Extreme performance Flexible expanding
Best Choice for Editors
Today, producing HD film、3D animation had been a trend in industry.
Follow up with the video editors have more requirements about
applications、 the artistic creators need higher speed of processor and
larger memory to satisfy high speed calculation. Relatively, the
connection of processor and HBA must upgrade synchronously. The PCIe
interface’s high bandwidth transportation provides media workgroups
stable performance that you don’t have to worry about the situation such
like frames drop and unstable of read/write process. The advantages of
high bandwidth in PCIe made it ideally suits 3D editing group when do
such like creating、special effects、dimming color correction in
uncompressing format or even editing in 2K/HD.
Intel inside
A08S-PS is designed、manufactured and vended all by Accusys. It equips
Intel 1OP341 800Mz processor and DDRIII memory. A08S particular high
performance cooperates with PCIe technology can totally exert the speed.
A08S supports six type of RAID levels(0, 1, 5, 6, 0+1 and JBOD).It is a
complete hardware RAID solution.
Modular design and Single Supplier
Different from the storage devices of other brands, the major components
of A08S-PS, such as controller, power supplies, and fans, are all
modular in design, which will allow easier and more convenient
maintenance and repair.
Styling technology Best collocation for
video editing environment
We know that good working environment can yield more and better
creativity inspiration. Silver metallic chassis、 skyblue LCD signal
light and properly size, A08S-PS makes a lot of customers response us:
「It is quite match that to integrate A08S-PS with my working environment
together.」It is obvious that the A08S-PS is an functionality and
styling storage system.
Unique design for cooling
Different from the usual solution that the RAID card combined with JBOD,
the RAID controller of A08S is designed in its system which the problem
of host overheating will not happened. In addition, two 12cm x 12cm
built-in FAN module maximize the cooling efficiency, low radiation and
low-noise.
No Performance Impact
Accusys offers Disk Lag Proof function . When one hard disk has slow
respond behavior , with parity in RAID 5 or 6 , parity and other hard
disks would resume the correct data and realtime respond overall data to
the host. Thanks to the Disk Lag Proof feature, ExaSAN is surely to
offer continued and stable performance in disk drive degradation mode.
Hard-Disk Selection
A08S-PS supports eight 3Gb SAS/SATA II disk drives. An A08S-PS storage
capacity is up to 16TB when hard-disk with 2 TB each. Hard-disk module
is hot-pluggable. In RAID5, 6 configuration, user can exchange new
hard-disk without shutdown the computer, make the work fluently and
sustained.
Interface precise suitable for Media workgroup PCIe V.S FC V.S eSATA
Different from other interfaces which double the time of signal
transporting, PCIe interface provides the highest speed、lowest
retardation and consistent stability data flow. A08S-PS supports 3G SAS
and SATA hard-disk, users can select hard drives depend on usage and
budget. For users who pursue an cost-friendly storage system, SATA HDD
is an ideal choice to establish a 16TB-large capacity, for users who
demand high data security, they can choose high stability and optimized
performance SAS HDD to process large data flow. Base on PCIe high-tech
specification, which provides 250MB/s bandwidth in every channel, the
A08S-PS has four data transmission channel that is the reason why A08S
can reach 10Gb/s bandwidth. Compare with Firewire technology’s
250~300MB/s throughput, the A08S’ 750MB/s is far faster. The A08S-PS’
high performance not only stands for maximizing the utilization of every
HDD but also represents the quality、standard and efficiency at film
editing process for media workgroup.
Regain the Missing 20% Performance
To media work group, to aviod frame drop issue is the major task for Accusys, the utilizing range of performance is the lowest
peak in the fluctuated performance , which means there are
approximately 20% of average performance general storage announced is
missing. The Performance Equalization mode is designed to eliminate the
frame drop and ensure to provide the smooth and stable performance. The
user can select and activate this feature RAIDGuard X, GUI offered by
ExaSAN. the unique access command method and memory caching behavior
management system will make the continuous I/Os more smooth and
dramatically reduce the large fluctuations effectively during data
transmission.
Spend as needed and pay as you grow
Under RAID5 setting, A08S-PS equipped with eight 2TB hard-disks can
create 10Gb bandwidth and 14TB capacity working environment which is
capable to store 8~9 hours of uncompressed High Definition video. For
editors who work on upscale projects which is required huge capacity to
manage a huge mount of footage, connecting two A08S with a dual PCIex4
port HBA can generate 20Gb of bandwidth ,1400MB/s of data transportation
and 28TB capacity via striping these two A08S by Software RAID. For
users who request further larger storage capacity, ExaSAN G1 Switch let
one work station is able to connect seven A08S systems as maximum, and
extend the capacity to 112TB to approach working environment’s
requirement.
