Hybrid Storage
Blending flash-based solid state disk and hard disk drives to provide high performance at an affordable price seems to be a trend in the marketplace today. It seems as if every vendor offers a solution that meets this criteria. Bear in mind these systems are not the typical SAN storage arrays with a couple of SSD […]
Scale your Kaminario FLASH Array
Are you aware that Kaminario is the Only All-Flash Array that… Scales Right: Does BOTH Scale-Up and Scale-Out Globally adapts to applications block-size Supports global inline selective deduplication Allows to mix & match Controllers and SSDs Has highest capacity utilization (87.5% with K-RAID™) and highest density (up to 64 TB/U) This is super important because as […]
Nexsan E Series
Looking for that perfect SAN? Is there such a solution? Consider The Nexsan 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. E60VT (360 TB in 4U) E48VT (288 TB in 4U) E32V (38.4 TB in […]
VDI Boot Storms can be a pain.
Deploying Flash Storage for VDI Keeping users productive and satisfied is critical to the success of any VDI deployment. Solving this problem can be easily achieved by implementing a solid flash solution – Kaminanrio’s K2. Kaminario’s K2’s consistent low latency and predictable high IOPS/throughput deliver responsive virtual desktops and ensures both IT and […]
Save power when purchasing a new SAN
So you have a need to purchase a new SAN. Tired of your boss complaining about how much power the IT department is consuming. Shrink your storage footprint Save on power and cost Spend less time administrating storage. Imation’s Nexsan E-Series SAN storage solutions are: Ultra dense Super efficient Increase capacity while consuming less than one-third the […]
Performance SAN Storage with 2½” Drives
Reliable High Density Storage Arrays Turbocharged for High Performance. The Nexsan E32V 32 x 2½” Drives in 3U, Single or Dual Controller SAN, Active / Active Controllers Innovative ease-of-use functionality makes deploying and managing dense storage a simple task for the resource constrained IT administrator. Simply pull out a drawer to service drives […]
Looking to evaluate SAN Storage, Consider Nexsan
Why Nexsan? Nexsan and Imation Company has been around ~14 years and manufacturers terrific storage solutions. Consider the Nexsan E Series V and their Nexsan NST Series . E Series V High Density Storage Imation’s Nexsan® E-Series SAN storage solutions are ultra dense and super efficient Reduces power use and cost, needs less space, and […]
Nexsan Capacity update – 8TB Drives are now supported
Nexsan recently announced that 8TB NL-SAS 7,200 drives have been certified for the following E Series: Nexsan E18V Nexsan E48VT Nexsan E60VT E18V E32V E48VT E60VT System Form Factor 2U 18 drives 2U 32 drives ** 4U 48 drives 4U 60 drives Capacity (Max. per shelf) 144TB 38.4TB 384TB 480TB Max. Number of Drives […]
Nexsan NST2000 and NST4000
A fully unified, enterprise-class, unified hybrid storage solution that simultaneously supports block and file traffic eliminating the need for organizations to invest in separate SAN and NAS storage systems. The NST4000 and NST2000 from Nexsan support Fibre Channel in addition to iSCSI, 10GbE and NAS . Hybrid Storage = a combination of solid-state disk (SSD) […]
Are you looking for denisty within your storage array?
Connect via Fibre and iSCSI simultaneously to the host. Expand from 60 drives in 4U to 180 drives in 12U With 6TB Drives you can now achieve 1PB in 12U All this can be achived with Nexsan E60VT, 60 Drives in 4U, Single or Dual Controller SAN, Active / Active Controllers E60VT with 8 x 16GB […]
Nexsan’s New Unified Hybrid Storage for Small to Mid-Sized Business
NEXSAN NST2000 UNIFIED STORAGE WITH FIBRE OPTION A truly efficient storage solution for the SMB market. As you will see below the […]
Unified Storage, Fibre Channel Option
The Nexsan NST2000 by Imation expands the availability of fault-tolerant FASTier™ DRAM caching and Fibre Channel SAN connectivity, and puts them in reach of mid-range businesses Use SSD to increase the cache memory pool so that I/Os are accelerated before they go through the controller to the back-end disk drives. The larger the cache memory […]
Looking for a reliable SAN Manufacturer
If you have a need for a SAN Storage Solution, perhaps there is a need for: Density and /or Performance and /or Future Growth Consider NEXSAN: E-SERIES V : The Nexsan E-Series V 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 […]
Do we really need Unified Storage?
