{"id":4333,"date":"2014-02-14T05:40:31","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T10:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.opensource.im\/?p=4333"},"modified":"2014-02-14T05:40:31","modified_gmt":"2014-02-14T10:40:31","slug":"the-new-eracksnas36-rackmount-storage-server-achieves-pricedensity-breakthrough-100tb-storage-in-only-4u-for-under","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/open-source-software\/the-new-eracksnas36-rackmount-storage-server-achieves-pricedensity-breakthrough-100tb-storage-in-only-4u-for-under.php","title":{"rendered":"The New eRacks\/NAS36 Rackmount Storage Server Achieves Price\/Density Breakthrough: 100TB Storage in Only 4U for Under &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>    Fremont, CA (PRWEB) February 14, 2014  <\/p>\n<p>    eRacks Open Source Systems is pleased to announce the eRacks\/NAS36 rackmount storage server.  <\/p>\n<p>    Available immediately, it combines a rack usage of only 4U with    a density of 36 drives (24 front and 12 rear), which, when    combined with the current technology of widely available 4TB    drives, yields a total storage of 144TB.  <\/p>\n<p>    With the forthcoming 6TB drives from WD HGST, this will    increase to 216 Terabytes*, giving a truly petascale solution    in only 4U of rackspace.  <\/p>\n<p>    This rounds out eRacks' line of rackmount multi-drive storage    servers and NAS solutions, nicely filling the gap between the    24-drive eRacks\/NAS24 and the all-front-loading 50-drive    eRacks\/NAS50, eRacks'    flagship storage server.  <\/p>\n<p>    When populated with 36 removable drives in only 4U, this    represent a density \/ price breakthrough - using the best value    (lowest price\/TB) 3TB drives, this enables 108TB of raw storage    in only 4U, and for less than $20,000, as configured on the    eRacks website.  <\/p>\n<p>    The unit is also available partially populated, at a reduced    price, to make it accessible at a lower initial price, and the    storage can be increased later by filling the empty drive    trays.  <\/p>\n<p>    It's signature service, eRacks will be happy to install any of    the popular Linux distributions on request - Ubuntu, Debian,    edHat, Centos, Fedora, even the Arch Linux distro, which is    growing fast in popularity, as well as FreeBSD, OpenBSD, or    other Open Source OSes.  <\/p>\n<p>    eRacks will also pre-install any open source NAS software, such    as FreeNAS, OpenFIler, NAS4Free and OpenMediaVault, among    others - and administrative dashboards and web GUIs are offered    on most of these software choices.  <\/p>\n<p>    Also available is best-of-breed Open Source software for    BigData \/ Cloud storage, NAS, and networking - including    Hadoop, MooseFS, CIFS, GlusterFS, etc - and eRacks is a partner    with MooseFS.org.  <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>Read more:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prweb.com\/releases\/2014\/02\/prweb11567234.htm\" title=\"The New eRacks\/NAS36 Rackmount Storage Server Achieves Price\/Density Breakthrough: 100TB Storage in Only 4U for Under ...\">The New eRacks\/NAS36 Rackmount Storage Server Achieves Price\/Density Breakthrough: 100TB Storage in Only 4U for Under ...<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Fremont, CA (PRWEB) February 14, 2014 eRacks Open Source Systems is pleased to announce the eRacks\/NAS36 rackmount storage server. 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