New Storage Expansion Portfolio Meets Customer Demand for Increased
Performance, Density and Efficiency
Rackable
Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: RACK), a leading provider of ecological
servers and storage products for medium- to large-scale data centers,
today announced the immediate availability of its expanded OmniStor®
line of external storage products designed to add performance and
storage capacity to any Rackable server. With expanded choices of hard
drive support, system form factors and power supplies, Rackable’s new
OmniStor storage solutions are now also available built-to-order, a
benefit previously only available with Rackable’s server lines. The new
storage systems provide customers with the highest performance in the
industry, which is crucial for a wide variety of workloads such as
database management, video streaming, media and content delivery, and
bulk archival projects.
Rackable will now offer three additional OmniStor solutions: the SE2024,
SE2124 and SE3116. With choices of 2.5” or 3.5” hard drive support,
half-depth or standard-depth form factors and AC, DC or redundant AC
power, the new OmniStor storage products deliver superior performance
with industry leading densities. Each new model supports SAS and SATA II
drives; the 2U offerings also support Solid State Drives (SSDs).
Direct-attached via a 12Gb SAS connection from the server, drives can be
configured in RAID or JBOD modes from the server’s RAID card or HBA. The
half-depth SE2024 delivers performance and maximizes density, packing a
full 24 drives per U, resulting in 48 hard drives in a 2U rack when
mounted back to back. Half-depth OmniStor models (the new SE2024 and the
existing SE3016) are available with Eco-Logical™ AC or DC power supplies
with up to 96.5 percent power efficiency*. The new standard-depth SE2124
and SE3116 systems offer compatibility with rear-cabled servers in
standard 19” rack environments with twenty-four 2.5” drives and sixteen
3.5” drives, respectively.
“As hard drives continue to grow in size, performance has simply not
kept up with capacity,” said Deni Connor, founder and principal analyst
with Storage Strategies NOW. “The support for much larger numbers of
2.5” hard drives in next-generation storage arrays, especially
considering the impact of SSDs, allows many users to reach that critical
balance between performance and much-needed density.”
“Rackable’s product portfolio is greatly enhanced by these new OmniStor
storage expansion systems,” said Geoffrey Noer, vice president of
product management. “In addition to performance, these products are
extremely energy efficient, allowing data centers to realize substantial
power savings in Internet and cloud computing, High Performance
Computing, financial services, oil and gas exploration, and digital
media environments to directly impact their bottom lines.”
OmniStor’s compact form factor, high performance and mass capacity
capabilities make it the ideal replacement for existing server-related
storage products like the Sun Fire X4500 and X4540.
OmniStor Product Line Specifications:
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Model
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SE2024 (new)
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SE2124 (new)
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SE3016 (existing)
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SE3116 (new)
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Chassis Profile
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2U half-depth chassis
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2U standard-depth chassis
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3U half-depth chassis
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3U standard-depth chassis
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Chassis Mount
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Back to back for double density
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Standard 19” rack compatible
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Back to back for double density, or 2-post from center mount
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Standard 19” rack compatible with two front posts, center mount,
or rails
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Host Interfaces
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Two external SFF-8088 mini-SAS interfaces (front cabled)
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Two external SFF-8088 mini-SAS interfaces (rear cabled)
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Two external SFF-8088 mini-SAS interfaces (front cabled)
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Two external SFF-8088 mini-SAS interfaces (rear cabled)
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Disk Drive Options
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Up to 24 hot-swappable 2.5” SAS or SATA II drives or SSDs
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Up to 24 hot-swappable 2.5” SAS or SATA II drives or SSDs
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Up to 16 hot-swappable 3.5” SAS or SATA II drives
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Up to 16 hot-swappable 3.5” SAS or SATA II drives
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Maximum Capacity
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Up to 7.2TB (with 300GB SAS or SATA II drives)
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Up to 7.2TB (with 300GB SAS or SATA II drives)
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Up to 16.0TB (with 1TB SATA II drives)
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Up to 16.0TB (with 1TB SATA II drives)
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RAID Support
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Compatible with server-based SAS RAID and JBOD cards
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Compatible with server-based SAS RAID and JBOD cards
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Compatible with server-based SAS RAID and JBOD cards
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Compatible with server-based SAS RAID and JBOD cards
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Power Supply
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Auto-switching 100-240 VAC or -48 VDC
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1+1 redundant auto-switching 100-240 VAC
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Auto-switching 100-240 VAC or -48 VDC
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1+1 redundant auto-switching 100-240 VAC
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System Dimensions
(H x W x D)
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3.5” x 17” x 15.5”
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3.4” x 17” x 16.7”
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5.25” x 17” x 15.5”
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5.25” x 17.6” x 27.3”
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Availability
Rackable Systems’ OmniStor SE2024, SE2124 and SE3116 are available
immediately. For more information, please visit www.rackable.com/omnistor.
About Rackable Systems
Rackable
Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: RACK) is a leading provider of Eco-Logical™
servers and storage for medium- to large-scale data center deployments.
The company’s products, available for purchase or lease, feature leading
designs in the areas of density, thermal efficiency, serviceability,
power distribution, data center mobility and remote management. Rackable
is a founding member of The
Green Grid, and Think
Eco-Logical, an initiative which blends corporate responsibility for
increased sustainability with the need to manage expenses and increase
performance. Rackable serves cluster computing and services, enterprise
software, federal government, digital media, financial services, oil and
gas exploration and HPC customers worldwide, and maintains headquarters
in Fremont, California. For more information please visit www.rackable.com.
Rackable Systems, Eco-Logical and OmniStor are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Rackable Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are property
of their respective holders.
* Peak power efficiency based on DC power supply specifications.
Schwartz Communications Inc.
Jen Spark, 415-512-0770
rackable@schwartz-pr.com
