Chassis Plans SA2U-12EHP Rugged NEBS-3 Qualified Rackmount Raid System

The SA2U-12EHP performance-optimized storage array w/ NEBS-3 and 810-F certs
provides up to 12TB in an ultra rugged rackmount enclosure for military and
other challenging environmental requirements..

San Diego, Calif – August 17, 2009 - Chassis Plans, The Original Industrial Computer Source®, a leader in providing rugged rackmount systems to the military and other challenging markets, today introduced the SA2U-12EHP Extreme High IOPS Rackmount RAID Disk Storage System.

The SA2U-12EHP scales to support up to 108 mixed SAS/SATA disk drives, and up to 81 TBs with 750 GB SATA disk drives, yet offers a small 2U high footprint for high installed density. The SA2U-12EHP offers enhanced processing power, providing more than 1.6 GB/second read and 1.3 GB/second write throughput and 150,000 IOPS. This extreme performance can drive application performance to new heights in a variety of rugged environments.

The SA2U-12EHP features four 4Gb Fibre Channel host ports per controller, with 1GB of mirrored cache per controller; offering up to a total of eight 4Gb Fibre Channel connections per SA2U-12EHP subsystem, and supports SAN, Switchless-SAN(TM) or DAS host connect configurations. Additionally, the product supports multiple redundant paths for clustered server environments.

The SA2U-12EHP offers maximum configuration flexibility, enabling customers to freely mix SAS/SATA drives within the same system, and add JBODs to support up to 108 disk drives in a fully configured system. Customers can also choose either single, dual independent or dual fault-tolerant controllers.

Continuing Chassis Plans’ long history of support to the military and other rugged computing sectors, the SA2U-12EHP is ruggedized, and is both NEBS- and MIL-STD-810F-certified, making it ideal for telco and military/government as well as high-performance computing applications in challenging environments.

The SA2U-12EHP is RoHS- and WEEE-compliant. Chassis Plans also offers the option to leverage more energy-efficient DC power supplies for large-system installations.

The SA2U-12EHP features a battery-free cache memory, which leverages a combination of super capacitors and Flash memory that outlasts traditional batteries nearly fivefold.

The SA2U-12EHP also offers advanced data protection services, including RAID 6 support for protection against double disk failures during longer rebuild times of high capacity disk drives. The SA2U-12EHP also offers Chassis Plans’ volume copy technology enabling the creation of independent data volume copies for additional data protection.

System features include:
* Built-in redundancy
* RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50
* Redundant, hot swap components
* 3.5" SAS, SATA or SSD drives
* Same sector cache hits of 375,000 IOPS
* 1.6Gb/Sec read / 1.3GB/Sec write
* Optional snapshot capability
* Additional data protection with full volume copies
* Built-in schedule capability
* Dual or single RAID controller or JBOD
* Data rates up to 4Gb/sec. (fibre channel)
* Tested to meet NEBS Level 3
* Tested to meet Mil-Std-810F
* Configured systems available

The SA2U-12EHP is currently shipping in production quantities. For system pricing and availability, contact Chassis Plans at 858-571-4330 or email saleseng@chassisplans.com. See http://www.chassis-plans.com/rackmount-storage/SA2U-12EHP_Disk_Storage_Chassis.html for additional system information.

About Chassis Plans
Chassis Plans is a recognized leader in manufacturing fully configured turn-key military grade rackmount computer solutions for the industrial, rugged, and military markets. They manufacture 1U to 6U ATX and Single Board Computer systems tailored exactly to customer application requirements. They also manufacture a full line of industrial rack mount and panel mount LCD monitors and keyboard drawers.

Chassis Plans specializes in long-life product support offering unmatched in-house custom chassis design, long-life industrial motherboards and SBC's with strict revision control and material obsolescence management for trouble free program deployment. Key military customers include companies such as L3, Lockheed, and Northrop Grumman. Notable commercial customers include Siemens, Nikon, & General Electric. Chassis Plans' Systems are Engineered to Perform!® Please visit www.chassis-plans.com for more information or e-mail at saleseng@chassisplans.com.

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