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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

42TB in a single chassis

Sunstar Company is proud to introduce to you the NexSAN SATABeast. No just like any other SAN, the SATABeast will save you money.

Interested in going green, save power.

The SATABeast employs Nexsan's revolutionary AutoMAID™ energy saving technology. AutoMAID transparently places SATABeast disk drives in an idle state reducing power consumption and operational costs. AutoMAID delivers the cost-saving benefits of MAID (Massive Array of Idle Disks) without the limitations of slow access times and special host software. Nexsan's AutoMAID is granular to an individual drive or RAID set and enables users to determine the level of access speed and energy savings desired. AutoMAID is the first MAID architecture that supports VTL (Virtual Tape Libraries), full file format D2D and standard RAID implementations.

NexSAN's award-winning Performance SATAT RAID controller architecture utilizes dual RAID engines on each SATABeast controller to provide extremely high throughput performance across 42 spindles. SATABeast's 42 high capacity drives can be segmented into multiple RAID sets or a single large storage pool. LUN Mapping allows users to easily configure the massive disk capacity for dozens of servers or one.

• Highest storage density in the industry - up to 42 TB in only 4U
• NexSAN's revolutionary AutoMAID™ energy saving technology greatly reduces power consumption and operating costs.
• Full Enterprise class performance and reliability
• Dual function Fibre Channel and iSCSI connectivity with wire-speed performance. Flexible, scalable and completely OS independent, SATABeast easily supports a broad range of storage infrastructures.
• High performance – over 700 MB/s sustained throughput
• Integrated Fibre Channel and iSCSI connectivity for flexible implementation
• Reduced energy consumption and costs through AutoMAID™ technology.
• All active components are redundant and individually hot-swappable
• Highest density per rack inch
• Completely OS independent. No special software drivers or server-based management applications required.
• Supports RAID 0, 1, 1+0, 4, 5 and 6 & supports multiple RAID sets and multiple volumes per set.
• Up to 2GB cache per controller and supports up to 32 LUNS per controller.
• Online SATABeast delivers access to data up to 500 times faster than tape libraries and 20x faster than other MAID systems.
• Embedded web-browsable GUI over 10/100/1000 port, supports email alerts and SNMP traps
• Horizontal midplane design promotes superior airflow and alleviates insertion stress points
• Anti-Accumulative Rotational Vibration design enables maximum drive reliability.
• WorldView™ - Provides ability to manage and configure multiple Nexsan units from a single GUI
• Warranty - three years
• Reliable - YES

Looking for more than 42TB, look at the DataBeast, in essence, multiple SATABeasts and more.

More spped, well the SASBeast (not confirmed) is not yet on the market, consider the NexSAN SASBoy, very similar to the 14 drive SATABoy , however SAS drives and very fast.

Interested, contact me at Sunstar. (800) 663.5523 or info@sunstarco.com

Cheers

Gavin

Large Capacity Storage

A terrific product that we seem to have much success with is the NexSAN SATABeast.
Sunstar Company has had a long term relationship with NexSAN Technologies and finds that their RAID solutions are:

• Fast
• Reliable
• Well Made
• Price Right
• and Support is excellent

It is for this reason that Sunstar and other VARS sell their storage.

I would like to focus on the NexSAN SATABeast in today blog.

Prior to the SATABeast NexSAN had a product called the ATABeast. Primary difference - ATABeast supported Parallel ATA drives and as the name implies the SATABeast supports SATA drives.

Facts

• Highest storage density in the industry - up to 42 TB in only 4U.
• High capacity disk storage array with revolutionary power saving technology
• Full Enterprise class performance and reliability
• Dual function Fibre Channel and iSCSI connectivity with wire-speed performance. Flexible, scalable and completely OS independent, SATABeast easily supports a broad range of storage infrastructures.
• High performance – over 700 MB/s sustained throughput
• Supports RAID 0, 1, 1+0, 4, 5 and 6
• Supports multiple RAID sets and multiple volumes per set.
• Integrated Fibre Channel and iSCSI connectivity for flexible implementation
• Supports automatic IP address assignment via DHCP, manually using IP Gleaning, over serial port, or via web page.
• Nexsan's revolutionary AutoMAID™ energy saving technology greatly reduces power consumption and operating costs.
• Nexsan Technologies storage systems are warranted for three full years

Bottom line. The NexSAN SATABeast sells itself. If you have a storage requirement that requires a solution that will grow with you consider the SATABeast. Install 20TB today and the balance over time. Drive capacities do not need to match,(RAID sets.)

The SATABeast is geared to work with the following NexSAN solutions:

1. DataBeast
2. The Edge

Not to forget the other NexSAN storage solutions:

1. SATAbeastXi- Almost identical to the SATABeast - however geared towards Apple Mac.
2. SATABoy - 14 Bay, 3U SATA Storage Array - 14TB Max - choice of single or dual controller
3. SASBoy - Similiar to SATABoy - however suppoting SAS drives only.

Please do visit the NexSAN page on our web site and do contact us if you have any questions?
info@sunstarco.com 800.663.5523
Many Thanks

Sunstar
www.sunstarco.com