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Nexsan
SATABoy
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| SATABoy, Fibre Host Interface |
| Fibre (2) and iSCSI (2) connections, Single Controller, 14 Bay, 3U, 1GB Cache |
| Configured with (8 Hitachi) 500GB Disks / 7200 RPM |
#F1F08500HERG Call for Pricing: 800-663-5523 |
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| Configured with (8 Western Digital) 1TB Disks / 7200 RPM1 |
#F1F081000WERG Call for Pricing: 800-663-5523 |
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| Configured with (8 Hitachi) 1TB Disks / 7200 RPM |
#F1F081000HERG Call for Pricing: 800-663-5523 |
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| Configured with (14 Hitachi) 500GB Disks / 7200 RPM |
#F1F14500HERG Call for Pricing: 800-663-5523 |
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| Configured with (14 Western Digital) 1TB Disks / 7200 RPM1 |
#F1F141000WERG Call for Pricing: 800-663-5523 |
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| Configured with (14 Hitachi) 1TB Disks / 7200 RPM |
#F1F141000HERG Call for Pricing: 800-663-5523 |
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Overview:
- High capacity - up to 14 TB in only 3U
- Nexsan's revolutionary AutoMAID™ energy saving technology greatly
reduces power consumption and operating costs.
- Enterprise class performance and reliability
- Fibre Channel, SAS and iSCSI connectivity with wire-speed performance
Nexsan has once again raised the bar with the high performance
SATABoy® storage array. SATABoy provides organizations with exceptional
performance and unparalleled storage flexibility in a compact package
to meet real world business objectives. The highly scalable SATABoy
features FC, iSCSI and SAS connectivity to enable cost-effective storage
of large amounts of information online, while its high speed performance
ensures faster response times for mission critical applications. SATABoy
is equally capable of delivering high IOPS for transactional applications
and sustaining maximum MB/s throughput for high bandwidth applications
such as streaming media.
Energy Saving Benefits
SATABoy offers the energy
saving benefits of Nexsan's revolutionary AutoMAID™
technology. AutoMAID™ (Massive Array of Idle Disks)
allows SATABoy to place its disk drives into an idle
state to conserve energy yet provide
near-instantaneous access to data. This powerful
combination of high performance with energy saving
capabilities enables users to maximize the total
return on their storage hardware investment.
Best in Class Performance
SATABoy incorporates advanced features such as dual RAID engines, a high performance cache mirroring ASIC, and active/active failover to deliver uncompromising availability and reliability, feature rich functionality, and high performance. With sustained throughput speeds of up to 540 MB/s per controller, SATABoy provides superior performance across all standard platforms and operating systems. Dual fibre channel and iSCSI or dual SAS and iSCSI connectors on each controller enable easy and flexible implementation into a wide range of environments. SATABoy’s high performance and enormous capacity provides exceptional value that enhances all digital information storage applications, such as live on-line data, streaming media, tiered storage, broadcast/VOD and other business critical applications.
Simple to Use
The advanced hardware design of SATABoy is supported by Nexsan’s simple yet sophisticated Extreme Intelligence software, NexScan®, providing intuitive centralized management and monitoring. SATABoy’s integrated NexScan management tool is platform independent with an intuitive design that ensures complete control over configuration and optimization of your storage environment.
Configuration and Management
NexScan® is our embedded web-enabled Graphical User Interface (GUI). The platform independence of the SATABoy allows you to access your system from any standard Internet browser or from any host computer either directly connected or via a LAN or WAN with no software or patches required.
- Real-time event, hardware and
thermal monitoring dynamically
presented.
- Performance statistics monitoring;
event logging, rebuild and verify
utilities.
Advanced Features:
- High performance RAID solution built around the latest high-capacity SATA disk drives.
- All mission critical components, including RAID controllers, are hot swappable and completely redundant.
- NexScan™, our platform independent Web enabled GUI, provides simple system configuration, event and component monitoring from any standard web browser.
- Multi-box capable - NexScan enables remote management and configuration of multiple arrays from a single GUI.
- Up to 254 LUNS per controller
- Dynamic spare pooling and dedicated spares; array verification
- Dependable hot swapping of high capacity drives with the flexibility to support even higher capacities with Nexsan's proprietary RAID engine with soft-reconfigurable FPGAs.
- Failsafe 24/7 operation for uninterrupted business continuity.
- Three Year Warranty - Advance Exchange, 24X7 Technical Support.
