Nexsan E18 RAID Storage System - 18 Drive SAS, SATA or SSD 2U High Density Enterprise Class Rackmount Solution

Nexsan E18 - Available in SATA, SAS and SSD 18 Disks in only 2U, 3TB Disk Drives now available in the Nexsan E18 RAID Storage System

The Nexsan E18, a member of the Flexible Storage Platform, is Nexsan's next generation of high performance, high density and energy-efficient storage solution. The E18 is a next-generation, high performance, 18-drive 2U storage system. The E18 supports SATA, SAS and SSD drives to flexibly meet varying storage needs for high performance, high capacity or both. The E18 is designed for applications that require enterprise-class performance at a mid-market price. The system employs the new Nexsan E-Series RAID controller–available in single or dual controller configurations–and contains up to four 8Gb Fibre Channel ports and up to four 1Gb iSCSI ports to deliver higher bandwidth and path resiliency. Nexsan's Active Drawer Technology™ enables two sliding, active drawers that hold nine drives in each, allowing them to be quickly and easily serviced by one person while remaining online.

Key benefits include:

•Over 10TB of high performance SAS in 2U OR over 54TB of high capacity SATA in 2U•18-disk RAID system with two active drawers•Single or dual redundant active/active controllers•High speed cache with both battery and flash backup•8Gb Fibre Channel and 1Gb iSCSI host-side ports•Utilizes multi-path IO for Windows, Linux, VMware, Xen and Hyper-V•No single-point-of-failure design•Anti-Vibration Design maximizes disk reliability•Nexsan's exclusive AutoMAID level 4 technology reduces energy consumption by 85%•Nexsan's Cool Drive Technology utilizes redundant push and pull fans•Expand with up to 60 additional drives with Nexsan E60X•Optional 10Gbit iSCSI replaces 8Gb Fibre Channel ports

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Technical Specifications:

Disk Bays18Rack U2UControllers1 Standard Dual RAID Engines per Controller Optional second controller for dual Active/ActiveDual OptionalActive/Active fault tolerance and increased performance with optional second controllerSupports E60X ExpansionYesStorage Expansion Ports for E60XTwo 6Gb SASx4 ports per controllerBattery Protected Cache per Controller2GBHost Ports per Controller2 FC 8Gbit ports & 2 iSCSI 1Gbit ports Optional 2 iSCI 10Gbit ports replace 2 FC 8Gbit portsDedicated Management Ports per Controller1 Ethernet 10/100Mbit portDrives Supported1 / 2 / 3TB SATA, 450 / 600GB 15K RPM SAS, 64 / 200 / 400GB SSDHardware RAID 6IncludedRAID Levels0, 1, 1+0, 4, 5, 6Volumes and LUNs254 volumes per system / 254 LUNs per portPower SuppliesTwo 1200 Watt 115/240V Auto-sensing are Standard for fault-toleranceDimensionsFits into a standard 19 inch rack Width is 19 inches / 482.6mm Height is 3.9 inches / 88.1mm (2U) Depth is 31.5 inches / 800mmMaximum Installed Weight w/ mounting rails, all drives and controllersapprox – 45.7 Kg / 101 lbsOperating Temperature Range5°C to 30°C (41°F to 95°F)WarrantyTHREE YEARS ADVANCE REPLACEMENT WARRANTY:Nexsan Technologies storage systems are warranted for three full years from the date of shipment. Upon verification of failure, replacement equipment will be shipped out to our customers. Return material authorizations will accompany all equipment shipped and can be issued either by our phone, fax, or email. (warranties are non-transferable without prior consent from Nexsan) Several levels of service upgrades are available for purchase.Features:Benfits:18 Drive CapacityPopulate with up to 18 SAS, SATA, or SSD drives to meet varying needsVirtual Computing Environment ReadyHigh speed SAS and SSD drives can be mixed to deliver performance to transactional applications or virtual hostsActive Drawer Technology™Allows one person to easily access hot-swappable disks and fans, in any of the two sliding drawers, which remain operational when opened.High AvailabilityCan be configured so there is no single-point-of-failure between the servers and storage system, or within the storage system. All power, fans, disks and I/O ports are fully redundant.Active / ActiveBoth controllers service storage requests, delivering twice the performance of the active/passive architecture offered by others.Energy SavingsAutoMAID is the storage industry's most sophisticated power management system, delivering delivers up to 85% energy savings. When a disk group is not accessed for a specified time period, it can automatically be put into a lower power-consuming state. No changes to applications or manual intervention is required to get the benefits of AutoMAID level 4.Anti-Vibration DesignHard drives are mounted so that all disks are not spinning in the same direction. In addition, the anti-vibration design of the chassis provides unprecedented hard drive MTBFs.Cool Drive TechnologyThe high density chassis is specially designed for uniform airflow that ensures optimal thermal operation. The hot-swappable fans in the front and rear of the active drawers allow proper push/pull airflow.Fibre Channel and iSCSI SAN ConnectivityEach controller provides two 8Gb Fibre Channel ports and two 1Gb iSCSI connections – all four ports can be used simultaneously in SAN or direct-attached applications to support multiple workloads.Easy AdministrationA built-in Web server utilizes the dedicated 100Mb/s Ethernet port to deliver a management GUI that sets the gold standard for ease-of-use.2GB Battery-backed Cache per ControllerThe two RISC engines on each controller share a 2GB high speed cache which is supplied with enough battery power to permit it to be saved to flash memory in the event of a sudden loss of power.Hardware RAIDSupports RAID 0, 1, 1+0, 4, 5 and 6 using two dedicated hardware RAID engines per controller. RAID6 protects against the failure of two drives in a RAID set.Automatic RAID Set MaintenanceIn the event of a drive failure, spare drives are automatically added to a RAID set and a RAID set rebuild is run all without any manual intervention being required. Administrators can receive email alerts, SNMP alerts or monitor the storage system's health remotely.Flexible Storage ConfigurationSupports multiple RAID sets and multiple volumes per set with full LUN security and up to 254 LUNS per system.Redundant PowerDual redundant 120V power suppliesExpansionExpand with E60X for up to 60 additional SSD, SAS, or SATA drivesRackUnit fits into 2U of a standard rack. Cable control is internal to the storage system's two active drawers.

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