… And Debuts mRAID Storage Solution ($26,000) …
Providing 48TB capacity for mMedia platform
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on January 11, 2012 at 2:46 pmActive Storage, Inc. announced mRAID, the high-capacity, high-performance and high-availability RAID storage solution.
mRAID provides high-capacity on-line production storage for the new mMedia platform which delivers an end-to-end workflow storage solution for post and broadcast production.
"The mRAID is unlike any storage you have used in a creative workflow," explained Alex Grossman, founder and president of Active Storage, Inc. "It’s fast, smart, scalable and easy. As heterogeneous workstation environments are becoming the norm, and increased resolutions and more distribution formats make ad-hoc approaches unworkable, the mRAID changes the game, making it easy to host powerful applications and support multiple Petabytes of connected storage."
The new mRAID starts by offering 48TB of storage capacity in three rack-units (3RU) with the throughput and low latency to power high-bandwidth post and broadcast production environments with the same deployment and management of ActiveRAID. In addition, mRAID is engineered to handle the current and next generation of Intel-based storage processors, with a new CrossFlow cooling system, a new high-speed bus interconnect between RAID controllers, new multi-core aware software, and a new Environmental Processing Engine.
The mRAID’s CrossFlow cooling design provides equal airflow and cooling to hard drives, RAID controllers, backup batteries, and I/O systems to eliminate hot spots and component failure, even in mobile, temporary production environments. The CrossFlow cooling design is efficient, not only using less power under normal conditions, but also providing cooling headroom when used in less than ideal conditions.
The new high-speed bus between RAID controllers maintains cache coherency, with a parallel data path that allows the system to saturate the 8x8Gb FC ports, and move data at full speed between FC and the multiple 6Gb SAS ports to hard drives in the expansion enclosures. The mRAID’s next-generation, multi-core aware software design works with the new Intel processing engine to take advantage of additional power, providing more memory for cache and applications.
The new, hot-swappable Environmental Processing Engine (ENV) manages UPS communication, and allows mRAID and connected expansion systems to be remotely powered up and down, and managed securely through the Active Admin management suite.
Current ActiveRAID users can integrate their systems under the management of mRAID. An upgrade allows ActiveRAID installations to take advantage of the improved processing power and added capabilities of mRAID with no reconfiguration.
The mRAID is available in a 48TB configuration for US MSRP $25,999 from resellers worldwide.