MicroNet Technology has announced its Genesis V RAID rackmount system. The system can accommodate up to 16 terabytes (TB) of storage in a 3U rackmount configuration. It’s priced starting at $3,529.
The Genesis V supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 3, 5, 6, 30, 50, 60 and Just a Bunch of Disks (JBOD) configurations. Features include online RAID level/stripe size migration, online capacity expansion and RAID level migration, volume set expansion, array roaming , always-on UPS connectivity and secure login access.
The Genesis V has a dual 4X mini Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) host bus interface and either an SAS or 3Gb/s SATA II drive bus interface, for up to 400 MB/s per channel data throughput.
The 3U rackmount system features 16 drive bays, each capable of support a 1TB drive mechanism.
MicroNet’s Web site hadn’t been updated with information about the Genesis V as Macworld posted this article.