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Qubex 4G FC

  • Compact 6-bay Desktop AV Storage
  • Capacities to 12TB
  • High performance Dual 4G FC host interface
  • Sustained performance of up to 400 MB/sec
  • Perfect for uncompressed SD/compressed HD edit and delivery applications
  • Supports 4:4:4 uncompressed HD
  • Unbeatable price/performance ratio
  • Recommended by AJA for use with latest KONA 3 and KONA LHe Capture Cards
  • Blackmagic certified
     
 
 
4GBit FC Qubex 6-bay desktop AV storage has been designed and developed for today’s most demanding digital content creation and streaming media applications. Featuring state of the art Dual 4GBit Fibre Channel host interface to the latest SATA II drive technology. With storage capacities of up to 12TB, Qubex enables AV professionals to leverage state of the art RAID and drive technologies in a seamless, highly reliable, cost-effective, desktop storage solution.

Built around a high-speed 64-Bit RAID controller, the 4GBit Fibre Channel Qubex delivers sustained READ/WRITE performance of up to 400 MB/sec per channel. Whether you work with DV, HDV, SD or HD material, Qubex meets your performance needs when it matters.

Compatible with Linux, Mac, Unix and Windows platforms, as well as major brands of video editing, capture and playback cards, devices and software. Qubex delivers outstanding performance at an industry leading price/performance ratio.

Highlights
 
  • Compact 6-bay Desktop AV Storage
  • State of the art Dual 4GBit Fibre Channel host interface
  • 6x SATA II drives
  • Capacities to 12 TB
  • Up to 400MB/sec transfer rate on a Single Channel
  • Perfect for HDV edit and delivery applications
  • Supports 4:4:4 uncompressed HD
  • Unbeatable price/performance ratio
  • Recommended by AJA for use with latest KONA 3 and KONA LHe Capture Cards
  • Blackmagic certified
Features
 
  • State of the art 64-bit RAID controller
  • Up to 400MB/s transfer rate per channel
  • Dual 4GBit Fibre Channel host interface
  • 6x SATA II drive channels
  • Massive 12TB storage capacity
  • Supports real-time SD and HD video applications
  • 256MB onboard cache memory with ECC protection
  • Selectable RAID levels 0,1,0+1, 3, 5, 6 and JBOD
  • Supports multiple RAID sets
  • Hot Swap Drives
  • Whisper Quiet, variable speed fan
  • Push button LCD for easy set-up & configuration
  • Dual external hot-swap power supplies
  • Instant availability and background initialisation
  • Automatic drive insertion / removal detection and rebuild
  • NVRAM for transaction log
  • Write-through and Write-back cache support
  • AJA and Blackmagic certified
Specifications
RAID Controller Intel 80321 64-bit RISC 400 MHz Microprocessor
Max. Supported # Drives 6x SATA II HDDs
Supported RAID Levels JBOD, 0, 1, 0+1, 3, 5
Memory Bus 266 MHz PC-2100 Memory
Memory Type Industry Standard DDR ECC SDRAM
Memory 256 MB Standard
Host Bus Interface Dual 4GBit Fibre Channel
Disk Bus Interface 1.5/3.0 Gbit PHY Serial-ATA
Disk Bus Channels 6 Independent Channels
Host Independent & Transparent Yes
Operating Systems Supported Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000,
Windows NT, MSCS (Microsoft Cluster Server),
Windows XP-Pro, Sun-Solaris, linux, true64 Unix,
HP-UX, IBM-AIX, SGI-IRIX, MAC-OS, Free BSD,
Novell, plus any standard SCSI interface.
HDD supported max. Capacity 2TB
Maximum Subsystem Capacity 12 TB in RAID-0 & JBOD
10 TB in RAID-5
Drive Temperature Sensors Yes, One per Drive-Slot
Redundant Components Hard Disk Drives and external power supplies
Management RS-232, Web-browser and SNMP
Alerts Audible alarm, LEDs, RS-232,
Web-browser, Email and SNMP traps
Power Requirements 110/240V, 47/63 Hz auto switching (+/-10%)
Power Supply Dual External 180W Power Adapters
Operating Temperature 5ºC to 40ºC
Non-Operating Temperature -40ºC to 70ºC
Relative Humidity 10% to 85% non-condensing
Form Factor Compact Desktop Storage Array
Dimensions 280mm (W) x 300mm (D) x 280mm (H)
Weight

14 KG (without disk drives)