual redundant RAID controllers (AR464X6R, AR464F8R) which present a higher degree of fault tolerance.

Users looking to cut down on power consumption and increase rack space will benefit by moving their data to the AccuRAID 64-bay enclosures. By consolidating large amounts of data and rackmount enclosures into a single RAID sub-system, you will help to provide low-carbon foot print by eliminating the need of several high-powered rackmounts and combining them into one large enclosure.

Sans Digital’s hot-swappable top-loaded design allowing 64 hard drives installed in 4U height form factor, maximizing the space available in data center. By providing high density storage, AccuRAID 64-bay series also saving power outlet as well as saving necessary cooling, lowering the overall CAPEX.

You can install close to 192TB of enterprise storage in a single industry standard 4U cabinet or scale up to 384TB by daisy chaining multiple enclosures. Aside from speed and reliability, the series also introduces excellent manageability thorough the use of web enabled monitoring and management or the LCD menu status built-in the rackmount enclosure.

For virtual machine environments, the AR464F8 FC rackmount is compatible with VMware, Citrix and Microsoft hypervisor servers.

"The AccuRAID 64-bay 6G/s SAS Expander and 8Gb/s FC rackmount models combine high performance, quality, scalability, and low carbon foot print at a reasonable and very price competitive price point," said Stanley Chan, director of Business Development of Sans Digital. "The AccuRAID 64-bay rackmount storage solutions is truly the most viable choices in comparison to other products to use in data center and military, as well as environment that require power saving and space saving."

The AccuRAID series 4U 64 bay SAS or FC storage are available with 3 years limited parts and labor warranty.