The Nexsan E18V is an ultra-reliable, high-density, high performance, efficient storage array that enables lower storage costs, maximum storage uptime, and data storage ROI boosts for your organization. E-Series V systems consume less than one-third of the power in one-third of the rack space of typical arrays, with up to 360 terabytes of capacity in just 4U and now offers 400% more memory and 50% increased CPU speed over the E-SeriesTM.
18 Drives in two trays with the ability to expand with two additional shelves.(E18XV)
| Specifications | E18V / E18XV |
| Chassis and Controllers | |
| Chassis 3.5” disk bays / rack U | 18 / 2U |
| Up to 2 expansion chassis of type | E18XV |
| Maximum number disks | 54 |
| Maximum raw TB per chassis / total | 108TB / 324TB |
| Number of active drawers | 2 |
| Max active/active controllers | 2 |
| Max RAID engines per system | 10 |
| Max cache per system (GB) | 8 |
| Standard 1Gb iSCSI ports per system | 4 |
| Optional 10Gb iSCSI ports per system | 4 |
| Optional 8Gb FC ports per system | 4 |
| Optional 16Gb FC ports per system | 4 |
| Optional 6Gb SAS(x4) ports per system | 4 |
| Drives, RAID, and LUNs | |
| 3.5″ 15K (GB) | 450, 600 SAS |
| 2.5″ 10K (GB) | 900, 1200 SAS |
| 3.5″ 7.2K (TB) | 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 SAS |
| SSDs (GB) | 200, 400, 800 |
| Mix 7.2K, 10K, 15K and SSD | Y |
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RAID 1, 0, 1+0, 4, 5, 6 |
Y |
| LUNs per System | 254 |
| LUN Expansion | Y |
| LUN mask, CHAP, r/w, read-only, deny | Y |
| FC or iSCSI to any LUN | Y |
| Physical Specifications | |
| Fully redundant hot-swappable controllers, drives, fans, power | Y |
| Width | 19 in / 482.6 mm |
| Height | 3.47 in / 88.1 mm |
| Depth | 31.5 in / 800 mm |
| Redundant Power | 2 x 1200W 100-240V auto-sense |
| AutoMAID Power Management | Y |
| Peak Power Consumption (@240V) | 604 Watts / 2.66 A |
| Idle Mode Power (AutoMAID Level 4) | 184 Watts / .92 A |
E-Series V Key Benefits
- Reliability – features Anti-Vibration Design and Cool Drive TechnologyTM.
- Availability – uses Active Drawer TechnologyTM and redundant hot swappable active components.
- Density – up to 18 drives in 2U.
- High Performance – utilizes Imation’s latest multi RAID engine controller technology.
- Energy Efficient – delivers up to 87% reduction in power while lowering your cooling needs through the use of AutoMAID®.
- Flexible Connectivity – connects via SAS, Fibre Channel or iSCSI.
- Easy to Manage – remotely manage one or many systems within a single, intuitive GUI.
Optimize Your Capacity Needs Now & Expand In The Future
The E-Series V storage arrays and expansion units offer mid-size organizations affordable enterprise-level Fibre Channel, SAS and/or iSCSI SAN storage used for a variety of capacity-optimized and performance-driven applications.
For larger organizations, E-Series V is a versatile SAN or DAS solution to stay ahead of the enormous data growth, demanding workloads, and high resiliency requirements in media & entertainment, government, healthcare, HPC, financial, surveillance and service provider sectors.
Turbocharge Your Performance For Ultra-Fast Write Speed
E-Series V features an advanced active/active controller design, including use of a dedicated hardware engine, or “turbocharger”, which accelerates RAID parity generation and doubles the sequential write performance over the prior version of E-Series. The turbocharged E-Series V is ideal for back-up and recovery applications and continuous data streaming bulk storage applications.
Achieve More Efficiency In Higher Density Than Typical Arrays
Organizations deploying E-Series V san storage arrays can mix and match capacity-optimized HDDs and performance-optimized HDDs and SSDs to meet performance and capacity needs. E-Series V arrays consume less than one-third of the power in one-third of the rack space of typical arrays, with up to 360 terabytes of capacity in just one 4U, and up to a total of 1.08 PB in a fully-scaled, 12U configuration.
With E-Series V systems, you can engage Nexsan AutoMAID® disk management capabilities to reduce power consumption by up to 87%, lowering operating expenses and extending the overall life of the system.
Ensure Your Data Is Protected With Qualified, Reliable Design
The E-Series V storage array exceeds the most stringent reliability demands, leveraging an innovative hardware design including Cool Drive TechnologyTM and anti-vibration design that significantly reduces heat and vibration while improving system reliability and performance. The reliability of E-Series V is qualified through extensive stress testing before shipment. Array-based snaps and asynchronous replication extend E-Series V data protection capabilities.
Access Your Data Continuously
The E-Series V features multipathing support and dual redundant, hot-swappable active components. As an administrator, you will receive SNMP alerts or email notifications of component failures. Upon drive failure, a spare drive is automatically rebuilt into the RAID set for complete business continuity.
With up to 16GB of battery-backed and flash-protected cache per controller, the E-Series V solution mirrors cache between controllers in a dual controller configuration. Active Drawer TechnologyTM overcomes the challenges of competitive arrays by allowing a technician to service a drawer of drives easily while keeping your data available
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