Application with a more
secure condition
An optional power supply can be added to A08S-PS storage system.
Two sets of 300 watt power suppliers can be applied as supplementary
power sources for A08S-PS. When considering the issue of the cache
memory data not being written to the hard drive during a power outage,
the secondary battery backup module will provide 40 hours of power for
the memory, and allow the data to complete.
Enjoy Fast Backup and
Data Replication
A08S-PS
provides an additional level of data protection and the means to
improve production data utilization. Snapshot function implemented by
RAID controller to quick volume mirror snapshot with minimal impact. no
extra backup software required and doesn't need to waste any host
resource.
Easy to SAN via ExaSAN
The A08S-PS is capable to satisfy
any single workstation’s workflow, regardless high bandwidth
requirements or storing lots of films and art materials. Nowadays, a
complete project usually needs dividing the works for every work
stations which has its particular task to do with. One of the serious
problem is wasting time by data
transfer. On the other side, saving the same data cause resources
wasting.
Accusys provides an ExaSAN switch kit solution, which can easily upgrade
your local A08S-PS to the share media volume, for multiple work
stations environment. ExaSAN is able to connect up to 12 clients sharing
the A08S-PS. The ExaSAN solution is compatible with most of SAN
software such as Xsan、StorNext、MetaSAN and Firejet and provides
different platform, such like MAC、Windows、Linux driver. Shared media
volume which is greatly improves your productivity and save valuable
time.
ExaSAN A08S-PS Specification
System and Controller
System Type
8-bay Tower RAID system
Host Interface
PCI Express 2.5Gbsx4
Disk Interface
3Gb SAS/SATAII
Disk Type
3.5"
Data Transfer Rate
10Gb/s
Controller CPU
Intel Xscale Technology IOP341 Processor
Cashe Memory
512MB DDRII-667 with ECC-protected;up to 2GB
RAID Controller Functions
Online RAID Set Expansion and RAID Level Migration
Online bad block data recovery and reallocation
Online disk scrubbing with data refresh and pari
Disk health monitoring by S.M.A.R.T
Array Roaming and DriveTraveling
Array recovery to restore RAID con_gurations
Mirror Snapshot for fast backup and restore
Disk Lag ProofTechnology to guarantee disk timely resp
Equalization Mode to smooth the performance of sequenti I/Os and reduce _uctuation
Management
Java-based RAIDGuard X GUI
Event log saving in text _le for quick troubleshooting
Event noti_cation by email (SMTP)
CLI (Command Line Interface)
LED indicator for RAID & disk drives status in fr
300W. 110V~240V power supply ( optional redundant
Two 12cm x 12cm Fan with Smart Fan Control feature
Supported OS
Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008 andWindows 7( 32/64bit,
Linux: Read Hat, SUSE, Fedora, CentOS, Debian...etc
MAC: OS X(10.5, 10.6)
Physical and Enivronment Speci_cation
Dimension
L: 502mm , W: 291mm , H:557mm
Weight
11.12kg
A08S-PS HBA
10Gb/s PCIe Channel PCIe1.1 x4
Short, low pro_le Farm Factor
Dimension : 110 x 68.9mm
Standard Bracket( low pro_le available)
A08S - PS Cable
Connector
PCIe 1.1 x4 connector
Support Lengt
2M (standard), 5M and 10 option available
Operating Enivronment
Operating Temperature
0°C ~ 40°C
Storage Temperature
20°C~ 70°C
Operating Humidity
5%~85%, Non-condensing
Storage Humidity
5%~95%
A08S-PS Performance Testing In AJA/ Blackmagic System Test
A08S equips SATA II HDD with single port HBA Card,
Write: 639MB/s . Read : 707MB/s
A08S equips SAS HDD with single port HBA Card,
Write: 686MB/s . Read : 785MB/s
R5 & R6 Performance Comparison
When A08S equips SAS/SATA II HDD could provide performance estimates of specific video formats with IOmeter.
(the units of Read, Write speed is MB/s)
Performance In Degraded Mode
A08S provides stability used by special RAID function at RAID5 Degraded. For that reason, A08S still works as stable as usual.
