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24 bay Galaxy HDX2 - now has SAS JBOD expansion
RAID 6 Dual Parity Support …allows a rebuild to continue even when a bad block is found during rebuild Varied Drive Configurations… 24 Drive bays support 500GB, 750GB and 1TB SATAll drives Huge Drive Capacities …up to 24TB of raw capacity per RAID enclosure with the new 1000GB SATAll disk drivesIncrease in Performance …dual controller Galaxy HDX2 has over 720MB/S benchmark results supports the highest bandwidth applications Increased Fibre Host Connections …failover multiipath and clustering options allow numerous Hosts to connect to the Galaxy Enhanced Media Scan and Error Handling …keeps the RAID working when there are degraded or damaged hard drives
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16 bay Galaxy HDX2 - Our most popular Award winning product.
RAID 6 Dual Parity Support …allows a rebuild to continue even when a bad block is found on a different disk drive Varied Drive Configurations… 16 Drive bays support 500GB, 750GB and 1TB SATAll drives Varied Host connectivity …4Gb Fibre, SAS, and ISCSI Host connectivity shows the versatility needed for all Huge Drive Capacities …up to 16TB of raw capacity per RAID enclosure with the new 1000GB SATAll disk drives
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12 / 8 bay HDX Fibre Channel RAID SATA ll Drive based
Multiple arrays configurable with dedicated or global hot spares
RAID levels supported: RAID 0, 1 (0+1), 3, 5, 10, 30, 50, and NRAID
Online expansion by:
Adding new drives
Copying and replacing drives with drives of larger capacity
Automatic background rebuildsConfigurable stripe size and write policy per arrayIntelligent drive handling:
In degraded mode: skips irreparable blocks to continue rebuild
In normal operation: data-block verification and repair
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16 bay HDX2 Fibre Channel RAID SAS/SATAll Drive based with Expansion
RAID Controller Single / Dual Controller Models Available
Hardware RAID parity computing
Hardware RAID5 & RAID6 parity computation
Supports RAID 0, 1 (0+1) , 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60, and NRAID
RAID Migration
Configurable stripe size and write policy per array
Multiple Global, Dedicated, & Enclosure-specific hot-spares
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16 bay HDX2 SAS RAID SATAll Drive based
SAS to SATA-II RAID subsystem
Four (4) Mini SAS 4x SFF-8088 ports for host & cascade
Hardware RAID6 XOR by a dedicated ASIC400
SSP, SMP, and STP protocols support
16 SATA-II (3Gbps) disk drives
NCQ, S.M.A.R.T., and drive buffer switch
Performance optimization per no. of I/O streams
64-bit LBA support
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12 / 8 bay HDX2 SAS RAID SATAll Drive based
SAS to SATA-II (3Gbps) RAID subsystem
Two (2) Mini SAS 4x SFF-8088 host ports
Hardware RAID5 and RAID6 engine by dedicated ASIC400 chipsets
Automated Media Scan
12 or 8 SATA-II (3Gbps) disk drives
NCQ and S.M.A.R.T. support
Performance optimization per no. of I/O streams
64-bit LBA support
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16 bay HDX2 SAS RAID SAS/SATAll Drive based with SAS Expansion
SAS to SAS/SATA-II RAID subsystem
Redundant or single RAID controller
Galaxy multi-pathing, load-balancing software
4 or 2 SAS 4x wide host ports
Hardware RAID6 engine by dedicated ASIC400 chipsets
Superior performance w/ uncomplicated connectivity
16 SAS or SATA-II (3Gbps) disk drives
Expansion to 80TB via a 4x wide expansion port
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16 bay HDX2 ISCSI RAID SATAll Drive based
iSCSI-to-SATA-II (3Gbps) RAID Subsystem
iSCSI Gigabit (Gb) Ethernet to SATA-II (3Gbps) RAID subsystem
Four (4) GbE host ports plus one (1) Fast Ethernet port for management
Galaxy multipathing driver
Hardware RAID6 XOR engine by dedicated ASIC400 chipsets
Access control over IP, IQN, and mutual CHAP
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24 bay Galaxy HDX
SCSI-320 to SATA-II (3Gbps) 4U/24-bay RAID
High performance with ASIC266 platform
The most cost effective cost per gb with 4U/24-bay plus single controller
Two (2) SCSI-320 host channels; host transfer bandwidth up to 640MBps
Up to 24TB of storage capacity
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16 bay HDX2 SCSI RAID SATAll Drive based
SCSI-320 to SATA-II (3Gbps) 3U/16-bay RAID
Two (2) SCSI-320 host channels; transfer rate up to 320MBps per channel
RoHS-compliant
Accommodates sixteen (16), 3Gbps, SATA-II (3Gbps) disk drives
ASIC400 architecture with hardware RAID6
Hot-swappable, life expectancy-aware battery backup
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12 / 8 bay Galaxy HDX SCSI 320 RAID SATAll Drive based
SCSI-320 to SATA-II (3Gbps) 2U/8-bay or 12-bay RAID
High performance with ASIC266 platform
8-bay or 12-bay rackmount enclosures
Rorke Data's Cost-Effective Galaxy Series NAS
Integrated Storage/Server design
Modular for Hot-swap accessible components
Range of Enclosure capacities 4-24 data drives
Simplified OEM-specific software image management
Embedded Microsoft OS or Linux OS
OEM options for UL/CE certification
Single or Dual Intel Xeon or AMD Opteron options based on Motherboard
4-24 Multilane or point-to-point, SATAII high-speed controller & hdd options
4-24SAS with expander or point-to-point options
Redundant hot swap power supplies, DVD, CD or FD
Options for GigE or 10Gb switch connectivity
Up to 7 PCI slot options-enclosure dependant
High Availability and Performance with Maximum Expandability and Scalability for Enterprise and Nearline Applications
Supports 1TB hard drives
Supports failover/failback RAID controllers for high availability
16 or 12 hot-swappable drive bays in a robust 2U chassis
Flexibility to use SAS and SATA 3Gb/s drives simultaneously
Four 3Gb/s SAS x4 host ports for performance and connectivity
Data protection with RAID 0/ 1/ 1E / 10/ 5/ 6 / 50 /60 with multiple global or dedicated hot-spare drives support
3G JBOD expansion – up to 4 Galaxy 3G JBOD systems
Redundant, hot-swappable power and cooling modules
Embedded web-based management GUI via Ethernet and Command Line Interface/Utility via RJ-11 Serial Port
LUN Mapping and Masking enable SANs and large clusters configurations
Expandable up to 4 JBODS
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Disclaimer: The Galaxy RAID & NAS storage platforms are extremely cost-effective and flexible, however not every feature regarding disk or host interface is available with every possible permutation. Please contact a Rorke Solution Architect or Sales Representative to discuss your requirements.
