Apace Network Video Storage eStor

eStor - Storage for Archive and Near-line Library

Speed -10GbE cx4 Ethernet for PC & Mac

Video -designed for rendering, archive, animation, graphics & video distribution

Accessibility -making DV, HDV, SD, HD & 2k content ubiquitously available

Apace Systems enterprise class eStor series of Network Attached Storage (NAS) file-based storage systems are tailored for very fast video & media production, archive, and distribution. eStor systems include the functionality of server, NAS and RAID in a single chassis with great economics. With ever increasing demand for data and media centric applications, eStor is ideal for a variety of vertical applications in need of highest performance, lowest cost disk based network storage.

eStor	Performance Throughput*	IOPs*	Capacity	Target Markets
e1000/e1500 Dual CPU Opteron	150-300 Mbytes/s (RAID 5)	40-60K	3.2 - 8TB	Data and video sharing and archive file and e-mail backup, broadcast, SD/HD media, graphics, medical imaging, & digital library. Low cost.
e2000/e2500 Dual Dual-Core Opteron	250-400 Mbytes/s (RAID 5)	75K	9.6 - 8TB	Data centers, computer clusters, render farms, animations, graphics, & special effects storage

* IOPs per Ramdisk access & performance based on read

Turbo kits are available to further boost the performance up to 400 Mbytes/sec. eStor line is offered based on latest distribution of open standard Linux with an end-to-end 64 bit storage computing platform. Also, all eStor systems leverage state of the art AMD 64-bit (dual or dual dual-core) Opteron CPUs, latest network connectivity, RAID 5 or 6 (for double disk failures), global hot-spare and drive technologies. eStor can be easily packaged with various application software options to support mirroring, backup and anti-virus. Loaded with up to 16GB of solid state cache it can also be tailored for I/O intensive and heavy disk write operations. eStor is shipped with web-based integrated network, storage and user management software for easy access and remote management. It provides utilities like system status warning and disk failure prediction via email/ page notification. It can be flexibly adapted to different environment and network setup working with MS DFS and Active Directory for better scalability and load balancing in support large group of users.

Given the flexibility, scalability and high availability of eStor platform, it targets for a wide variety of applications in the small and large data centers and networked work groups. Shared for storage by heterogeneous client workstations and server clusters based on PC, MAC, Unix and Linux systems, eStor supports all clients over ubiquitous Ethernet without client software or hardware. Systems address the high availability needs via robust redundancy at all aspect of the system with hot swappable Hard disk drives, fans and redundant power supplies and ecc/registered memory. eStor disk based networked storage offers RAID 5/6 reliability, scalability, simplicity and speed. eStor line can be a primary file based storage system as well as be used for archival and disk based backup. eStor attractive price points do offer Disk = Tape price parity while providing storage capacity of up to 12TB in a single chassis, which makes eStor an alternative to or great addition to tape libraries at much faster access speed.

eStor Models

P/N	Raw Capacity	Description
e1500-2U 3T/4	2TB/3.2TB	2u 19” chassis, 8 hot-swap s-ATA data HDDs, dual Opteron CPUs, 1GB ECC/Reg RAM, dual GigE ports, RAID 0, 1 & 5, and 460W p/s (optional redundant p/s)
e1500-3U 4T/6T/8T	4TB/6.4TB/8TB	3u 19” rack-mount, 16 hot-swap s-ATA HDDs, dual Opteron CPUs, 1GB ECC/Reg RAM, dual GigE ports, RAID 0, 1 & 5, and 2+1 redundant power supply
e1500-4U 10T/12T/18T	9.6TB/12TB/18TB	4u 19” rack-mount, 24 hot-swap s-ATA HDDs, dual Opteron CPUs, 2GB ECC/Reg RAM, dual GigE ports, RAID 0, 1, 5 & 6, and 3+1 redundant power supply
e2000-4U 10T/12T/18T	9.6TB/12TB/18TB	4u 19” rack-mount, 24 hot-swap s-ATA HDDs, two *dual-core* Opteron CPUs, 2GB ECC/Reg RAM, dual GigE ports, RAID 0, 1, 5, & 6 and 3+1 redundant power supply
e2500-4U10T/12T/18T	9.6TB/12TB/18TB	4U 19” rack-mount, 24 hot-swap s-ATA HDDs, *two dual-core* 64-bit Opteron CPUs, 2GB ecc/reg RAM, 1x 10GbE (CX4)** and 2x GigE ports, RAID 0/1/5/ 6, 3+1 redundant power supply

Performance Upgrade Turbo Kits

Op-Turbo1	Kit 1	Upgraded Dual CPUs, 8GB of Aggregate Cache Memory, Additional Quad GE for higher throughput and IOPS
Op-Turbo3	Kit 3	Upgraded Dual dual-core CPUs, 8GB of Aggregate Cache Memory, Additional Quad GE for higher throughput and IOPS

Main Features

10Gb Ethernet CX4 copper interface
64-bit NAS tuned for speed
Dual-core, dual AMD 64-bit Opteron CPUs
64-bit Linux based system software
XFS support
2U 8-bay, 3U 16-bay, and 4U 24-bay 19” rack mount chassis with 2-18TB
Hot-swap s-ATA 2 hard disk drives
GUI for system and disk management
User access and storage space management, re-sizing and password protection
Optional 6+ Gigabit Ethernet ports
Up to 16 GB of ecc/ registered cache
System status warning (email/ messaging)
Hard disk failure prediction
RAID 0, 1, 5, & 10 configurable
RAID 6 option for better data protection & non-degradated rebuild with 200+MBps
Global hot-spare to auto replace failed HDD
Optional backup & virus control software
Fault-tolerant implementation (ECC/Reg DDR, hot plug fans, and redundant hot-plug power supplies.)
External storage expandability through Fibre Channel, SCSI, iSCSI and/or Ethernet

Key Benefits

Content sharing for improved productivity
Content available & accessible from any desktop on Ethernet
Fast to support HD and 2k video transfer
Designed for video rendering, animation, graphics, effect, archive and distribution
High performance NAS for video(150-400 MBps in RAID 5)
Simple capacity and volume management
Utility software for video sharing, sync, capturing & mirroring
Scalable through Ethernet
Multiple disk failure protection
Easy to manage and use via web GUI
Interoperable with all major OS’s
Centralized data management for backup & virus contro
Compatible with clustering, MS DFS & Active Directory