NexSAN has done it again. Density, density and greater density! 84TB in 4U?
This is indeed the case now that the NexSAN SATABeast and SATAbeastXi can be populated with the new 2TB SATA disk drives.
If you are looking for a solution that has absolute density, look no further as once again this Green RAID solution is absolutely unique and with thousands of units in the field this tested solution will certainly not disappoint you.
Interested in the SATABeast. Contact us at Sunstar Co.
info@sunstarco.com 800.663.5523
Gavin
www.sunstarco.com
Showing posts with label RAID. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RAID. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Sunstar at work
Even though the USA is experiencing a depression, corporations still are purchasing storage. The data continues to grow and we at Sunstar Company are seeing from our clients a need for even large capacity appliances.
Recently we sold a SASBeast from NexSAN Technologies for a large database. With 42 SAS drives spinning at 15,000 RPMS this is one heck of a unit. I am told by the network administrator that the SASBeast is unbelievable fast and although it does not have as much data as their existing SATABeast it is performing beyond their expectations.
We at Sunstar Company continue to offer an excellent selection of storage solutions and we we would very much like to help you select your next RAID storage solution.
Many Thanks
Gavin
info@sunstarco.com
800.663.5523
Recently we sold a SASBeast from NexSAN Technologies for a large database. With 42 SAS drives spinning at 15,000 RPMS this is one heck of a unit. I am told by the network administrator that the SASBeast is unbelievable fast and although it does not have as much data as their existing SATABeast it is performing beyond their expectations.
We at Sunstar Company continue to offer an excellent selection of storage solutions and we we would very much like to help you select your next RAID storage solution.
Many Thanks
Gavin
info@sunstarco.com
800.663.5523
Friday, January 9, 2009
Storage and Backup for 2009
Storage needs continue to grown and like other industries in the USA, there has been a slowdown. Will this continue. Personally I doubt that the larger companies will hold back for to much longer. The CTO will be demanding money as they have no choice to replace legacy hardware (out of warranty) will new faster, larger capacity and certainly more reliable solutions.
Sunstar Company is a player in this market and will continue to support the needs of our present and future customers.
For so many companies, their data is their product or solution so they must maintain it's integrity. No one wants to loose their data.
Data will continue to grow and we need to back it up, via tape, replication etc.
Sunstar is always available for a free consultation
Contact us: info@sunstarco.com 800.663.5523
Many Thanks
Gavin
Sunstar Company is a player in this market and will continue to support the needs of our present and future customers.
For so many companies, their data is their product or solution so they must maintain it's integrity. No one wants to loose their data.
Data will continue to grow and we need to back it up, via tape, replication etc.
Sunstar is always available for a free consultation
Contact us: info@sunstarco.com 800.663.5523
Many Thanks
Gavin
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Data Mirroring, Striping with and without parity
Mirroring, Striping and Striping with parity are the three fundamental RAID techniques and the various RAID types (RAID 5, 6 etc) can use one or more of these techniques.
Data mirroring stores the same data across two hard drives which provides redundancy and read speed.
Upside: - Redundant - if a single drive fails, the other drive still has the data. Great on read I/O performance and read throughput because it can independently process two read requests at the same time.
Downside: - Your capacity is only half of the total capacity of all your hard drives expensive.
Striping the data distributes the data across multiple hard drives.
Upside: - Scales very well on read and write throughput for single tasks but it has less read throughput than data mirroring when processing multiple tasks.
Downside: - Rarely used by itself because it provides zero fault tolerance and a single drive failure causes not only the data on that drive to fail, but the entire RAID array.
Striping with parity solves the reliability problem at the expense of some capacity and a big hit on write IOPS and write throughput. Data is striped across multiple hard drives just like normal data striping but a parity is generated and stored on one or more hard drives. Parity data allows a RAID volume to be reconstructed if one (sometimes two) hard drives fail within the array.
Upside: - Data is safe – Loss of data is less likely
Downside: - Can be expensive – With drive capacities increasing – xTB is no longer available for use.
For additional information - understanding RAID
http://www.sunstarco.com/Education/RAID%20Solutions.htm
Please feel free to visit our web site for more information, we have an assortment of storage solutions that will take advantage of the technologies stated above.
www.sunstarco.com
800-663-5523
info@sunstarco.com
Data mirroring stores the same data across two hard drives which provides redundancy and read speed.
Upside: - Redundant - if a single drive fails, the other drive still has the data. Great on read I/O performance and read throughput because it can independently process two read requests at the same time.
Downside: - Your capacity is only half of the total capacity of all your hard drives expensive.
Striping the data distributes the data across multiple hard drives.
Upside: - Scales very well on read and write throughput for single tasks but it has less read throughput than data mirroring when processing multiple tasks.
Downside: - Rarely used by itself because it provides zero fault tolerance and a single drive failure causes not only the data on that drive to fail, but the entire RAID array.
Striping with parity solves the reliability problem at the expense of some capacity and a big hit on write IOPS and write throughput. Data is striped across multiple hard drives just like normal data striping but a parity is generated and stored on one or more hard drives. Parity data allows a RAID volume to be reconstructed if one (sometimes two) hard drives fail within the array.
Upside: - Data is safe – Loss of data is less likely
Downside: - Can be expensive – With drive capacities increasing – xTB is no longer available for use.
For additional information - understanding RAID
http://www.sunstarco.com/Education/RAID%20Solutions.htm
Please feel free to visit our web site for more information, we have an assortment of storage solutions that will take advantage of the technologies stated above.
www.sunstarco.com
800-663-5523
info@sunstarco.com
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