Unified Storage is RAID storage device that provides consolidated BLOCK and FILE SERVICES services to system clients, physical and virtual servers shared network. Unified storage uses standard file protocols such as CIFS, NFS, FC and iSCSI to allow users and applications to access the data on the common platform. Managing numerous storage systems and platforms […]
Should we consider Hybrid Storage
Hybrid Storage is defined as a combination of solid-state disk (SSD) and hard disk drives (HDD) in a single storage system. Two approaches; the first being the more common method of placing SSD drives behind the controller as a capacity tier within the storage system.In the case of Nexsan, their E Series, fits this option […]
Nexan High Density Storage – E60VT
Nexsan E60VT is a super dense RAID array that supports 60 Drives in 4U, choice of controllers, single or dual. Ideal for unstructured data, backup ballooning data growth. Designed with energy conservation in mind. Choice of connectivity: 8GB Fibre 16GB Fibre 10GbE iSCSI 6GB SAS Expansion: Easy with the E60X (Max 2), Supporting a total of […]
Unified Storage Explained?
What is Unified Storage? Often we at Sunstar Company are asked by prospective clients questions such as, “can you tell me the difference between SAN, NAS and Unified Storage?” A simple explanation about Block and File Storage and the different connectivity options often suffice. The looming questions, what about unified?” Unified Storage is a storage system […]
Purchase Online from Sunstar Company
Sunstar Company’s Web Site Has Been Refreshed! Today we added additional content for our customers that have a need for additional hardware and or software that traditionally would be purchased at a higher cost. PURCHASE ONLINE Sometimes there is no need to engage with your Sunstar representative when you know exactly what you want and […]
Nexsan E48VT RAID Array can expand to 864TB in 12U
Do you need fast, reliable storage that can support vast quantity of capacity? The Nexsan E48VT can do just that and more. Add two expansion shelves, now 864TB in 12U. Using active drawer technology the disk drives are easily accessible as are the Dual Active-Active Controllers, Power Supplies and Fans. (We are told that 8TB […]
Block Storage – Nexsan E18V and Nexsan E32V
Nexsan’s 18 and 32 drive bay storage arrays have a reputation as being super reliable, fast and easy to expand storage arrays. The Nexsan E18V supports 3½” disk drives whilst the Nexsan E32V supports 2½” disk drives. maximum capacity at this time, 324TB behind a single controller. E-Series V features an advanced active/active controller design, […]
Nexsan E Series
Imation’s Nexsan® E-Series SAN storage solutions are ultra dense and super efficient Reduces power use and cost, needs less space, and requires less of your administrative time Increases capacity while consuming less than one-third the power in one-third the rack space as typical storage arrays AutoMAID Flexible power management allows you to configure each RAID […]
Nexsan E Series V
The E-Series V is offered in four core configurations: E60VT (360 TB in 4U), E48VT (288 TB in 4U), E32V (38.4 TB in 2U, all 2.5″ drives), and E18V (108 TB in 2U). Each can be easily expanded with additional capacity by adding the corresponding expansion unit: E60XV, E48XV, E32XV, or E18XV. E-Series V Key Benefits Reliability – features […]
Nimble Storage CASL Architecture
Nimble Storage’s Adaptive Flash platform is the first storage solution to eliminate the flash performance and capacity tradeoff. The Adaptive Flash platform is based on Nimble’sCASL™ architecture, and InfoSight™, the company’s data sciences-based approach to the storage lifecycle. Flexible scaling of storage resources to satisfy the changing demands of business-critical applications Five times greater performance and capacity […]
Imation’s Nexsan NST6000
Imation’s Nexsan NST6000 along with NestOS 3.0 is highly scalable unified storage solution in a compact footprint that uses a caching technology called FASTier® to accelerate reads and writes I/O requests. FASTier intelligently and automatically moves data through solid-state and spinning disk to speed your virtual and cloud environments. Built with the time-constrained IT administrator […]
Nexsan E48VT SAN Storage
