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Description
PIXi 4e
Fibrenetix PIXi 4-bay is an ideal desktop storage solution for any professional creating content on a MAC or PC based Laptop. Offering a huge 8 Terabytes of RAID protect storage with unparalled performance, this compact desktop storage unit is the IDEAL partner for AJA's IO HD video solution.
With full RAID-5 support and hot-swap hard drives, Fibrenetix PIXi4E is perfect as a cost effective back up solution, or additional storage for small office servers and home offices.
The PIXi4E connects to a laptop via high speed eSATA or USB, with eSATA offering the best performance and USB being ideal when the PIXi is used as a back up device.
Dependant on application and data type, the PIXi4E can provide more than 180MB/s sustained transfer rates, which is more than enough for compressed HD or SD video streaming.
Configuration couldn't be easier, simply push a couple of buttons on the LCD panel and then Plug n'Store - or advanced users can easily manage their Terabytes of storage via a normal Ethernet cable and Internet browser.
Check out some of the key features:
RAID 5, keeps your data safe if a drive fails
Up to 8 Terabytes of data storage for back up or video content
Superior performance for the creative professional
4 hot-swappable disks, easy to replace, with no data loss
Smallest form-factor in the industry, fits any creative workspace
Easy to use - Plug n' Store technology
3 year warranty, to back up the quality
Features
- Hardware RAID controller with 64-bit RISC processor
- 4x SATA drive channels
- High performance E-SATA 3Gbit or USB 2.0 host connection
- RAID levels 0,1,0+1, 3, 5 and JBOD
- OS Independent and Transparent
- Supports multiple RAID sets
- Array roaming - seamless movement of HDD's without any loss of configuration or data
- Online stripe size migration
- Online capacity expansion
- Online RAID level migration
- Automatic and transparent hot spare rebuild
- Hot Swap Drives
- Instant availability and background initialisation
- Automatic drive insertion / removal detection and rebuild
- NVRAM for transaction log
- Write-through and Write-back cache support
- WEB based RAID management via HTTP Proxy
Technical info
| PIXi4E |
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS |
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RAID Design |
Cableless Backplane Integration |
| Max. Supported # Drives |
4x SATA HDDs |
| Hot swap Disk drives |
YES |
| Supported RAID Levels |
JBOD, 0, 1, 0+1, 3 & 5 |
| Memory |
64 MB Standard |
| Host Bus Interface |
1x E-sata 3 Gbit 1x USB 2.0 |
| Host Bus Channels |
1 Channels |
| Disk Bus Interface |
Low-profile (1" high) SATA II 3Gbit HDDs |
| Disk Bus Channels |
4 Independent Channels |
| Host-Independent |
Yes |
Operating Systems
Supported |
Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000,
MSCS (Microsoft Cluster Server) Windows NT,
Windows XP-Pro,, VISTA, Sun-Solaris, linux, true64 Unix,
HP-UX, IBM-AIX, SGI-IRIX, MAC-OS, Free BSD |
| HDD supported max. Capacity |
2 TB |
| Maximum Subsystem Capacity |
8 TB in RAID-0
6 TB in RAID-5 (Max.security) |
| Drive Temperature Sensors |
Yes, One per Drive-Slot. |
| Redundant Components |
HDD |
| Management |
RS-232, Web-browser GUI-man |
| Alerts |
Audible alarm, LEDs, RS-232,
Web-browser, LCD Pan |
| I/O connectors |
1x E-sata 3 Gbit 1x USB 2.0
1 DB9 type RS-232 Terminal port
RJ45 Ethernet for Config ONLY |
Power Requirements
& Certifications |
110/240 VAC, 60/50 Hz. Autosensing.
FCC Class-A & CE compliant
TUV, UL1950, CSA-950 |
| OperatingTemperature |
5oC to 40oC |
| Non-Operating Temperature |
-40oC to 70oC
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Relative Humidity |
10% to 85% non-condensing |
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Form Factor |
Compact 4-bay Desktop Tower |
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Size |
123mm(W) x 166mm(D) 232mm(H) |
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Weight |
4 KG (w/o disks) |
Highlights
- RAID 5, keeps your data safe - if a drives fail
- Supports, SATA-II HDDs - from 250Gb to 2TB
- Up to 8 Terabyte storage capacity (using 2TB drives)
- Superior performance for the creative professional
- Performance ranging from 165MB/s to 200MB/s dependant on application and data structure
- 4 hot-swap hard drives, easy to replace with no data loss
- Smallest form-factor in the industry, fits any creative workspace
- Easy to use - Plug n' Store technology
- Built-in RAID controller with eSATA & USB host connection (no need for drivers or software on Host)
- 3 year warranty, to back up the quality
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