Infortrend Shrinks SAS Disk Arrays

November 5, 2007: In an industry first, RAID specialist Infortrend has rolled out a new line of 2.5” SAS disk arrays that it claims offer lower power consumption and noise levels in a compact, high-density storage system.

The company is pitching the drives as the “future of storage”, claiming they offer a 70 percent improvement in overall footprint and 100 percent in performance.

The Small Form Factor (SFF) RAID subsystems, namely the EonStor B12S-R/G1030 SAS-to-SAS and the B12F-R/G1430 Fibre Channel-to-SAS arrays, use 40 to 50 percent less power than 3.5” equivalents, and also run cooler while requiring less airflow, reducing environmental costs along with direct running costs.

Infortrend says that both the B12F and B12S come with an SAS expansion port, and are also compatible with the company's recently released S12S-J1000 or S16S-J1000 JBODs that house standard 3.5-inch drives.

“The new B12 SFF arrays have all the advantages of 3.5-inch SAS systems, such as point-to-point architecture, higher performance and efficiency, simpler and longer cabling, and compact connectors, but in a compact, energy-efficient design,” said Alex Young, technical and marketing director of Infortrend Europe Ltd.

“With our fifth generation ASIC400 and support for RAID5 and RAID6, storage managers will benefit from the advantages of a smaller form factor without compromising on data protection and reliability.”

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