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New Mass Storage Solution for Archive Uses

Business companies, who are looking for an archive solution for their mass storage needs can take a look at the new Revolution 220 series. The Revolution 220 was created for a very specific target ? it is mean to store data that is occasionally used. Huge amounts of data can be stored and archives safely for future access when needed.

Each of the Revolution 220 series of cabinets is based on the vendor`s MAID architecture. Within this infrastructure, 14 drives can be loaded into each canister, 8 canisters are loaded into each shelf, and up to 8 shelves can be loaded into each cabinet. As the cabinets can now accommodate 250 GB or 500 GB SATA drives, the total raw capacity of a cabinet ranges from 28 TB to 448 TB. The vendor lists the 220TX cabinet as supporting a minimum of 5 shelves, thus its capacity ranges from 140 TB to 448 TB.

Disk integrity and protection is provided by the vendor`s "Power Managed RAID" and "Disk Aerobics" technologies. The RAID technology provides RAID 5 protection, with power management technology allowing the controller to spin only those disks necessary for data access, reducing the overall wear and tear on individual disks as well as the heat and vibration impact on the cabinet as a whole. In addition to spinning disks only as necessary, the cabinet monitors the health of the individual disks themselves, noting the number of times the disks are started and stopped, and, if necessary, spinning up and checking the data on a disk if it has not been accessed for a long period of time. Automatic error-threshold based data migration, SMTP/SNMP based alert messaging, and redundant fans and power supplies round out the cabinet`s data protection features.