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The Edge is a high-density disk storage solution that allows users to tier existing Nexsan SAS and SATA-based storage with file services, CIFS and NFS, as well as block service iSCSI. It also features high-reliability attributes unavailable in other SMB storage solutions.

The Edge was designed for the increasing number of SMB customers that are demanding green data storage solutions that maintain high performance with proven enterprise-class reliability. The Edge and the recently announced DATABeast are part of Nexsan’s growing family of green storage solutions for companies of all sizes, from small businesses to large enterprises.

Customers report component AFR of less than 1%
Full redundancy and failover capabilities
Green
Offers tiered Nexsan storage and AutoMAIDenergy-efficiency as standard features in a single turnkey solution
Incorporates next-generation Massive Array of Idle Disks (MAID 2.0) functionality, which enables dramatic energy savings without compromising application performance or reliability
Three levels of energy efficiency, user-configurable to control energy usage on disk drives rather than an on/off approach
Stores up to 84TB in 9U, more than twice the density of comparable solutions

Suited for high-capacity applications such as healthcare, rich media and a wide variety of standard business applications.
All components and expansion units are preinstalled, preconfigured and ready to go for fast and simple deployment.
Includes Microsoft’s industry-standard Windows Unified Data Storage Server (WUDSS) technology. Centralized management and monitoring enables local and remote secure management, configuration and consolidation of the entire system.

Available now through Nexsan’s global VAR channel

– Pricing
The price for The Edge with:

one SATABoy with eight 500GB SATA drives - £13158 street;
one SASBoy with eight 300GB SAS drives - £17895 street;
two SATABeasts with 1 TB drives; 84TB total - £790/TB or £66316 street