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Newisys® NDS-8200

Storage Application Array

Robust Cost-effective Storage Expansion

The need for data storage capacity continues to drive new applications that manage and tier data both at the file and block level. The Newisys® NDS-8200 SAS/SATA storage application array is the ideal platform to build a full-featured, high-quality and cost-effective SAN, iSCSI and NAS appliance or other storage applications. The NDS-8200 can be customized with a number of options designed to maximize your value proposition to storage data center customers. The NDS-8200 can be expanded in a cost-effective way via its companion, the NDS-2120 Storage Expansion.

Partner with Newisys Data Storage

Partnering with Newisys Data Storage not only means accelerated time-to-market for storage products, but also the proven strength of our reliability and performance. Customers are backed by an industry-leading design team and a world-class Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) organization. The Newisys Flexible Storage Architecture (FSA) provides block-based modular designs and the configuration flexibility that can become the foundation of your storage solutions and accelerate your time-to-market.

Product Highlights:

  • Full-featured robust high-performance storage with integrated high-performance dual-socketed processor engine
  • Use with powerful Intel® 5000 series (Xeon®) processors – dual or quad core
  • Five PCI slots for maximum product flexibility
  • Full PCI card height capable including RAID, FC and 10GE PCI cards
  • Dual hot-plug power supplies
  • Optional 2.5" SATA HDDs for dedicated OS support with RAID 0 and 1 support
  • Standard chassis customization and branding available
  • Point-to-point connectivity isolates drive failures, increasing reliability and fault tolerance, and improving performance
  • Additional SAS daisy-chain
  • Use with common storage applications such as Microsoft® Storage Server
Product Specifications

SYSTEM MOTHERBOARD

CPUs Intel 5000P chipset

Up to two dual- or quad-core Intel® Xeon® processors

Up to 8 DDR2 FBDIMMs 667MHz

Up to 5 PCI slots for expansion and customization

HOST INTERFACE

Dual 1GE

10GE, fibrechannel, SAS (Selectable via PCI card)

SAS connections for expansion

Up to 1200MB/s (application dependant)

MEASURED PERFORMANCE

Up to 750MB/s (sustained reads)

CAPACITY

Up to 12 drives (12TB) capacity per 2U enclosure

APPLICATIONS

Windows storage server

VMWare virtualization

Unified NAS/iSCSI

Other storage applications

RAID FEATURES

RAID 0,1,5,6 (PCI RAID dependant)

OS RAID capable

Auto-negotiate speeds

In-band and out-of-band management

SMP and SSP command/protocol support

Redundant cable support

REDUNDANT HOT-SWAPPABLE COMPONENTS

Two advanced power and cooling modules (APC)

Two independent AC power inlets

Enclosure services

Up to 4 internal fans

Up to 12 drives

RACKMOUNT ENCLOSURE DIMENSIONS

3.5 in. H x 17.6 in. W x 31 in. D

(8.9 cm H x 44.7 cm W x 78.7 cm D)

Weight with drives: 70 lbs (35 kg) max

DISK DRIVES

12 independent 300MB/s point-to-point connections to each SAS or SATA disk drive with dual-port access and failover by each controller to each drive

Common drive carrier for NDS-2120, NDS-8200, NDS-5120 and NDS-5125

Form factor: 3.5" SAS and SATA Drives

Rotational velocity: 7200 RPM, 10K RPM, and 15K RPM

Interface: 3Gb SAS; 3Gb/1.5Gb SATA

MAXIMUM SAS CABLE LENGTHS

Up to 6 m

AC POWER

Input voltage: Auto ranging, 90-264V AC

Input frequency: 50-60Hz

Power factor correction: Per EN61000-3-2

Input current: 100-240V AC @ 4-2.5 A

Output power: 580W peak, 500W average

OPERATING ENVIRONMENT

Temperature: 0° to 35°C

Temperature gradient: 20°C per hour

Relative humidity: 5 to 80 (non-condensing)

Altitude: -200 to 10,000 ft.

Shock: 5G at 11ms, 1/2 sine wave pulse

Vibration: 0.08G at 5Hz to 400Hz

ELECTROMAGNETIC EMISSIONS STANDARDS

CE Mark, EN55022 Class A, EN61000

Class A, FCC Class A, Canadian DOC

Class A, VCCI Class A

SAFETY STANDARDS

UL 1950, CSA 22.2-950, EN 60950, TUV/GS

QUALITY STANDARDS

Manufactured under an ISO 9002 registered quality system

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

RoHS and WEEE compliant

MONITORING

Temperature, advanced power and cooling modules including fan speed control, disk drives and I/O module(s), as well as error rates and quality of service

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