- High capacity / High-density - SATABoy features 14 drives in only 3u of rack space.
- Arrays can be configured for RAID levels 0, 1, 1+0, 4, 5 and 6
- OS independent - No special software drivers required to connect to any host system.
- Integrated Fibre Channel and iSCSI or SAS and iSCSI connectivity for flexible implementation
AutoMAID™ Energy Saving Technology:
Nexsan's evolutionary AutoMAID
(Automatic Massive Array of Idle Disks) energy
saving technology transparently places disk drives
into an idle state to vastly reduce power and
cooling costs. AutoMAID delivers the cost-effecdtive
benefits of MAID 2.0 without the limitations of slow
access times and special host software.
AutoMAID is granular to an individual drive or
RAID set and offers multiple levels of energy
savings. AutoMAID is user selectable enabling users
to determine the right level of response time
performance to energy savings. AutoMAID is the first
MAID 2.0 architecture that supports VTL, full file
format D2D and standard high performance RAID
implementations.
Key Points
- AutoMAID reduces power and cooling costs
- Nexsan’s AutoMAID delivers the benefits of MAID without the limitations
- Available on Nexsan Assureon, SATABoy, SATABeast, and SATABeast Xi
AutoMAID Defined
- AutoMAID automatically reduces power consumption and heat generation on idle drives
- Trade-off between response times and power savings are user configurable
- AutoMAID behavior happens automatically and transparently to host – no software changes required
- Typical configuration settings:
- Level 1: Heads Unloaded
- 15% to 20% savings
- Sub-second recovery time
- Level 2: Heads
Unloaded, slows to 4000 RPM
- 35% to 45% savings
- 15 second recovery time
- Level 3: Stops spinning
(sleep mode; powered on)
- 60% to 70% savings
- 30 to 45 second recovery time
AutoMAID Safety Features
- In maximum power saving mode, drive spin up is sequenced to reduce power surges
- Drives automatically wake up for periodic surface scan to ensure data integrity (user configurable)
- AutoMAID has no impact on performance if left on in data-intensive server applications
- Only two simple configuration settings – "timeout" and "power savings desired"
Technical Specifications:

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SASBoy Technical Specifications |
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Specifications |
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External Host Interface /
Channels |
Dual 4Gb Fibre Channel ports and dual
iSCSI ports or dual 12Gb SAS Channel
port and dual iSCSI ports per controller
Single or dual active/active controllers
or quad SCSI ports on a single
controller |
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Internal Device Interface /
Channels |
Fourteen SAS/SATA device channels |
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Data Transfer Rates |
Fibre: Up to 370MB/s sustained per
controller |
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Controllers |
Single or Dual Controller Active-Active
Failover / Cache Coherency |
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Drive Bay Size |
14 Bay / 3U |
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Cache |
Up to 2GB per controller |
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Battery Back-up |
Yes |
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RAID Levels |
0, 1, 1+0, 4, 5 and 6 |
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Sustained Data Rates |
Up to 540 MB/s on a single controller with FC |
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LUNs Supported |
254 |
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Power |
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Current Voltage |
25ºC cold start
Dual PSU |
4A @ 115 or 2A @ 230 Switchable
115/230 Autoswitching /
Autoranging |
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Frequency |
47-63 Hz |
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Operating Temperature |
0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F) |
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Dimensions and Weight |
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Height |
5.25 in. (3u) / 13.25 cm |
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Width |
19 in. / 48.26 cm |
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Depth |
20 in. / 50.8 cm |
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Weight |
46 lbs / 21 Kgs (without disk drives and
w/o rails) |
NexScan GUI - Configuration and Management:
NexScan® is our embedded WEB enabled GUI (
Graphical User Interface ). NexScan provides easy
access to your SATABoy system from any standard
internet browser or from any host computer either
directly connected or via a LAN or WAN. NexScan is
platform independent. No software or patches
required.
- Additional access via the RS-232 serial port or network interface to an ANSI terminal or emulator.
- Event log for all significant events stored on disk.
- Single click access to summary of all problems and warnings.
- Array is verified before being put into production; automatic "parity scrub" (array verify) is performed as a background task every 24 hours thereafter.
- Shows status of disk drives, power supplies, fans, RAID controller. Information is automatically refreshed at a settable interval.
