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Active Storage introduces single-controller XRAID "ES"
Contributed by: aaron  |  Views:1062

Active Storage today announced a single-controller XRAID ES version of their Apple-centric storage product. There's a handy comparison on Active's site. It's quite a bit cheaper than the dual-controller version. (Note they don't recommend the ES for Xsan use.)

This mirrors (excuse the pun) a similar move by Promise back in January.



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Active Storage introduces single-controller XRAID "ES"
Authored by: keithkoby on Wednesday, April 08 2009 @ 03:19 PM EDT
I wonder if the 4TB ES model could be good for MD. A lot of us run into that old
situation of "wasting" a full raid on our MD storage pool. Especially now-a-
days where the trick is setting up 4 lun storage pools.
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  • Active Storage introduces single-controller XRAID - Authored by: MattG on Wednesday, April 08 2009 @ 03:45 PM EDT
  • Active Storage introduces single-controller XRAID - Authored by: mark raudonis on Thursday, April 09 2009 @ 12:20 AM EDT
    • Active Storage introduces single-controller XRAID "ES"
    Authored by: abstractrude on Thursday, April 09 2009 @ 01:49 PM EDT
    when they say not compatible with XSAN they mean its not what the product is for, and they wont support it if you have issues in post production workflows.

    slower disks and non active/active.
    then again the xserve raid is non active/active and I think those units are great.
    I think this is the perfect nearline solution. even in an XSAN. i know it is not xsan compatible but lets be honest a volume can contain lots of different pools with different tiers of storage.
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  • Active Storage introduces single-controller XRAID - Authored by: jordanwwoods on Thursday, April 09 2009 @ 09:06 PM EDT
    • Active Storage introduces single-controller XRAID "ES"
    Authored by: arekdreyer on Monday, April 13 2009 @ 11:25 PM EDT
    Because the XRAID ES only comes with one RAID controller, you wouldn't want to
    use it for Xsan storage.

    However, when the time comes to step up to Xsan, just pop in another XRAID
    controller, and you're good to go. Note that the hard drives in the XRAID ES are
    not as "enterprise" as the drives in the full-fledged XRAID.

    Also note that the XRAID ES spares kit comes with an extra controller!

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