• Xsan

    Nexsan's SATABeast

    I first came across this thing a few MacWorld’s ago. It was impressive then in terms of how densely packed the chassis was with drives and that the form factor was something so similar to the Apple form factor I was worried about potential legal action. But no legal action came and they’re still doing their thing. The SATABeast, from Nexsan is as impressive in raw disk space girthyness as it is diminutive in comparable size.  42TB in a 4U chassis.  That’s 10.5TB per unit of rackspace.  The AutoMAID software allows you to cut down BTU and power requirements by spinning down drives that aren’t in use. This isn’t to…