Nexsan introduces storage for Xserves, Mac Pros
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Jan 9, 2008 at 10:46am
Nexsan, a provider of disk-based storage systems designed for the long-term storage of information, has announced the SATABeast Xi, ahigh density, energy efficient storage solution built and optimized for the Apple Xserve and Mac Pro markets.
Bob Woolery of Nexsan says the SATABeast Xi is the highest density storage solution available, providing up to 42TB of storage in only 4U of rack space, and the only one of its caliber in the Xserve market featuring AutoMAID (Massive Array of Idle Disks). AutoMAID allows SATABeast Xi to place its disk drives in an idle state to conserve energy yet provide near-instantaneous access to data.
Additionally, SATABeast Xi delivers dual function Fibre Channel and iSCSI connectivity at wire-speed performance, making it flexible, scalable and completely OS independent to easily support a broad range of storage and computing infrastructures, Woolery adds. While optimized and designed specifically for the Apple Xserve and Mac Pro, the Nexsan SATABeast Xi also works in mixed environments.
The SATABeast Xi is designed for primary storage of large data set applications like uncompressed, real-time HDTV as well as multi-stream and analog TV signals and high-quality video editing with no frame drops. It’s also built for secondary storage applications and disk-to-disk backup in which online access to data delivers superior business continuity and data protection as well as instant access to large volumes of data.
Nexsan SATABeast Xi is available starting March 15 through Nexsan’s network of value-added resellers. Pricing hasn’t been announced.
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