16-Bay Vanguard Elite PRO SCSI Ultra320

Fueling Your Digital World!

Engineered to meet the most stringent demands, The NitroAV Vanguard Elite PRO SCSI 320U RAID Series features powerful 400MHz 64-bit RISC processor for blazingly fast I/O operations, parity-assist ASIC, completely cableless backplane-based design, and storage capacities reaching 8000GB's in one beautifully compact 16-Bay 3U enclosure. Compared to Apple's XServe, Medea, Rorke and others - none of them match the preformance/features/price-ratio on similar based throughputs & interface. Getting you the best return on your investment 'ROI' is what the Elite PRO Series delivers. No platform restrictions, no proprietary software and all functions can be modified through the LCD interface without even hooking it up to the Host.

Low service and integration costs are assured by the Elite Pro’s cableless design, two redundant hot-swappable power supplies with two independent power inputs, turbo cooling fans, and embedded RAID controller. One year return to depot warranty comes standard with every array and covers all components, additional warranty & service plans available upon request.

The Elite PRO addresses many challenges presented in today's compressed or uncompressed digital video, audio or streaming media markets. The units also supply the storage and speed demands of graphic professional as well as the full range of enterprise class storage usages. Elite Pro’s delivers unparalleled storage flexibility, higher levels of data availability, management and configuration simplicity, all while securing maximum investment protection to support future growth. NOTE: Extended Warranty (2 years) is not available when purchased as enclosure kit and if Format and Raid configuration is not select the system will be default configured RAID level 5 and in NTFS format.

Advanced Features:

• Exclusive Advanced Data Sentry technology (RAID 6) provides the highest level of data protection. Multiple simultaneous drive failures can be tolerated without downtime or data loss.
• Array Roaming feature gives administrators the ability to move a complete raid set to another system without losing RAID configuration and data on that raid set.
• Redundant Flash Image provides an extra layer of protection against the firmware image corruption. If the primary firmware of the RAID controller becomes corrupted, the secondary firmware image will automatically be used.
• Full 48-bit ATA addressing standard support allows for up to 144 petabytes capacity per drive to be utilized in the RAID array.
• ASIC assisted parity for lightning-fast throughput.
• RAID controller provides RAID 0, 0+1, 1, 3, 5, and RAID 6, Auto Rebuild, and up to 1GB of DDR ECC SDRAM-based data cache.
• Intelligent Serial/ATA backplane design (uses no cables) allows "hot swapping" of disk canisters, power supplies, and fans for increased reliability, lower cost, and ease of maintenance.
• SNMP supported.
• Built-in management ethernet port provides easy access to the web-based GUI RAID Manager for configuration, management, and monitoring functions. E-mail event notification is built-in.
• Completely user configurable via the front panel.
• Online Parity Consistency verification feature insures RAID set integrity.

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