- Complete hardware status page lists all significant hardware conditions such as voltages, temperature, battery mode, cache settings, network settings, and blower RPM
- Supports automatic IP address assignment via DHCP, manually using IP Gleaning, over serial port, or via web page.
- Cache management page allows configuration of Cache as enabled or disabled, or remotely settable via standard SCSI commands
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- SMART environmental monitoring support.
- DNS support for symbolic addresses.
- Build RAID sets (and set RAID level and stripe size), partition RAID sets into Volumes, map Volumes to LUNs and Host Ports, and manage Spares
- For each drive, complete Model Name, Capacity, Serial Number, and Firmware Revision is reported along with errors and retries, if any.
- Alerts and warnings sent out using SMTP email alerts with problem summary, hyperlink to the enclosure management page, plus user-defined fields.
- Extra security feature requires manual confirmation of destructive media operations.
- Battery-backed Real Time Clock/Calendar is used to time stamp all major events
- Configure and monitor subsystem using any standard web browser.
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Teleguard - Phone Home:
Tele-Guard™ is Nexsan's
"phone home" feature incorporated within our
award-winning line of storage solutions. Tele-Guard™
works in conjuction with the NexScan™ GUI to provide
users with a simple, integrated set of tools to
effectively manage and monitor your Nexsan storage
system. Utilizing NexScan™, our WEB enabled GUI
(Graphical User Interface), you can access your
system from any standard internet browser. In
addition, NexScan™ is platform independent and can
be accessed directly from a host computer or over a
LAN or WAN. NexScan™ uses standard html eliminating
any need for special client software. Tele-Guard™
monitors all system parameters and allows either
single or multiple user alerts to be sent via '
Plain English ' e-mails, Internet based SMS
notification or Tele-Guard's™ pager support.
Boy and Beast Product Family:
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Feature |
SASBoy
(SAS drives) |
SASBeast
(SAS drives) |
SASBoy
(SAS+SATA
drives) |
SASBeast
(SAS+SATA
drives) |
SATABoy |
SATABeast |
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Drive Types |
SAS 300GB,
450GB, 600GB -
15000 RPM |
SAS 300GB,
450GB, 600GB -
15000 RPM |
SAS 300GB,
450GB, 600GB
15000 RPM and
SATA 1TB
7200RPM |
SAS 300GB,
450GB, 600GB -
15000 RPM and
SATA 2TB and
1TB |
SATA 1TB, 750GB,
500GB |
SATA 2TB, 1TB,
750GB, 500GB |
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Drive Bays / Rack U |
14 Drive Bays / 3U |
42 Drive Bays / 4U |
14 Drive Bays/ 3U
( 4SAS w/10 SATA
or 7SAS w/
7SATA) |
42 Drive Bays / 4U
(SAS or SATA in
groups of 14) |
14 Drive Bays / 3U |
42 Drive Bays / 4U |
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Controllers |
1 Standard
Dual Optional
Dual RAID
Engines per
Controller |
1 Standard
Dual Optional
Dual RAID
Engines per
Controller |
1 Standard
Dual Optional
Dual RAID
Engines per
Controller |
1 Standard
Dual Optional
Dual RAID
Engines per
Controller |
1 Standard
Dual Optional |
1 Standard
Dual Optional |
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Battery Protected
Cache per
Controller |
2GB Standard |
2GB Standard |
2GB Standard |
2GB Standard |
512MB, 1GB or
2GB |
512MB, 1GB or
2GB |
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Host Ports |
2 FC or 2 SAS and
2 iSCSI Ports
per Controller |
2 FC and 2 iSCSI
Ports
per Controller |
2 FC or 2 SAS and
2 iSCSI Ports
per Controller |
2 FC and 2 iSCSI
Ports
per Controller |
2 FC or 2 SAS and
2 iSCSI Ports
per Controller |
2 FC and 2 iSCSI
Ports
per Controller |
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Sustained Data
Rates (with Dual
Controllers) |
820 MB/s Reads |
1100+ MB/s Reads |
820 MB/s Reads |
1100+ MB/s Reads |
540 + MB/s Reads
(with single
controller) |
1100 MB/s Reads |
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Hardware RAID 6 |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Included |
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RAID Levels |
0, 1, 1+0, 4, 5, 6 |
0, 1, 1+0, 4, 5, 6 |
0, 1, 1+0, 4, 5, 6 |
0, 1, 1+0, 4, 5, 6 |
0, 1, 1+0, 4, 5, 6 |
0, 1, 1+0, 4, 5, 6 |
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LUNs |
254 per Controller |
254 per Controller |
254 per Controller |
254 per Controller |
254 per Controller |
254 per Controller |
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Redundant Power
Supplies |
2 Redundant
Standard
500 watt |
2 Redundant
Standard |
2 Redundant
Standard |
2 Redundant
Standard |
2 Redundant
Standard
400 watt |
2 Redundant
Standard
760 watt |
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Global "Hot Drive Spares" |
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Hot-pluggable Controllers, Drives,
Power Supplies |
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Multiple RAID sets and LUNs per
RAID set |
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254 LUNs per Controller |
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LUN Masking, ACL, Read Only
Access |
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Nexsan WorldView Multi-unit
Manager |
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Nexsan NexScan Onboard Browser
Based GUI |
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Nexsan Tele-Guard Phone Home
Manager |
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3 yr. Warranty, Advanced Exchange,
24x7 Support |
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Pricing Notes:
- 1Western Digital drive based systems perform AutoMAID levels 1 & 3 only.
