Introduction And Overview; Product Specifications; Overview - Rorke Data Galaxy Aurora Series Configuration And System Integration Manual

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1.0 Introduction and Overview

1.1 Product Specifications

1.1.1 Overview

The Aurora RAID Array is the newest member of the Galaxy family of RAID
Storage System products. It is a (4U) rack mount solution that is designed for
your ultra high speed data storage needs.
As with the earlier Galaxy RAID products, the Galaxy Aurora is characterized
by many of the same outstanding features and attributes as those of other
RAID family members. The most noticeable feature is that this RAID is
blazingly fast while being surprisingly affordable. Other features include a
preloaded Linux operating system and RAID Engine Software called EOS
which does all the work of a normal RAID controller without the cost and
dependency of other ASIC based controllers. RAID 6 [ dual parity RAID ] and
RAID 0 [ striping ] are supported to give the best of both worlds, ultra reliable
data protection or blazingly fast performance. Of course speeds that exceed
2300Mbytes/ second would be no good without the host connectivity which is
built into the unit. Aurora is capable of supporting up to 8 ports of 8Gb Fibre
Channel or 2 ports of 20 or 40Mb Infiniband or with SAN connectivity connect
to many more. Optical cable connectivity is available in various lengths to
make direct or SAN switch connections easy. Other features include, easy to
use GUI storage management tools, integrated software functions that help
ease configuration and use, ease of deployment in the network, as well as
built-in tools to facilitate remote management and systems management.
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Introduction and Overview
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