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E18 Enterprise Storage System
Up to 54TB of any mix of SATA, SAS and SSD storage in just 2U.
Why Buy?
- Extreme density - 18 disks in only 2U
- Extreme efficiency - up to 87% energy reduction (read more)
- Enterprise-class solution yet affordably priced for the mid-market
- Now Available! Add Nexsan's E60X 60-bay expansion chassis and scale capacity up to 234TB - Contact us today for details and pricing.
Analyst Report: Storage Hardware Matters - Nexsan E-Series [PDF]
- High density unit features 18 drives and up to 54TB of SATA, SAS and/or SSD storage in only 2U of rack space. Need more capacity? Try the 25.2TB SASBeast SAS RAID array, the 84TB or 42TB SATABeast SATA RAID array or the 180TB E60. Need less capacity? Try the 8.4TB SASBoy SAS storage.
- Mix SATA, SAS and SSD drives to deliver performance to transactional applications or virtual hosts.
- Nexsan's exclusive AutoMAID technology reduces energy consumption by 87%. Read more.
- Active Drawer Technology™ allows easy access to hot-swappable disks and fans in any of the two sliding drawers, which remain operational when opened.
- Single or dual redundant active/active controllers - each with two 8Gb Fibre Channel ports and two 1Gb iSCSI connections. All four ports can be used simultaneously in SAN or direct-attached applications to support multiple workloads.
- High availability delivered via fully redundant and hot swappable power, fans, disks and I/O ports.
- Configurable for no single-point-of-failure between the servers and storage system.
- Cool Drive Technology™ optimizes drive cooling.
- Anti-Vibration Design™ maximizes disk reliability.
- Supports RAID 0, 1, 1+0, 4, 5 and 6 using two dedicated hardware RAID engines per controller.
- Easy management via a built-in secure and intuitive Web-based GUI tool that is OS-independent.
- Ideal for transactional applications as well as storage for virtualized environments that utilize Windows, Linux, VMware, Xen or Hyper-V-which access storage randomly, require high performance and require no single-point-of-failure configurations.
- Data Sheet: E18 [PDF]
- Data Sheet: E60X 60-bay expansion unit [PDF]
- Analyst Report: Storage Hardware Matters - Nexsan E-Series [PDF]
- ESG Analyst Brief: Nexsan's Flexible Storage Platform [PDF]
- White Paper: Guide to Green Storage - Make an Ecological Difference [PDF]
- White Paper: Making Cents of Tape vs. Disk [PDF]
- White Paper: No More Tiers: Reduce Storage Costs with an Age-in-Place Strategy [PDF]
- White Paper: If it's Just a Disk...Why the Reliability Gap Between Storage Vendors? [PDF]
- White Paper: The Power/Density Paradox: the Result of High Density without Power Efficiency [PDF]
- White Paper: Save Energy without Compromising Performance [PDF]
- Success Story: Datapipe Selects Nexsan NST5000 with FASTier Acceleration Technology to Support Cloud-Based Storage Initiative [PDF]
- Success Story: Research Institute at University of Maryland Offloads Large Files to RAID Storage
- Success Story: Gila Regional Medical Center Moves Imaging Library to ATAboy2 RAID Array
- Success Story: University of California at Berkeley Chooses A Tiered Storage Approach
Time to Install Assessment
- Pre-requisites to Install: FC/iSCSI Host or FC/Eth Switch
- Recommended Services: Technical services included for the first 3 years.
Available Installation Options:
On-site installation and other professional services are available. Please contact us for pricing and details.
Available Maintenance Plans:
Basic Service is included for the first 3 years - includes free same day phone and email support.
The Technical Services Group is Nexsan Technologies' warranty and customer care program providing worldwide support for all Nexsan products. Customers who require assistance with installation, configuration, warranty or repair of a Nexsan product may contact Nexsan's Technical Support Center 24 hours a day for free English language technical support.
Also available:
- Premium 7x24x4 On-Site Service
- Enterprise Next Business Day On-Site
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