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| Xyratex Debuts OneStor Storage Platform Xyratex has unveiled its new OneStor Extensible Storage Platform and announced the first in a series of scalable offerings that will be available for storage and server OEMs. The initial product in the family, the OneStor SP1424s, supports up to 24TB of tiered SAS and SATA disk drive storage in a 4U rack-mount enclosure with expansion capability up to 96TB. High availability host connections are achieved via dual 3Gb SAS I/O modules, each with integral data path redundancy and expansion ports. The combination of performance and scalability makes OneStor the perfect choice in a wide variety of storage and application environments, including digital media, compliance retention and data archival. By utilizing the Xyratex OneStor OEM Developers Kit to design custom "personality modules", OEMs and system integrators can easily tailor deployment of high performance storage solutions as their requirements and technologies evolve. Example personality modules may include server blades, RAID controllers and NAS devices, all of which could then be deployed across the entire OneStor ESP family. Key OneStor platform benefits include: - Flexible and Scalable Architecture: Through effective use of common FRUs, a common management API and SBB 2.0 compatibility, OneStor ESP enables OEMs to accelerate market introduction and product upgrades while significantly reducing costs associated with spares inventory across the family. - Robust Reliability: Through its intelligent platform management, OneStor ESP safeguards data and ensures maximum availability. Users are able to leverage fault diagnosis and resolution capabilities, error logging and monitoring. In addition, OneStor provides high availability features such as N+1 PSU, dual I/O modules and dual data paths to all drives. - Energy Efficiency: OneStor minimizes environmental impact through new "green" advancements in Xyratex technology including: scalable power supply profiles based on disk selection; individual drive power control; advanced adaptive cooling technology and 85+ percent efficient power conversion. Additionally, OneStor is designed to meet stringent worldwide requirements for recycling and environmental friendliness. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Networking News :: home page |