Fibrenetix E4 moves the benchmark for Commodity Enterprise RAID systems. Offering features that are usually seen in considerably more expensive systems.   

The E4 combines dual 4Gbit host connection, with high performance SAS and SATA-II drives.  With the flexibility to combine SAS and SATA-II drives in a single enclosure, plus an optional multi-lane SAS connector for expandability, the E4 takes performance,reliability and scalability to a new high.  Users can expand the storage capacity by adding additional 16-bay JBOD systems to a single E4 master box offering up to 112 TeraByte of storage in a fully loaded system.

The powerful E4 RAID engine utilitizes the new Intel Xscale IOP341 processor providing true hardware acceleration, with improved performance in RAID 5 and 6.  In addition, E4 comes with  a huge 2GB of cache as standard, offering exceptional performance in Data Streaming and also increases the cache hits in Random environments.

E4 supports MAID, making it one of the few products on the market that takes a stand against harmful greenhouse gases/CO2 emissions.  In a RAID system, peak power consumption occurs when the drives are spinning - yet most RAID systems are only used from 09.00 to 17.00, 5 days a week and remain idle for the rest of the time.  However, the E4 system detects any idle time and simply spins down the drives so they don't consume electricity until they are in use again.  This process is totally automatic and occurs without any loss of connection between the Server and the E4 system. The E4 RAID controller also continues to respond in a completely normal way.

Fibrenetix E-series intelligent cooling system also adapts to the environment.  If there is a limited need for cooling, the fans automatically run with a lower speed and thereby use less electricity.

Fibrenetix E4 is a formidable system

            

E4-1662-F241-A1	TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
RAID Architecture	DAYTONA RAID ENGINE
RAID Controller	Intel IOP341 XScale Processor
RAID Design	Cableless Intelligent Backplane Integration
Max. Supported # Drives	16x SAS / SATA-II HDDs
High Security RAID Level	RAID-6
Other Supported RAID Levels	JBOD, 0, 1, 0+1, 3 , 5, 10, 30, 50, 60
Memory Bus	2GB DDR2-533 SDRAM with ECC
Memory Type	Industry Standard DDR ECC SDRAM
Memory	2GB Standard Upgradable to 4 GB
Host Bus Interface	4Gbit Fibre-Channel
Host Bus Channels	2 Channels
Disk Bus Interface	3Gbit SAS / 3Gbit Serial-ATA
Disk Bus Channels	16 Independent Channels
Host-Independent	Yes
Operating Systems Supported	Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, MSCS (Microsoft Cluster Server) Windows NT, Windows XP-Pro, Windows Vista, Sun-Solaris, Linux, True64 Unix, HP-UX, IBM-AIX, SGI-IRIX, MAC-OS, Free BSD, Novell, plus any system with a standard SCSI interface.
HDD supported max. Capacity	1 TERABYTE
Maximum Subsystem Capacity	16 TB in RAID-0 & JBOD 14 TB in RAID-6 (Max.security)
Drive Temperature Sensors	Yes, one per drive-slot
Redundant Components	HDD, PSU & Fan modules, LCD panel
Hot Swap Components	HDD, PSU & Fan modules, LCD panel
Management	RS-232, Web-browser and SNMP
Alerts	Audible alarm, LEDs,  RS-232, Web-browser, Email and SNMP traps
I/O connectors	Two SFF sockets for SFP Modules 1x SAS expansion port (SFF8088 miniSAS) 1x RJ11 type Debug port 1x RJ11 type RS-232 port 1 RJ45 type Ethernet port
Power Requirements & Certifications	110/240 VAC, 60/50 Hz. Autosensing. Dual independent 560 watt power supplies. FCC Class-A & CE compliant TUV, UL1950, CSA-950
Operating Temperature	5oC to 40oC
Non-Operating Temperature	-40oC to 70oC
Relative Humidity	10% to 85% non-condensing
Form Factor	3U, 19" Rackmount
Dimensions	483 (W) x 552 (D) x 3U (H) mm
Weight	25 KG (without disk drives)