Enterprise Class SAS Storage for the Broadest Range of Requirements

• High speed – blazing SAS IOPS and read/write throughput performance;
• High density – 42 drive bays in only 4U providing up to 18.9TB of SAS capacity;
• Flexible – combine SAS and SATA drives in the same chassis for separate storage tiers;
• Reliable – enterprise-class quality with fully redundant components;
• Energy Efficiency – Nexsan's AutoMAID™ ultra green technology delivering up to 60% in energy savings;

» SASBeast Overview

2 big needs. 1 small solution. Conquer transaction performance and high capacity in the same storage system. Whether you need high performance (for Exchange) or high capacity (for disk to disk backup, file servers or storing large amounts of content), SASBeast provides the speed and capacity to meet the broadest range of storage requirements.

SASBeast delivers the industry’s best value by combining enterprise SAS performance with the density, reliability, affordability and energy efficiency Nexsan is known for.

Built for Performance...

Blazing SAS IOPS and read/write throughput performance make SASBeast the perfect choice for transactional and/or database intensive applications (Exchange, SQL, Oracle, etc.). SASBeast’s high availability architecture features full redundancy across all active components and delivers industry leading reliability for enterprise class environments.

And Capacity...

Innovatively engineered to reliably mix SAS and SATA disks in the same SASBeast chassis, the user is provided separate storage tiers for different applications. Use the SAS storage tier for performance intensive applications and the SATA storage tier for capacity intensive applications. Nexsan is changing the rules of storage by allowing the user to meet the broadest range of storage requirements in a single chassis.


Unprecedented Energy Savings

SASBeast exclusively features the ground breaking energy saving benefits of AutoMAID™ technology which places disks in an idle state during inactivity while providing near-instantaneous access to data when needed. AutoMAID uniquely delivers the benefits of green without the limitations.Unleash the power of the SATABeast™ extreme density storage array from Nexsan Technologies. Designed from the ground up to set new standards for high-capacity storage systems, SATABeast delivers the industry's best performance and cost-effectiveness in a scalable disk solution. With unparalleled density, availability and energy efficiency, SATABeast maximizes the return on your storage hardware investment.

» SASBeast Advanced Features

• Enterprise class storage array built around the latest high-performance SAS disk drives.
• Exceptional IOPS and throughput performance
• All active components (RAID controllers, fans, power supplies and drives) are redundant and individually hot-swappable.
• Highest density per rack inch – 42 drive bays in only 4U – up to 18.9TB of SAS capacity
• Up to 4 RAID engines and 4GB battery protected cache when using dual controllers
• Supports hardware RAID 0, 1, 1+0, 4, 5 and 6 including global hot spares
• Supports multiple RAID sets and multiple volumes per RAID set.
• Supports up to 254 LUNS per controller
• Integrated Fibre Channel and iSCSI connectivity for flexible implementation
• Completely OS independent. No special software drivers required
• Horizontal mid-plane design promotes superior airflow and alleviates insertion stress points
• Anti-accumulative rotational vibration design maximizes drive reliability
• Embedded web-browser GUI over 10/100/1000 port, supports email alerts and SNMP traps
• WorldView™ provides ability to manage and configure multiple Nexsan units from a single GUI
• Industry leading energy effeciency with AutoMAID™ technology

» Brochure

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Busi-Soft are the Platinum Nexsan Distributor for Australia and New Zealand. Nexsan Technologies is the worldwide leader in secure and energy-efficient (green) storage solutions, this includes the award winning SATABeast, SATABeast Xi, SASBeast, SASBoy, SATABoy, iSeries, DATABeast, & DeDupe SG. Busi-Soft are the Sole Australian and New Zealand reseller for the Assureon, Assureon SA and Assureon NX Appliances.

Busi-Soft and Nexsan partner together to offer secure storage appliances and modular, high capacity disk storage systems for a broad range of applications including fixed content storage and archiving, compliance and litigation support, primary storage, disk-based backup, digital video security, medical imaging, email and rich media. With a complete line of storage solutions that offer exceptional price/performance, Nexsan is the choice of Fortune Global 500 companies, major governmental agencies, and leading organizations worldwide.