The Nexsan E48VT SAN storage solutions deliver efficiency and ease-of-use to help mid-market organizations add more capacity while lowering overall power, space and cost requirements. Innovative ease-of-use functionality makes deploying and managing storage as simple as possible for the resource constrained IT administrator. The E48VT delivers density and power efficiency for the smallest storage footprint […]
Nexsan NST Hybrid Storage
Imation’s Nexsan® NST® combines high performance, high capacity and Imation’s innovative FASTier® caching technology to provide scalable performance for mixed application workloads and virtualized environments. NST fulfills changing application and storage needs with unified NAS and SAN access capabilities in a single hybrid solution. This lets you right-size your initial acquisition by scaling storage, performance, or both as […]
Nexsan E Series – SAN Storage
Nexsan Data Storage Systems Imagine a smarter kind of storage It’s time to rethink how you store and protect your high value data with smart and efficient storage systems you can trust. E18V 2U, 18-Bay rackmount Chassis Up to 108TB in a single chassis Single or Dual Storage Controllers 8GB or 16GB FC, 1/10Gbe iSCSI Connectivity […]
NEXSAN NST4000 UNIFIED STORAGE WITH FIBRE OPTION
NEXSAN NST4000 UNIFIED STORAGE WITH FIBRE OPTION If you prefer Fibre Channel to other SAN protocols, this scalable storage is built for you. The Nexsan NST4000 by Imation expands the availability of fault-tolerant FASTier™ DRAM caching and Fibre Channel SAN connectivity, and puts them in reach of mid-range businesses The introduction of NST4000 and NestOS 3.1 […]
Why customers choose Nimble
The Nimble platform has been adopted by cloud service providers, and mid-sized and Fortune 500 companies across a wide range of industries. These customers rely on a mix of applications, and run a variety of workloads and then there is their superior customer experience. Nimble believes flash will upend traditional disk-based architectures, and that cloud-based […]
Digital Imaging
As archives grow, storage performance must keep pace so that valuable files are accessible at all times. The exponential growth of digital imaging is driving up demand for storage capacity: High definition (HD) cameras produce denser images Data retention polices require longer term storage of images and video Data replication multiplies images as business seek […]
Media & Entertainment Storage Solutions
Video production and distribution is evolving at a faster pace than ever before. Post-production activities require massive amounts of storage. Editors cut and coordinate raw content from multiple feeds. Staying on top is all about asset management and the ability to scale storage on the fly. To learn more about the storage offerings available to […]
Imation Nexsan NST Hybrid Storage
Imation’s Nexsan® NST combines high performance, high capacity and innovative FASTier® caching technology to provide scalable performance for mixed application workloads and virtualized environments. Fulfills changing application and storage needs with unified NAS and SAN access capabilities in a single hybrid solution Lets you right-size your initial acquisition by scaling storage, performance, or […]
Digital Imaging
Digital Images are electronic snapshots taken of a scene or scanned from documents, such as photographs, manuscripts, printed texts, and artwork. The digital image is sampled and mapped as a grid of dots or picture elements (pixels). Each pixel is assigned a tonal value (black, white, shades of gray or color), which is represented in […]
Ultra-reliable, high-density, high performance, efficient SAN storage
The Nexsan E48VT 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 240 terabytes of capacity in […]
Ultra48 SAN from Dot Hill
The Dot Hill Ultra48 SAN storage arrays provide high-density SAN storage options for HPC, Cloud, and Big Data applications. Taking advantage of high-performance SAS and SSD drives and ultra computing power to deliver 6.4 Gibabytes/second performance, the Ultra48 can house up to 48 drives, increasing storage performance density by 200 percent within a 2-rackunit space. These high-density […]
Dot Hill SAN storage available with self encrypting drives
Need additional data security on your drives? Dot Hill offers self encrypting drive (SED) capability that protects your data when removed from their original array. Available in 1.2TB small form factor (2.5”) or 4 TB large form factor (3.5”), these SED drives provide instant data destruction via cryptographic erase. In normal use, you do not need to maintain authentication keys […]
Nexsan NST at VMworld Europe
