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Active Storage is the innovative storage
leader for media and creative professionals, broadcast,
post-production, on-line and archive solutions. Delivering a
best-of-breed user experience, with a combination of
award-winning industrial design, unmatched speed,
reliability and customer service, Active Storage is the
first choice for complex professional storage deployments.
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The Evolution of High Performance, High-Availability RAID
Storage for Media Professionals
ActiveRAID is the evolution of high performance,
high-availability RAID storage for media and creative
professionals. Designed for Enterprise class 24/7/365 day
deployments and the severe-duty cycles of Broadcast and Post
environments, ActiveRAID is highly optimized for Apple Xsan,
Quantum StorNext and Mac OS X Server applications,
delivering the highest throughput and reliability.
ActiveRAID provides the highest level of reliability,
scalability and ease of use in its class, along with the
first native Mac OS X storage management suite. ActiveRAID
is quickly becoming the first choice for media optimized
storage worldwide.
- Optimized Performance - Stellar Apple
Xsan, Quantum StorNext® and Mac OS X Performance
- High Availability Design - Active/active
controllers, redundant cooling and power
- 4 x 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel - Dual 4 Gb/s
Fibre host ports per RAID controller
- Drive Technology - 'Hot Swappable'
Enterprise-Class SATA hard drive modules
- Low Cost Expansion - 16 drive 4x SAS
Smart expansion system
- Native Mac OS X Management - Industry
leading ease of deployment and management
- Modern System Design - Linux RAID
Kernel, media-enhanced performance
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A New Standard in Affordable High Performance RAID Storage
for Apple Users
The ActiveRAID ES represents a new standard in affordable
high performance RAID storage for creative professionals.
Based on the original ActiveRAID, the ActiveRAID ES provides
the same ease of deployment and management, but is better
suited to non-enterprise 24/7/365 day small and medium
business class deployments using Mac OS X Server. Perfect
for Wiki, Calendar, Email, iChat, file or Web serving
applications. It is also ideal for Disk-to-disk back up and
archive of critical data.
- Optimized Performance - Superior Mac OS
X Performance
- Fault Tolerant Design - Redundant
cooling, power, hard drives, Fibre Channel ports
- SATA II Hard Drive Support - 7200 RPM
16MB cache high performance hard drives
- Low Cost Expansion - 16 drive 4x SAS
Smart expansion system
- Native Mac OS X Management - Industry
leading ease of deployment and management
- Modern System Design - Linux RAID
Kernel, media-enhanced performance
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The High-Performance Metadata Controller Appliance for Xsan
and StorNext Networks
ActiveSAN is the first enterprise-class metadata controller
appliance designed specifically for Xsan, combining stunning
Active Storage product design with the rock-solid
performance of an Intel Nehalem server platform, in a 1U
rack form factor. ActiveSAN utilizes an enterprise hardened
Linux operating system and the Quantum StorNext SAN file
system. This fully integrated metadata controller solution
consists of a highly innovative Intel Xeon server-based
appliance that features a straightforward design for easy
installation and serviceability. The Active Storage-designed
native Mac OS X User Interface and Management Suite were
designed for phenomenal ease of use in deployment and
management of the Operating System and StorNext.

ActiveSAN is unlike anything else available. The
installation and management of the appliance is designed for
rapid deployment utilizing a single administration utility
that provides setup for server and file system parameters.
With Linux OS and Active Xsan-optimized StorNext® shared
file system, the ActiveSAN is a solid performer. The Active
Storage designed native Mac OS X User Interface and
Management Suite were designed for phenomenal ease of use in
deployment and management of the Operating System and
StorNext®. If you are familiar with Xsan or Mac OS X, you
will be ready to go in minutes!
Simply put, Active Storage provides a better alternative to
Xserve for Xsan MDC use. It’s ready to go “out of the box”
with a 1U form factor, redundant power, Lights Out
Management, enterprise robustness, and the many expansion
capabilities provided by StorNext® such as StorageManager.
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The Next-Generation Media-Enhanced RAID Platform
mRAID represents many years of Active
Storage development combined with the latest storage
processing intelligence, and developed from the input of our
extensive user base which includes some the largest media
production companies in the world.
mRAID is unlike any storage you have used
in a creative workflow. It's fast, smart, scalable and easy.
