Introducing Exasan Pcie 3.0 Storage System; Overview; What Is The Exasan Solution - Accusys ExaSAN User Manual

1. Introduction
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Introducing ExaSAN PCIe 3.0 Storage System

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Overview

1.1.1 What is the ExaSAN Solution

Developed by Accusys Storage Ltd., a worldwide leader in RAID (Redundant Array of
Independent Disks) storage systems, ExaSAN (pronounced "X-sa-SAN") is a family of storage
and switch products that take advantage of well known PCIe (PCI Express) technology speeds,
standards, and roadmap.
The current ExaSAN products employ PCIe3.0 protocol that provides 8 Gb/s per lane transfers.
With 4 lane QSFP (Quad SFP) connector and cable, ExaSAN can transfer up to 32 Gb/s by
using single connection.
Post production work including non-linear editing (NLE) requires high bandwidth storage to
quickly move the volume of data being processed and ExaSAN storage solution meets those
demands. The high bandwidth provided by ExaSAN technology allows the client to complete
editing tasks in a much shorter time to save time and money.
ExaSAN solution, including its complete line of rack mount RAID systems, tower RAID systems,
PCIe switch systems and accessories, support to build DAS (directly attached storage) and
SAN (storage attached network) environments. Figures below depict the ExaSAN B08S3-PS
system solution architecture in DAS and SAN environment.
DAS environment
DAS with C1M environment
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