Dulce Systems PRO RX, a 12- and 16-Bay Rackmount RAID
Upwards of 16TB in a 3U 19-inch rackmount space
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on April 7, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Dulce
Systems announces the super fast rackmount RAID Storage PRO RX. The
answer to low cost, high performance, protected bulk storage for the
creative and content creation professionals.Dulce
Systems expands their high performance RAID protected product line with
the introduction of the PRO RX, a 12 and 16 bay rackmount RAID storage
solution.
Adding
on to the existing field proven high performance RAID engine, the PRO
RX implements the latest PCI-express Extender technology to provide
super fast, low cost, redundant storage with upwards of 16TB capacity
in a 3u 19” rackmount space.
The
PRO RX implements a power efficient, low heat, super fast Host Bus
Extender (HBE) interface running at 20Gb/s (8 PCI-express lanes) to
extend the computer’s PCI-express bus to the PRO RX enclosure. An
available 8 lane PCI-express slot is required, the typical power and
heat strains are removed from the host computer keeping it running
cooler. An 8 lane clip lock secured PCI-express cable is supplied to
connect the HBE to the PRO RX enclosure, a maximum cable length of 7
meters will fit most rackmount requirements.
The
field proven high performance RAID controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 3,
5 and 6 connects to upward of 16 SATA II 3Gb/s 7200RPM disk modules. An
impressive set of data rates breaks all records, in the performance
RAID 0 stripe mode the PRO RX measures 800MB+/sec, in the drive
redundant RAID 5 mode the PRO RX measures 750MB+/sec, even with the
double disk redundant RAID 6 mode the PRO RX delivers over 700MB/sec.
The
PRO RX is Mac and PC compatible. Certified to work with Apple’s Final
Cut Studio, Adobe’s Premiere Pro and other popular editor and creation
applications. The PRO RX’s impressive data rate allows for multiple
streams of video resolutions; DV, HDV, DVCPRO HD, ProRes HQ,
uncompressed SD/HD as well as 2k film.
Feature
rich enclosure monitoring and RAID management console to monitor and
configure the RAID with any web browser, plus Ethernet connectivity,
e-mail event notification, remote host controlled power on/off,
removable fans and optional hot swappable power supplies.
The
PRO RX comes pre-loaded with 8, 12 or 16 drive models in a 12 or 16 bay
3u rackmount enclosure. The HBE and a 1 meter extender cable are
supplied. 3 and 7 meters extender cables are optional.
The
PRO RX is compatible with the PRO EX PCI-express Expander. If
additional storage is required the PRO RX can be expanded using the PRO
EX PCI-express Expander, providing a total of 112 TB per PRO EX. If
even more storage is required, multiple PRO EX’s can be daisy chained
for virtually unlimited online storage.
The PRO RX is share ready using the up coming PRO Share high speed networking product.
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