- Drive configurations are not limited to the choices
shown. Please contact us
for other options.
| SATABoy, Fibre Host Interface |
| Fibre (2) and iSCSI (2) connections, Single Controller, 14 Bay, 3U, 1GB Cache |
| Configured with (8 Hitachi) 500GB Disks / 7200 RPM |
#F1F08500HERG Call for Pricing: 800-663-5523 |
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| Configured with (8 Western Digital) 1TB Disks / 7200 RPM1 |
#F1F081000WERG Call for Pricing: 800-663-5523 |
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| Configured with (8 Hitachi) 1TB Disks / 7200 RPM |
#F1F081000HERG Call for Pricing: 800-663-5523 |
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| Configured with (14 Hitachi) 500GB Disks / 7200 RPM |
#F1F14500HERG Call for Pricing: 800-663-5523 |
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| Configured with (14 Western Digital) 1TB Disks / 7200 RPM1 |
#F1F141000WERG Call for Pricing: 800-663-5523 |
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| Configured with (14 Hitachi) 1TB Disks / 7200 RPM |
#F1F141000HERG Call for Pricing: 800-663-5523 |
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| SSD Disks (includes carrier) |
| 256G SSD (four 64G drives) option for Boy; requires four drive slots |
#SSDF-128G-I Call for Pricing: 800-663-5523 |
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| 256G SSD (four 64G drives) option for Boy; requires four drive slots |
#SSDF-256G-I Call for Pricing: 800-663-5523 |
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| Second Controller (Fibre (2) and iSCSI (2) connections with 1GB Cache) |
#CTR-017-1000 Call for Pricing: 800-663-5523 |
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| 2GB Controller Cache RAM module (this replaces the 1GB currently installed) |
#KIT-DDR2-001 Call for Pricing: 800-663-5523 |
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| MPIO software driver & license |
#SW-MSIO Call for Pricing: 800-663-5523 |
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| SATABoy, SAS Host Interface (STH) |
| SAS Host (2) and iSCSI (2) connections, Single Controller, 14 Bay, 3U, 2GB Cache |
| Configured with (8 Hitachi) 500GB Disks / 7200 RPM |
#F1T08500HFRG Call for Pricing: 800-663-5523 |
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| Configured with (8 Hitachi) 1TB Disks / 7200 RPM1 |
#F1T081000HFRG Call for Pricing: 800-663-5523 |
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| Configured with (14 Hitachi) 500GB Disks / 7200 RPM |
#F1T14500HFRG Call for Pricing: 800-663-5523 |
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| Configured with (14 Hitachi) 1TB Disks / 7200 RPM |
#F1T141000HFRG Call for Pricing: 800-663-5523 |
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| Second SATABoy SAS Host Controller (SAS Host (2) and iSCSI (2) connections with 2GB Cache) |
#CTR-019-2000 Call for Pricing: 800-663-5523 |
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| MPIO software driver & license |
#SW-MSIO Call for Pricing: 800-663-5523 |
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| SAS HBA's |
| LSI Single Port, PCI-E HBA w/ SAS Cable 3 Meter |
#KIT-SAS-1PORT-L Call for Pricing: 800-663-5523 |
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| LSI Dual Port, PCI-E HBA w/ (2) SAS Cable 3 Meter |
#KIT-SAS-2PORT-L Call for Pricing: 800-663-5523 |
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