Nexsan SASBeast Storage System

Highlights

• Enterprise class storage array built around the latest high-performance SAS disks
• Highest density per rack inch – 42 disks in only 4U (up to 18.9TB of SAS capacity)
• All active components (RAID controllers, fans, power supplies and disks) are redundant and individually hot-swappable
• Combine SAS and SATA disks in the SASBeast chassis
• Fibre Channel and iSCSI host connectivity
• OS independent. No drivers required
• Horizontal mid-plane design promotes superior airflow
• Anti-Accumulative Rotational Vibration design maximizes disk reliability
• Embedded web-browser GUI
• Management supports email alerts and SNMP traps
• WorldView™ provides the ability to manage and configure multiple units from a single GUI
• Reduce energy costs up to 60% through AutoMAID™ technology

Built for Performance Applications...

Blazing SAS IOPS performance and read/write throughput make SASBeast the perfect choice for transactional and/or database intensive applications (Exchange, SQL, Oracle, etc.). SASBeast’s high availability architecture features full redundancy across all active components and delivers industry leading reliability for enterprise class environments.

...and Capacity Applications

Innovatively engineered to reliably mix SAS and SATA disks in the same SASBeast chassis, the user is provided separate storage tiers for different applications. Use the SAS storage tier for performance intensive applications and the SATA storage tier for capacity intensive applications. Nexsan is changing the rules of storage by allowing the user to meet the broadest range of storage requirements in a single chassis.

Unprecedented Energy Savings

SASBeast exclusively features the ground breaking energy saving benefits of AutoMAID™ technology which places disks in an idle state during inactivity while providing near-instantaneous access to data when needed. AutoMAID uniquely delivers the benefits of green without the limitations.

High Performance accross both Fibre Channel and iSCSI

SASBeast gives users the flexibility to utilize Fibre Channel or iSCSI connectivity or both simultaneously. Flexible, scalable and completely OS independent, SASBeast offers dual function FC and iSCSI connectivity with wire-speed throughput performance.

Key Benefits

With SASBeast, Nexsan engineers have built the industry’s most complete and cost effective high performance storage system. SASBeast’s advanced mechanical design provides superior cooling for optimal thermal operation, reduces disk vibration and delivers outstanding energy efficiency with extreme density (42 disks in 4U). SASBeast’s unique design extends individual drive life and provides TCO savings year over year.

SASBeast’s unique combination of technologies delivers unsurpassed performance, reliability and cost savings for a broad range of storage requirements. With an extreme density design that provides a compact footprint and scales to hundreds of terabytes of capacity in a single rack, SASBeast easily meets the demands of transactional and/or database intensive applications (Exchange, SQL, Oracle, etc.).
Dual controllers using Nexsan’s award winning high performance design provides blistering throughput performance with 42 spindles that can be accessed simultaneously, segmented into multiple RAID sets or configured into a single, large storage pool.

All individual SASBeast components are fully redundant and hot swappable.

The SASBeast’s NexScan® management interface is built into the SASBeast controller alleviating the need to have a separate server or application manage the storage array. This sophisticated management utility monitors and reports the status of all subsystems. Included in NexScan are Tele-Guard®, Nexsan’s phone-home feature for user notification of errors or prediction of error, and our WorldView feature enables multi-box management. LUN Mapping allows users to easily configure the massive disk capacity for dozens of servers or one.