Sans Eight-Bay RAID Storage System

As reported on Information Week, Sans Digital has introduced an eight-bay storage system within a compact tower case for smaller businesses. With a data transfer rate of more than 800 MB per second, the MobileRAID MR8X6 is suitable for video editing or server database applications, and provides storage expansion of up to seven more MS8X6s, each with a maximum of 24 TB, using the hardware RAID controller in the systems.

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"The MR8X6 provides hardware RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 data protection against hard drive failure and supports clustering applications and storage failover through dual-channel SAS interfaces. The system has a built-in processor for handling RAID algorithmic calculations, offloading the workload from the CPU in the host computers or servers.

"Use of a RAID processor also eliminates operating system compatibility problems, which are common with RAID controller device drivers, Sans Digital says. The system supports Windows, including Windows Server 2008, Mac OS X and Linux. Virtualization applications are also supported, including VMware ESX/ESXi Vshpere, Critix XGen Server, and Microsoft Hyper-V.

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