Fibre Channel RAID data storage for military and avionics applications introduced by Phoenix

Oct. 29, 2012
ORANGE, Calif., 29 Oct. 2012. Phoenix International Systems Inc. in Orange, Calif., is introducing the mission-oriented RPC24 high performance Fibre Channel RAID data storage subsystem for military and avionics applications.

ORANGE, Calif., 29 Oct. 2012. Phoenix International Systems Inc. in Orange, Calif., is introducing the mission-oriented RPC24 high performance Fibre Channel RAID data storage subsystem for military and avionics applications.

Featuring a capacity of 24 drives, the RPC24 includes two removable magazines containing as many as 12 solid-state drive or hard disk drives, each housed in rugged 2U enclosure that measures 3.5 inches high by 19.5 inches deep. It provides as many as eight host ports of 8-gigabit Fibre Channel to SAS or SATA devices over a 12-gigabit SAS internal bus.

The RPC24’s rugged, cableless, backplane-based, high density operates in temperatures from -20 to 70 degrees Celsius at altitudes as high as 45,000 feet with solid-state drives.

Incorporating aluminum and steel in its rugged construction, the RPC24 weighs 51 pounds with 24 solid-state drives, is less than 20 inches deep and is certified to military specifications MIL-STD-810G and MIL-STD-461E.

Major features of the RPC24 Fibre Channel RAID Storage System include 2U ruggedized Fibre Channel RAID system; two 12 drive removable magazines rated at 10,000 mating cycles; single or dual active with auto failover/failback RAID controllers; as many as eight 8-gigabit-per-second Fibre Channel ports; sustained data rates to 5.2 gigabyte-per-second reads and 3-gigabyte-per-second writes; battery free cache backup;; 40 to 440 Hz, 90/240 volts AC input operation; redundant, hot-swap components; and management graphic user interface and failover software.

For more information contact Phoenix International online at www.phenxint.com.

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