Purpose-built for high volume, fail safe data storage applications, the Granite Rack Series sets new standards in its class.
Adding external storage to your server is no longer the complicated and daunting task is was years ago. The Granite Rack line of external options makes increasing your overall storage requirements a simple, time saving procedure.
The Granite Rack Series utilizes the latest technology to reduce the overall cost to you. Until just recently SCSI Hard Drives were the only solution for external options, but now with the emergence SCSI to SATA technology, SATA drives can also be implemented.
Key Features
- Transparent operational capabilities for all popular operating systems.
- Ultra 320 SCSI channel interface to your Host computer.
- Up to 320 MBps transfer rate. Large and complex files are handled easily.
- Serial ATA II: The Next Generation Internal Storage Interconnect provides better connectivity and higher data transfer rates.
- Configurations include RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, JBOD, Single Drive, & Hot Spare
Raid Overview
Concept of RAID
RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is an acronym first used in a 1988 paper by Berkeley researchers Patterson, Gibson and Katz. The paper described array configuration and applications for multiple inexpensive hard disks which in turn provided redundancy and better access rates. When a RAID is created, accessing multiple individual disks now act as if the array were one large disk. It spreads data access out over these multiple disks, thereby reducing the risk of losing all data if one disk fails, and improving access time.
Why RAID?
Typically RAID is used in large file servers, transaction of application servers, where data accessibility is critical and fault tolerance is required. Recently desktop users started to use RAID for almost any application where massive storage or high data transfers are required. RAID offers data production by utilizing striping, mirroring or both.
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