SANcube800 debuts

, the industry's first FireWire 800 SAN (Storage Area Network). The SANcube800 serverless storage network delivers "extremely fast connectivity and up to 1.5 terabytes online with the speed and fault tolerance of a hardware RAID controller." It offers RAID 5 support, hot swappable drives for data integrity, and up to 70MB/sec of transfer rates. It is scheduled to ship in the first quarter of 2004.

SANcube800 consists of a centralized "data cube" that incorporates five fastest in class 7,200RPM ATA-6 hard drives yielding a capacity of up to 1.5TB of online storage. The sleek, compact enclosure features an integrated carrying handle that allows for easy transport. Targeted at the DV, multimedia, and prepress markets, SANcube800 speeds workflow in collaborative workgroups where large digital files are manipulated by several individuals throughout the creative process. For creative groups utilizing video capture, editing, rendering, and output applications SANcube800 provides efficient integration and fast file access to streamline workflow.



MicroNet says that it is the only SAN that allows users of Final Cut Pro to share resources on multiple different editing workstations simultaneously without the need for expensive SCSI or Fibre Channel cards and cables.

by MacNN Staff