ActiveStorage today announced its ActiveSAN high-performance Metadata server appliance, designed for video and film professionals. The ActiveSAN is designed to fill the void created by Apple’s discontinuance of its Xserve server.
ActiveStorage today announced its ActiveSAN high-performance Metadata server appliance, designed for video and film professionals. The ActiveSAN is designed to fill the void created by Apple’s discontinuance of its Xserve server.
The ActiveSAN is a 1U rackmount server based on Intel’s Nehalem platform; it features a quad-core Xeon processor and dual power supplies. It has Linux-based remote management tools and a Mac OSX-like interface to Quantum StorNext SAN file system.
The full specifications:
- 1U rack-optimized enclosure
- Intel Quad-core Xeon processor
- 8GB 1066MHz DDR3 ECC memory
- 1 available 16 lane PCI-e slot
- Dual port 8Gb Fibre Channel Card with SFPs
- Mirrored hot swap 1TB Hitachi Enterprise Class SATA hard drives
- Redundant hot swap 600W auto-sensing power supplies
- Locking power cords
- 4x USB 2.0 ports (2 front, 2 rear)
- 2x GbE ports
- 1x Serial port (for UPS support)
- VGA graphics port
- Rack rail kit with hardware
- Lights Out Management via Active Viewer
- Active Viewer and ActiveSAN Admin Software suite
ActiveStorage also announced an ActiveSAN training program for certified Xsan/Xserve administrators.
Availability
Pricing and availability information for ActiveSAN has not been announced; the company is expected to reveal more details in April.
