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Polaris RAID™ 24TB Fibre Channel Storage (offered at $11,999)

Innovation Begins Here.

Line 1 Media's answer for your most demanding, large-scale storage requirements - Polaris RAID™, a 4 Gbit / second fibre channel to SATA II RAID. It combines a new generation SATA II hard drive interface with a high performance 4Gb fibre channel host connection. Its superior RAID level 6 protection makes this media-dedicated RAID extraordinarily fast and incredibly reliable.

Manage with ease - the email event notification feature requires no physical supervision by personnel, perfect for your busy production environment. The Polaris RAID™ is designed with a dual controller, the core of this sophisticated RAID platform, boosting performance with exceptional data availability and low cost.

Polaris RAID™ Key Features

Dual 4Gb Fibre channel, 24TB storage (1TB x 24 Hitachi Drives)
3 Gbps SATA II disk Interface
Up to 1GB DDR SDRAM with ECC protection
RAID Levels: 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 0+1 & JBOD
Three distinct GUI's: front panel LCD control, RS-232 port, Web browserbased manager (via built in 10/100 Ethernet port)
Online Array Roaming and Migration.

Easy RAID Management

Web-based RAID manager enables local or remote access from any standard internet browser (no software, or patches required)
Triple layer warning indicator: RAID's on-board LCD, audible alarm, and respective disk enclosure
All system events and alerts may be set to automatically advise multiple users via e-mail
SNMP agent allows for remote system monitoring

Features / Applications

Maximum total throughput, capable of handling uncompressed HD at > 500MB/s

Super Data Safe Vault

Risk-free data protection

Digital Imaging

Yotta Sport is designed with handling media in mind. This sub-system is ideal for editing large image files.

Real Time Streaming

Because of Yotta Sport's lighting fast read speed can be use for media streaming.

AJA & Black Magic Design Performance

These leading video capture cards are tested and proven to deliver high quality HD when used in conjunction w/ Polaris.

Download Data Sheet Here

Model: L1M-24S3EF4
Product Name: Polaris RAID™ 4 Gbit / second fibre channel to SATA II RAID
Type: 4Gb Fibre
Controller: #2
RAID Levels: 0, 1, 3, 5 , 6, 0+1, JBOD
Cache Support: (Write back) Up to 1 GB
System Type: Rack Mount
Host Interface: Dual 4Gb Fibre Channel Per Controller
Host Transfer Rate: 4Gbs
Disk Interface: SATA II
LCD Display: 2 Lines by 16 characters
Hot Swap and redundant: Hard Disk, Fan, Power Supply
Hot Spare: Yes (Disk Down)
Disk Channel: 16 Disk Channels
LAN Web browser-based: RAID Manager via Build in 10/100 Ethernet Port
Array Management Support: Yes.
Online Array Roaming: Yes.
Online Capacity Expansion and RAID Level Migration: Yes.
Operating Systems: OS independent and transparent
Power Supply: Dual 460W Redundant Power Supply
Electrical: AC Voltage 110-230 VACAc Frequency 50-60Hz
Temperature: Operating Temperature : 10 to 35 degree C.Non Operating Temperature : -40 to 60 degree C.
Relative Humidity: 20% to 80% non-condensing
Dimensions: 17.56"(W) x 19.49"(D) x 5.21"(H)

Hitachi Drive Specifications
Connector Type: SATA 3.0 Gbps
Connector: Serial ATA 7-pin
General Enclosure Type: Internal
Form Factor: 3.5"
Data Transfer Rate: 3GB/s
Average Seek Time: 8.2ms
Buffer Size, Cache: 32MB
Spindle Speed: 7200rpm
Hard Drive Capacity: 1TB
Memory Buffer Size: 32MB
Ports/Connectors: 7-pin Serial ATA port
Power Requirement: +5 VDC (+/-5%), +12 VDC (+ 20%, - 8%)
Startup current (max. A): 2.0 (+ 12V) & 1.2 (+ 5V)
Idle (W): 9.0 / 8.1 / 7.3
Power consumption efficiency index (W/GB): 0.009 / 0.0108 / 0.0146
Warranty: 5 Years - Parts & Labor