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Technology

The A08S Cube RAID series adopts the latest Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interface technology. It resembles SCSI in reliability but excels in performance. With the RAID 6 technology included, A08S enables continuous operation even at the time when two disk drives fail at the same time. These industry-leading technologies make A08S Cube an ideal fit for the applications requiring high bandwidth and advanced data protection.

Outlook

Besides the configuration-convertible (tower and desktop) feature inherited from the previous EonStor Cube series, A08S Cube further provides trendy choice of silver enclosure. You can enjoy the settings flexible for vertical and horizontal space allocations without sacrificing your elegant taste.

Cost-effectiveness

To save you from unnecessary expenses, we provide two models for your choice in this series. Depending on the application needs, you can select the configuration of either one or two SAS ports and power supply modules. With the flexibility, you can ensure that your limited budget is spent on what you really need.

Management

Besides the LED indicators, audible alarms, and firmware utility, we also provide the powerful management suite, SANWatch, for your easy management of the subsystem. Its intuitive GUI and robust administration features bring you simplicity in array configuration and monitoring. Whether via Intranet or Internet, the status of your subsystem is always at your fingertips.  

Features Benefits
SAS host interface technology High bandwidth, provide satisfactory processing efficiency even in transaction-intensive and throughput-demanding applications

5th generation, ASIC400 architecture:

  1. Hardware RAID5 + RAID6 engine
 Advanced fault tolerance, ensure data integrity even in multiple drive failure events
Supports video streams up to uncompressed 10-bit 1080 HD Can be used to do video and content editing projects
Powerful management suite, SANWatch, support Easy management and monitoring of your subsystem anywhere through Intranet or Internet
Convertible configuration: tower or desktop Flexibly fit the space allocations; when in desktop configuration, four subsystems can be stacked together
Two colors of enclosure: black or silver Consistent integration with the color tone of the setting environment

Flexible choice:

  1. 1 PSU and 1 SAS port (A08S-C2131)
  2. 2 PSUs and 2 SAS ports (A08S-C2132)
 Make your money spent on what you really need
Drive interface: 3Gbps SATA-II disk drives Affordable choice for high capacity
Fault-tolerant hardware Redundant PSU and cooling modules enable high availability

Low noise:

  1. noise lower than 41 dBA when the fans in low speed mode
 Low acoustic noise for SOHO or small-business environments
Host Interface
  1. One (1) SAS wide port (SFF-8088) with 12Gbps bandwidth
  2. Concurrent I/O commands
  3. Default tagged command queuing: 256
Drive Interface
  1. Eight (8) 3.0Gbps SATA-II, hot-swappable drive trays
  2. Accommodates 1-inch pitch, 3.5-inch SATA-II (3Gbps) disk drives
  3. S.M.A.R.T. and NCQ support
  4. Automatic bad-sector reassignment
  5. Dedicated bandwidth to each connected drive
  6. Drive buffer on/off switch
Controller Single
Form Factor 8-bay Cube tower or desktop convertible
RAID functionality
  1. Global or Dedicated hot-spare
  2. RAID levels supported: RAID 0, 1 (0+1), 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60
  3. Online expansion by:
    1. Adding new drives
    2. Copying and replacing drives with drives of larger capacity
  4. RAID migration
  5. Configurable stripe size and write policy per array
  6. Intelligent drive handling:
    1. In degraded mode: skips irreparable blocks to continue rebuild
    2. In normal operation: data-block verification and repair
System Components
  1. One (1) tower/desktop convertible enclosure (black or silver)
  2. One(1) RAID controller module
  3. One (1) 256 MB DIMM module (pre-installed module)
  4. One (1) 250W power supply unit
  5. Two (2) redundant, dual-speed cooling modules
  6. Eight (8), hot-swappable drive trays (black or silver)
  7. Optional Li-Ion battery backup unit (BBU), life expectancy and charge level aware
Management
  1. Java-based SANWatch software
  2. COM1 serial port for local access to firmware-embedded utility
  3. Automated cache flush and caching mode operation per enclosure status
  4. GUI, Telnet, and SSH system monitoring via Ethernet
  5. Firmware-embedded manager via RS-232C (audio jack) that is platform independent
  6. Various event notification methods including email, LAN broadcast, fax, SNMP traps, SMS, and MSN
  7. LCD keypad panel for monitoring and access to all configuration options
  8. Module status LED indicators:
  9. Component presence detection & thermal sensors via I2C bus
Dimensions 370(H) x 155(W) x 343(D) mm
Weight 11.4 kg

Spare Parts

IFT-81AS21CE08C SAS-to-SATA RAID controller module, for ES A08S-C2131 subsystem, 1x (SAS 4x wide) host connectors, 8x SATA-II drive channels
IFT-81AS21CE08CM2 SAS-to-SATA RAID controller module, for ES A08S-C2131 subsystem, 1x (SAS 4x wide) host connectors, 8x SATA-II drive channels, pre-installed with 256 MB memory module
IFT-9271CLCD1-0030 Black LCD keypad panel, Type-II panel, for ES Cube/8-bay subsystems
IFT-9373CDTray 3.5" Hard disk drive tray
IFT-9271CPSU Power supply module, for ES Cube/8-bay subsystems, 250W
IFT-9271ECFanMod Single cooling fan module, for ES Cube/8-bay subsystems, Low acoustics
IFT-DDRESCM2 256MB DDR DIMM module
IFT-9270ASCab RS-232C audio-jack-to-DB-9 serial communications cable
IFT-9011 Null modem
IFT-9270CmSASCab2 SAS external cable, SFF-8088 to SFF-8088, 120 cm

Accessories

IFT-9271CBT Battery cell pack, Li-Ion, for ES Cube subsystems
IFT-9270CmSASCab4 SAS external cable, SFF-8088 to SFF-8470, 120 cm
IFT-DDRESCEM5 512MB DDR DIMM module
IFT-DDRESCEMA 1G DDR DIMM module