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Tornado-S8

Introducing the cost /effective T8 Series (T8, T8-S, & T8 Original) desktop RAID storage system product line with built-in Enhance RAID Engine, developed for OEM, VAR, & storage solution providers. The Tornado-S8 Series features a next generation 64-bit Scale Core processor capable of sustaining data rates up to 265MB/Sec, and offers a cutting edge "web-based" user interface which provides complete storage control over a standard web browser. The EnhanceRAID T Series of systems features Ultra320 SCSI interface with support for Serial ATA I/II disks. EnhanceRAID systems provide a host of RAID advanced functions, empowering users with capabilities normally found in enterprise-class storage systems.

Versatile RAID Storage Module
The Tornado-S8 is a host independent storage appliance which provides a transparent and driverless method of adding additional RAID protected storage to an existing IT infrastructure, regardless of your operating system or hardware. It is ideal for Microsoft Exchange and SQL server, and provides the fastest, simplest, safest way to share protected data between desktops, networks and work groups.

Industry Proven SATALINK Technology

The Tornado-S8 was built on the world-known hybrid I/O technology, the SATALink™, a SCSI-to-SATA converging technology pioneered by Storage Heaven to bring low-cost SATA disks to the broadband high performance computing environments. The SATALink™ hybrid I/O technology has been since helped resellers and integrators to offer more cost/effective storage solution to the end customers.

Next Generation Storage Engine
Performance Powered by the latest Intel IOP80331 storage processor, the Tornado-S8 system produces an outstanding 265MB/s speed to satisfy for users with large video editing, data backup or recovery, and archiving projects.

Features:

  1. Hardware RAID Intel 80331 500Mhz 64-bit RISC Processor
  2. Host Bandwidth Ultra320 SCSI and backward compatible
  3. Disk Supported Serial ATA I&II at 3.0 Gbp/s
  4. Built in remote access for event log and e-mail notification
  5. RAID levels supported 0, 1, 0+1, 3, 5, 6, 50, 60 & JBOD
  6. Support on-line volume expansion & migration
  7. Support multiple RAID volumes & instant availability
  8. Optional features include RAID 6, Snapshot, N-way Mirror