Accusys Expands ExaSAN Line

Accusys today announced the release of the latest addition to its ExaSAN product line, the A08S4-PS. With PCIe 3.0 Technology, users can experience rapid transfer speeds of up to 1800 MB/s making it an ideal solution for solo projects. Designed to reach the robust and expanding demands of post-production studios, the A08S4-PS offers convenient scalability, up to 3 extra JBOD devices reaching a storage capacity of up 320 TB (Using 10 TB HDD).

“The sleek, compact tower design of the A08S4-PS allows users to have a high power storage solution right at their workstation, said Susyan Huang, Vice President of Sales at Accusys Storage Ltd. With the ability to conveniently expand to larger storage capacities and utilize several different technologies, the A08S4-PS is built to grow with your business.”

The A08S4-PS offers great flexibility and is compatible with Window, Linux and MAC. With the A08S4-PS users can experience the advantages of a SAN environment by utilizing an Accusys SAN switch. Furthermore, users can couple the A08S4-PS with an Accusys C1M adapter to convert the PCIe channel to Thunderbolt 2.0 and experience a high performance Thunderbolt environment.

The Features

Ÿ 8 Bay, maximum 3 JBOD

Ÿ Supports RAID Level 0, 1, 5, 6, 0+1 and JBOD

Ÿ PCIe 3.0 32 Gb bandwidth

Ÿ Supports single PCIe Gen3 x 4 host port

Ÿ PCIe SAN ready

Ÿ Single or redundant power supply (A08S4-PS & A08S4-PS plus)

The Performance

One workstation attached to one A08S4-PS

Ÿ Performance: up to 1300MB/s (SATA) - 1800MB/s (SSD)

Ÿ Max. Capacity: 320TB (based on 10TB HDD)

Price and Availability

The MSRP for the A08S4-PS is 3,100USD and will be available at the beginning of July, 2016.