The Read/Write performance won’t decrease significantly when a hard disk dropped or damaged.
testing conducted by Accusys in Dec 2010 using
MAC Pro Quad-Core Intel Xeon 2 x 2.8GHZ. Testing was conducted using
IOmeter 2006 with 5-second ramp-up,3-minute run duration, 1MB request
size, and 8 outstanding size IOs.The test system was configured in
one-volume configuration booting with Mac OS Version 10.6.4
installed.Eight external drives( WD SATAII 160GB under RAID5 ) as the
test volume on which IOmeter tests were performed.
Effective Workstation
High definition digital video requires a large amount of bandwidth
and storage capacity. The A08S has approximately 780MB/s bandwidth so
you can easily edit 4 video streams in HD format (Uncompressed 10-bit
1080i @30 fps, one stream requires 165MB/s performance) and two streams
in 2K DPX format. The A08S is the most highly efficient 8-drive storage
system for real-time capture, editing, color grading/collection, and
playout HD processes.
One workstation attached to one A08S
Performance: up to approximately 780 MB/s
Max. Capacity:24TB
Editing 3D in Your Personal Workstation
Some editors might work on a large project and require a huge
capacity as well as bandwidth. Accusys provides special functions for
these needs. One workstation is equipped with dual port HBA and two
A08S, the total bandwidth and capacity can double, up to 20Gb/s and
48TB. For people who have higher data security demands, there is one
A08S with SAS HDD for high speed access, and another A08S with SATA II
HDD to backup systems. If you need more capacity, you can upgrade the
A08S with an ExaSAN G1 Switch. The SW09-G1 system is able to connect up
to seven A08S.
One workstation attached to two A08S.
Scalable solution up to sixteen disk drives.
Large capacity by one user .
Performance: Up to approximately 1400MB/s.
Max. Capacity: 48TB
Effectively Expand Your Requirements
The editing tasks must be completed as soon as possible after
filming or shooting ends in digital video, photography, television, or
in film post-production. Use of the A08S with the ExaSAN to build a SAN
environment with central management would help you can eliminate
time-consuming tasks, like on-set film handling or rush processing, with
your MAC, Linux, or Windows, etc. workstations. Regardless of your
application, ExaSAN Compact Solution delivers exceptional performance. A
sustained throughput of up to 2000MB/s is possible, with the use of up
to three A08S to achieve 72TB capacity. Editing work will be more
flexible and cost-effective.
Four to Eight workstations attached three A08S via one SW04/08-G2.
Media access by multiple user.
Performance : Up to approximately 2000 MB/s.
Max. Capacity:72TB (three A08S)
ExaSAN Compact Solution is fully compatible with Apple Xsan 2, StorNext, MetaSAN, FibreJet
Testing conducted by Accusys in Dec 2010 using MAC Pro
Quad-Core Intel Xeon 2 x 2.8GHZ. Testing was conducted using IOmeter
2006 with 5-second ramp-up，3-minute run duration， 1MB request size， and 8
outstanding size IOs.The test system was configured in one-volume
configuration booting with Mac OS Version 10.6.4 installed.Eight
external drives( WD SATAII 160GB under RAID5 ) as the test volume on
which IOmeter tests were performed.
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peak in the fluctuated performance , which means there are
approximately 20% of average performance general storage announced is
missing. The Performance Equalization mode is designed to eliminate the
frame drop and ensure to provide the smooth and stable performance. The
user can select and activate this feature RAIDGuard X, GUI offered by
ExaSAN. the unique access command method and memory caching behavior
management system will make the continuous I/Os more smooth and
dramatically reduce the large fluctuations effectively during data
transmission. 
A08S-PS
provides an additional level of data protection and the means to
improve production data utilization. Snapshot function implemented by
RAID controller to quick volume mirror snapshot with minimal impact. no
extra backup software required and doesn't need to waste any host
resource.
transfer. On the other side, saving the same data cause resources
wasting.
Accusys provides an ExaSAN switch kit solution, which can easily upgrade
your local A08S-PS to the share media volume, for multiple work
stations environment. ExaSAN is able to connect up to 12 clients sharing
the A08S-PS. The ExaSAN solution is compatible with most of SAN
software such as Xsan、StorNext、MetaSAN and Firejet and provides
different platform, such like MAC、Windows、Linux driver. Shared media
volume which is greatly improves your productivity and save valuable
time.
