Nexsan First to Ship Enterprise-Class Storage Systems with 3TB SATA Drives

April 28, 2011 - PRLog -- THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., April 29, 2011 -- Nexsan®, a leading provider of storage systems for the mid-market, today announced the availability of enterprise-class 3TB SATA drives for its Nexsan E-Series™ suite of storage systems. Purpose-built and priced for the mid-market, E-Series storage systems are based on Nexsan’s Flexible Storage Platform™ to deliver enterprise-class performance and reliability with industry-leading storage density and power efficiency.

Nexsan began delivering 3TB SATA drives with its 4U Nexsan E60 storage system for selected customers this quarter. With this announcement, enterprise-class 3TB SATA drives are now generally available in all Nexsan E-Series storage systems, including the E18 and E60X, for delivery through all Nexsan channel partners.

The Nexsan E-Series features an expandable, high density and high performance platform so that mid-market companies have the enterprise-class storage management features they need today, with the scalability to extend their solution for tomorrow. All Nexsan E-Series storage systems feature robust centralized storage management software for simplified deployment, management and support and offer a complete range of enterprise-class features including high density, high reliability, low power operation and small space consumption. The Nexsan E-Series also delivers an easy and quick out of the box experience by integrating reliable Nexsan storage hardware and E-Series intelligence.  

According to George Crump, Principal Analyst for Storage Switzerland, “This level of storage density and energy savings is impressive and sets the bar for other storage system vendors. As the first to bring these innovations in density and power management to market it speaks well of Nexsan’s engineering team and the company’s ability to execute.”

“For the mid-market customer, energy efficient high density storage is a critical requirement, on par with high performance and reliability,” said Victoria Grey, SVP Marketing, Nexsan.  “Along with our vision to deliver a dynamic, flexible platform, Nexsan is also committed to leading industry innovation in the area of density and power management so that customers can get more from their storage environment both today and tomorrow.”

The Nexsan E-Series storage systems are available immediately. Pricing for the E60 with 3TB SATA drives and a single controller starts at under $80K MSRP. For more information please visit: www.nexsan.com

About Nexsan  
Nexsan® is a leading independent provider of disk-based storage systems purpose-built and priced for the mid-market, offering industry-leading reliability, space and power efficiency. Nexsan storage systems provide scalability, integrity and security for growing volumes of unstructured data and are ideal for virtual storage, data protection, secure online archiving, bulk and cloud storage applications. Overcoming the challenges of traditional storage, Nexsan delivers a different kind of storage experience with easy-to-use, efficient and enterprise-class solutions that reduce the complexity and cost of storage. Nexsan delivers its storage systems through a select global partner ecosystem of solution providers, OEMs and system integrators. Nexsan is based in Thousand Oaks, Calif. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.nexsan.com.

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