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The Promise VTrak E-Class RAID subsystem with sixteen SATA drives delivers outstanding performance, reliability and expansion for video and server applications. Sixteen 1TB 7200-rpm 3Gb/s SATA drives in a 3U rack-optimized enclosure provide 16TB of raw capacity for assignment to one or more RAID sets supporting all the major RAID levels including hardware RAID 0, 1, 5 and 6. The high availability design of the Promise VTrak E-Class RAID subsystem provides dual active/active RAID controllers with two 4Gb Fibre Channel ports and 2GB of cache per controller, redundant power supplies and redundant cooling modules. An ideal storage solution for direct attached or SAN-based server and workstation applications, the Promise VTrak E-Class RAID subsystem is qualified with Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, Final Cut Studio 2 and Xsan 2.

The Promise VTrak E-Class RAID subsystem provides flexible configuration and can scale along with your business. You can start with a four drive configuration and scale the RAID subsystem with additional SATA drives, high performance SAS drives, or an expansion units as your requirements change.

With large VTrak deployments worldwide, enterprise users have come to rely on Promise Technology to protect their valuable data. The Promise VTrak E-Class supports attachment of up to four J-Class expansion chassis, providing 80TB of raw capacity using 1TB SATA drives for high capacity storage applications like tiered storage, disk-to-disk backup or archive.

High Availability Active/Active RAID

This enterprise-class, cable-less system design includes fully redundant, hot-swappable controllers, power and cooling units. All system components are constantly monitored to ensure continuous operation in case of failure or component malfunction. Dual active/active, failover/failback RAID controllers provide redundant data paths to help ensure availability.

4Gb Fibre Channel Performance and Reliability

Dual 4Gb Fibre Channel (FC) host interface ports per controller provide connectivity into widely deployed Fibre Channel storage networks, perfect for supplementing existing or building new storage networks.

Easy to install and manage

The VTrak E-Class RAID subsystem features Bonjour discovery and configuration though an embedded browser-based management interface, WebPAM PROe, eliminating the need to install additional software. Simply open your browser and click on the VTrak unit you would like to manage. An easy to use guided setup allows novice users to create and provision the storage in just a few minutes. The VTrak's rich feature set gives advance users powerful tools to rapidly deploy multiple units tuned for applications like Xsan 2 and Final Cut Studio 2.

Features

• 3U rack-optimized enclosure with 16 hot-swappable drive bays
• Dual redundant active/active controllers
• 2GB DDR ECC cache per controller
• 4Gb/s Fibre Channel ports (2 per controller)
• Sixteen 1TB (16TB capacity) 7200-rpm SATA hard drives (pre-installed & tested)
• RAID Levels 0, 1, 1E, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 and JBOD
• External SAS port (1 per controller) for storage expansion using the Promise VTrak expansion chassis
• WebPAM PROe web-based management interface
• Qualified with Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, and Xsan 2; Apple MPIO capable

Warranty and Support

Every VTrak E-Class RAID subsystem is backed by the Promise 3-Year Limited Warranty with 24/7 telephone and email support. When our support confirms a failure in the field, advanced replacement parts are always available to eliminate down time. For more information visit https://support.promise.com.

If higher levels of service are required Promise offers Promise ServicePlus on-site hardware replacement service. The Promise ServicePlus onsite plan provides three years of rapid response onsite hardware parts replacement, available 24-hours a day, seven days a week. For more infomration visit www.promise.com/serviceplus

Note: Products sold through this website that do not bear the Apple Brand name are serviced and supported exclusively by their manufacturers in accordance with terms and conditions packaged with the products. Apple's Limited Warranty does not apply to products that are not Apple-branded, even if packaged or sold with Apple products. Please contact the manufacturer directly for technical support and customer service.