Sans Digital 1PB Usable Scale-Out NAS

SANS Digital Technology Inc. announces its scale-out NAS at a capacity of 1PB usable.

• 6 nodes of 36-bay storage servers, starting price of $179,500
• Sustainable throughput of 12GB/s
• Using 6TB HDDs, total raw capacity of 1,296TB
• Built-in 400GB SSD x 4 for metadata management

Each node includes:

• 2x SFP+ 10GbE network connections
• 64GB DDR-4 memory
• 2x Intel E5 2620 V4 CPU
• 36x 6TB HDD

A single 4U 36-drive server can deliver over 1.8GB/s throughput. A cluster of 10 storage nodes can provide more than 18GB/s in aggregated performance for the most demanding applications.

Scalable
Expand capacity on-demand and while online, without interruption. Scale out beyond 300PB in a single volume.