Accusys ExaSAN to Release A16T2-Share Shareable Thunderbolt Storage

 At NAB show 2015, Accusys Storage Ltd. will be exhibiting an shareable Thunderbolt storage, A16T2-Share, a product designed to overcome the limitations of existing Thunderbolt DAS and to provide its users with a productivity-boosting, cost-effective Thunderbolt shared storage system.

The A16T2-Share is a 16-bay rackmount storage array with four Thunderbolt host ports which allow four Thunderbolt computers to share the content distributed across 16 HDDs with a total capacity of 128TB (*), and may be further expanded to up to 512TB ^(*) with the extra JBOD system. Users can configure A16T2-Share as a SAN storage pool when integrated with SAN software, or partition the storage array into several storage volumes and benefit from the performance Thunderbolt ports as DAS with capacity.

A SAN is a crucial element that helps provide content creators with a more effective, high speed, and collaborative workflow. While current direct attached Thunderbolt storage products have been effective at providing a high speed connection to storage, the limitation lies within workgroup editing and productivity. Accusys has thus leveraged its years of experience as a PCIe SAN designer and high performance transmission technology provider within the video post-production industry, and created the all-in-one A16T2-Share Thunderbolt network storage solution, which takes the original peer to peer Thunderbolt interface and transforms it into a more flexible Thunderbolt storage network well suited for media and entertainment budgets and workflows. The technology and innovative thinking will eliminate the high cost of Thunderbolt networking over FC SAN or 10GbE. Guaranteed to preserve the performance of Thunderbolt 2.0 in a shared storage environment, A16T2-Share will be the perfect storage solution for the burgeoning 4K video market.

“The A16T2-Share couples the functionality of a complete SAN solution within a single Thunderbolt storage device, the high performance of Thunderbolt 2.0 without any protocol conversion latency, and the reliability derived from an independent hardware RAID system.” says SuSyan Huang, CEO, Accusys. “These features give A16T2-Share its uniqueness that differentiates it from other Thunderbolt storage products, and helps create a brand new working experience for Thunderbolt users.“

^(*) When equipped with 8TB enterprise HDDs.