Nexsan™ NST™ hybrid storage appliances combine high performance, high capacity and innovative caching technology to meet mid-sized enterprise application and storage needs OAKDALE, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 10, 2014– Imation (NYSE:IMN), a global data storage and information security company, today announced that it will feature its innovative Nexsan™ storage appliances – including the new NST4000 – at next week’s […]
Nexsan E60VT SAN Storage
The Nexsan E60VT 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 360TB of capacity in just 4U and […]
Nexsan E48VT in 4U
The Nexsan E48VT 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 288TB of capacity in just […]
Manage your Nexsan storage remotely
Nexsan’s management capabilities are intuitive and easy to use requiring minimal training. All interfaces provide different levels of security to ensure proper authentication and prevent unwanted users from gaining access. You can configure Nexsan E-Series through their unique, secure and intuitive Web-based GUI tool. The interface uses standard HTML and is compatible with all mainstream […]
6TB Drives now available for Nexsan E Series
Nexsan, an Imation company announced it is now offering 6TB hard disk drives with its Nexsan E-Series family of data storage solutions. Through E-Series, users now can pack more than 1PB of storage capacity into 12 rack units and more than 3.5PB into a standard rack, achieving a new level of density and capacity customization […]
Data Storage and Management
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Nexsan E series now available with 6TB drives
Imation (NYSE:IMN), a global data storage and information security company, today announced it is now offering 6TB hard disk drives with its Nexsan E-Series™ family of data storage solutions. Through E-Series, users now can pack more than 1PB of storage capacity into 12 rack units and more than 3.5PB into a standard rack, achieving a new […]
Nexsan NST4000
Imation (NYSE:IMN), a global data storage and information security company, today at VMworld® 2014 introduced the NST4000 – a new ultra-efficient hybrid storage appliance purpose-built for media and entertainment and data protection workloads that will deliver Fibre Channel connectivity and new levels of capacity and performance to the mid-range enterprise. The NST4000, the latest addition to Imation’s […]
Nexsan E32V
Imation debuted the Nexsan E32V – an expansion of our E-Series V storage array family. The E32V is a 32-bay enclosure for 2.5″ hard drives and solid state drives that requires just 2U of rack space, bringing new value to datacenter professionals that require the very highest storage performance within a small footprint. The E32V is a perfect […]
Nimble CS300 and CS500
Nimble Storage has released two new hybrid storage arrays, the CS300 and CS500. The new units refresh Nimble’s lower and mid-range offerings, boasting a 50% increase in performance over the CS200 and CS400 models they’re replacing. Like the high-end CS700, the new systems leverage Nimble’s Adaptive Flash technology which allows for independent scaling of capacity and performance. […]
Nimble CS700 Series Arrays and All-Flash Shelf
Nimble Storage (NYSE: NMBL), the flash storage solutions company, is redefining the storage market by enabling enterprises to meet performance and capacity requirements for any workload in virtualized datacenters and cloud environments. Nimble Storage’s Adaptive Flash platform provides the performance of flash-only arrays and the capacity of hybrid arrays with the introduction of the CS700 Series arrays […]
Nexsan Assureon
The Nexsan Assureon™ is an archive system that is ideal for primary storage optimization, regulatory and corporate compliance, and the secure, long-term retention of files. Assureon offloads data from primary storage to free up space for active data and greatly reduces the size, cost and complexity of backups. Security features comply with corporate and governmental regulatory requirements including HIPAA, SOX and SEC-17. Stringent data integrity features […]
Nexsan NST6000
Enterprise Classs Unified Hybrid Storage- fully unified, enterprise-class, unified hybrid storage solution that simultaneously supports block and file traffic eliminating the need for organizations to invest in separate SAN and NAS storage systems. The Nexsan NST6000 unified storage system is the newest member of the NST family, offering new high performance controllers and an expanded […]