Active Network Systems Ltd

RAIDFLEX A6524 5U 24-bay 3.5" Storage Appliance

Non-expandable Server Appliance with redundant power supplies, 5U with 24 x hot swap SAS / SATA drive bays.

  • 7 x PCI slots
  • External Fixed Drive Bays: 1 x 3.5"; 1 x 5.25"
  • Internal Fixed Drive Bays: 2 x 3.5"; 0 x 2.5"
  • Slim Optical: 1; Slim Floppy: 0
  • Front USB ports: 2
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Specification

Material: Heavy-duty cold-rolled steel

Finish:

- Internal - zinc-plated with bright chromate

- External - texture-coated

Colour: Black

Cooling: 2 x 120mm Hot-Swap Blowers + 2 x 60x38mm Fans

Controls: Power on/off, System Reset, and Power Supply Alarm Reset

Indicators: Power, HDD, and LAN LED's

Drive Bays:

- Internal: 1 x Slim CD-ROM + 1 x 3.5" + 1 x 5.25"

- External: 24 x 3.5" Hot-Swap bays for SAS/SATA2 HDD

Power Supply: n+1 950W Redundant EPS

Brackets and sliders : Included

Connector on backplane side: mini SAS connector (SFF8087)

Environment

Temperature: 0°C (32°F)~50°C (122°F)

Humidity: 5%~95% non-condensing

Dimension: 482.6 x 643.2 x 221.1mm (WxDxH)

Gross Weight: 37kg

Software

Operating Systems and Application Software

Server Appliances are constructed using standard Intel architecture, and will thus run any software designed to run on these systems. Software may be designated as general purpose Operating systems (Windows, NetWare, Linux, Open Solaris etc), virtualising operating systems (VMWare, Virtual Iron etc), dedicated NAS / iSCSI operating systems (Open-E, Open Filer, OpenNAS etc) or storage virtualising software which runs on standard operating systems (Datacore, Falconstor).

The number of different combinations of software and hardware components is too large to document individually; please contact ANS with details of your required solution.

Storage Array Management Software

LSI MegaRAID PCIe SAS RAID controller HBAs are accredited for use with RAIDFLEX Open Storage Appliances, and have a dedicated storage management GUI. These controllers are suitable for internal SAS connectivity with subsequent expansion through SAS expanders, and the external ports are suitable for adding JBOD storage to "non-expandable" appliances and third party servers.


Accusys ACS-61xxxx PCIe SATA RAID controller HBAs are accredited for use with RAIDFLEX Open Storage Appliances, and have a dedicated storage management GUI. These controllers range from 4-ports to 24-ports and are suitable for non-expandable arrays where only SATA drives are required.

Resources

A6524 Downloads

RAIDFLEX A6524 Appliance Datasheet

iSCSI Interface Overview (to be added shortly)

Open Storage Appliance White Paper (to be added shortly)

Please contact ANS for Manuals, Performance Test Reports and Firmware Upgrades.

Links

iSCSI Interface Overview

NAS Overview

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