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New Nexsan NST5000 Increases Storage Capacity

New Nexsan NST5000 Increases Storage Capacity

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Imation today made available the latest version of its Nexsan NST5000 unified hybrid storage system. The system combines solid-state technologies, disk storage and software. Designed for small to midsize enterprises, the NST5000 unified hybrid storage system promises to deliver exceptional performance without the capacity limitations and high price points of SSD-only solutions. The NST5000 uses the right amount of solid state cache to deliver the performance users need while controlling storage costs. The system offers a capacity of more than five petabytes along with a streamlined management and administration for larger scale installations and managed service providers - including SNMP support for complex environments, a full command line interface (CLI) for advanced users, and an enhanced GUI that is faster to use.

In addition, the support for VMware vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI) accelerates vSphere server performance by up to 50% - providing hardware acceleration on the NST5000 when integrated into a VMware ESX/ESXi environment.

The latest version of the NST5000 comes in large, medium and small configurations.

Category Feature Nexsan NST5100 Nexsan NST5300 Nexsan NST5500 Nexsan NST5100X Nexsan NST224X
Storage Capacities
Maximum number of drives in chassis
15
N/A
N/A
16
24
Maximum SATA capacity
93TB
1440TB
5040TB
48TB
N/A
Maximum SAS capacity
18.6TB
86TB
130TB
9.6TB
14.4TB
Maximum number of drives w/ expansion chassis
31
360
1260
N/A
N/A
Minimum number of drives
8
9
9
16
24
NL-SAS 7200RPM drives (TB)
1 / 2 / 3
N/A
N/A
1 / 2 / 3
N/A
SATA 7200RPM Drives (TB)
N/A
1 / 2 / 3 / 4
1 / 2 / 3 / 4
N/A
N/A
SAS 15K RPM 3.5" drives (GB)
450 / 600
450 / 600
450 / 600
450 / 600
N/A
SAS 15K RPM 2.5" drives (GB)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
300
SAS 10K RPM 2.5" drives (GB)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
450 / 600
Mix drive types in chassis
NO
YES
YES
NO    
NO
Expansion chassis supported
NST5100X
E-Series NST224X
E-Series NST5224X
N/A
N/A
Storage Controller
Base / maximum controllers per system
2/2
2/2
2/2
N/A
N/A
Base / maximum number of CPU cores per controller
4/4
4/8
12/12
N/A
N/A
Base / maximum system memory per controller
12/12
24/48
48/96
N/A
N/A
RAID Levels
5,6,10
5,6,10
5,6,10
5,6,10
5,6,10
FASTier
FASTier Package Contents
8GB NVRAM, 40 / 80 / 160 / 300 / 600GB MLC, 200GB eMLC, 100GB SLC
8GB NVRAM, 160 / 300 / 600GB MLC, 200 / 400GB eMLC, 100 / 200GB SLC
8GB NVRAM, 160 / 300 / 600GB MLC, 200 / 400GB eMLC, 200GB SLC
160 / 300 / 600GB MLC SSD
N/A
Maximum number of FASTier devices per system
16
16
16
N/A
N/A
I/O Ports
Base / maximum 1Gb Ethernet ports per controller
2/6
2/6
2/6
N/A
N/A
Base / maximum 10Gb Ethernet ports per controller
0/2
0/2
0/2
N/A
N/A
Dedicated/available Ethernet management ports per controller
0/2
0/2
0/2
N/A
N/A
Link aggregation (IEEE 802.3ad)
YES
YES
YES
N/A
N/A
Base / max # of 24GB SAS x 4 Ports for drive expansion per controller
1
0/4
0/6
N/A
N/A
Base / max # of 8Gb Fibre Channel ports for drive expansion per controller
N/A
0/4
0/6
N/A
N/A
High Availability
Dual Redundant storage controllers with automatic failover
YES
YES
YES
N/A
N/A
No single point-of-failure architecture
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Rails & Cables
Mounting Rails and SAS / FC Cables Included
Optional
YES
YES
YES
YES
NAS Services Capacities
Number of NAS heads in cluster base/maximum
2/2
2/2
2/2
N/A
N/A
Maximum single file size (TB)
16
16
16
N/A
N/A
Maximum number of CIFS shares per controller
512
512
512
N/A
N/A
Maximum number of NFS shares per controller
512
512
512
N/A
N/A
Maximum file name length (bytes)
255
255
255
N/A
N/A
Maximum number of snapshots per share
2048
2048
2048
N/A
N/A
Management software included at no additional cost
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
iSCSI Block Services Capacities
LUN Security via CHAP, iSNS, LUN masking
YES
YES
YES
N/A
N/A
VMware, Xen, Hyper-V, and Windows compatible
YES
YES
YES
N/A
N/A
Maximum LUN size
16TB
64TB
64TB
N/A
N/A
Maximum number of LUNs per system
256
1024
1024
N/A
N/A
Maximum number of snapshots per LUN
2048
2048
2048
N/A
N/A
Power & Cooling
Standard number of power supplies
2
2
2
2
2
Power supplies are hot-swappable
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Wattage per Controller
400
420
480
N/A
N/A
Voltage and Frequency
100-240V 50-60Hz
100-240V 50-60Hz
100-240V 50-60Hz
100-240V 50-60Hz
100-240V 50-60Hz
NST5000 Main Chassis Heat Dissipation (BTU per hour)
2750
2900
3350
N/A
N/A
Typical power consumption for 60 SATA drives
N/A
1275
1325
N/A
N/A
AutoMAID power savings
N
Y
Y
N
N
Size, Weight and operating Conditions
Operating Temperature
10-35C (50-95F)
10-35C (50-95F)
10-35C (50-95F)
10-35C (50-95F)
10-35C (50-95F)
Operating Humidity
20-95% Non Condensing
20-95% Non Condensing
20-95% Non Condensing
20-95% Non Condensing
20-95% Non Condensing
NST5000 Main Chassis Height (U of rack space)
5.2 in / 13.2 cm (3U)
5.2 in / 13.2 cm (3U)
5.2 in / 13.2 cm (3U)
5.2 in / 13.2 cm (3U)
3.5 in / 8.9 cm (2U)
NST5000 Main Chassis Width
17.2 in / 43.7 cm
17.2 in / 43.7 cm
17.2 in / 43.7 cm
17.2 in / 43.7 cm
17.6 in / 44.7 cm
NST5000 Main Chassis Depth
24.2 in / 61.5 cm
24.2 in / 61.5 cm
24.2 in / 61.5 cm
24.2 in / 61.5 cm
19.5 in / 49.53 cm
NST5000 Main Chassis Weight
84 lbs / 38.1 Kg
68 lbs / 30.1 Kg
70 lbs / 31.8 Kg
84 lbs / 38.1 Kg
60 lbs / 27 Kg

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