Best of all, it's built on industry standards utilizing the
same rock-solid Linux foundation of the Active Storage
ActiveRAID. And with thousands of ActiveRAIDs in the field
powering the top names in post production and broadcast, you
can rely on mRAID to deliver the same level of highly
available operation and on-going reliability. While mRAID draws heavily on the successful
design of the ActiveRAID, it's also different; mRAID is a
much-evolved storage system that is truly a new platform for
expansion.
What makes mRAID so unique is that its
design is very straightforward yet immensely powerful. The
enclosure has a strong family resemblance to ActiveRAID, yet
is ground-up designed and specially-engineered to handle the
next generation of Intel-based storage processors. The
mRAID, unlike other systems, employs many features that
improve reliability, performance, ease of deployment and
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The Scalable Media Archive
mVault is all about your content, where you keep it, and how
you keep it safe. mVault is quite simply the
very-high-density storage expansion component of the mMedia
platform.
When combined with mRAID, mVault can scale to Petabytes of
near-line content archive. By deploying mVault, you will not
only have "disk performance" from your archive, but at much
lower cost and much smaller footprint than typical primary
storage. And mVault is media savvy - it's been optimized for
content and so you can be sure of 100% compatibility and the
performance needed to meet your media production needs.
mVault is not a replacement for off-site long term tape
archive in all cases, but a fantastic complement. With
mVault your content will be available nearly instantaneously
as you need it.
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Proprietary Software |
Active Admin
A no-hassle management tool for Mac OS X and Windows
systems that requires virtually no management
Active Admin is a no-hassle RAID management tool for Mac
OS X and Windows systems that requires virtually no
management. Active Admin features a guided set up, providing
you a simple, intuitive process - whether it's one
ActiveRAID or one of many. And because it's OS X native, you
won't have to deal with browser based application
limitations and non Apple-like interfaces. Management of the
ActiveRAID is further simplified by the modern design of the
RAID controller and the RAID Kernel. Many of the tasks
required to setup and maintain earlier systems are not
required.
- Smart - Separate admin and monitoring
offer intuitive use and added security
- Simple - Modern RAID controller and
kernel design simplifies management
- Fast - Make configuration changes
without lengthy commands or tedious manuals
- Familiar - Native Mac OS X: no browser
based application limitations or annoying interfaces
- Instant - Easy, automated and
non-disruptive software and firmware updates
- Timely - Get up and running in minutes,
not hours
- Automatic - True Bonjour discovery
enables simple point and click administration
- Optimized - Auto-configuration for
optimization in complex environments
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Active Viewer
At-a-glance RAID monitoring for Mac, WIndows and iOS, no
matter where you are
Active Viewer provides at-a-glance RAID monitoring - how you
want, where you want, when you want. Active Viewer is a
world-class monitoring tool included in the Active Storage
Management Suite. It gives clients a rich, graphical,
full-featured view of how your ActiveRAID systems are
performing in real-time. More than a thinly featured web
app, Active Storage's rich client application is a powerful,
yet easy to use tool - with zero impact on the ActiveRAID
performance. Included is the exclusive iPhone application
for mobile remote monitoring.
Active Viewer is compatible with Mac OS X 10.5.x and 10.6.x,
Windows Vista, Windows 7, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.
- First - First Native Mac OS X storage
management suite - now Windows enabled!
- Smart - Separate admin and monitoring
offer intuitive use and added security
- Familiar - Simple, intuitive monitoring
with zero learning curve
- Easy - Native Bonjour support to make
discovery and monitoring fast and easy
- Remote - Monitor systems anywhere in the
world, from anywhere in the world
- Exclusive - Storage Remote Control with
the exclusive iPhone app for remote monitoring
- Safe - Precise monitoring without fear
of damaging configuration or data
- Immediate - Offers at-a-glance view of a
one or dozens of ActiveRAID systems
- Apple Easy - User-friendly, quick
navigation for easy drill-down
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Additional Information
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ActiveRAID Data Sheet (
738 KB ) |
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ActiveRAID ES Data Sheet (
744 KB ) |
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ActiveSAN Data Sheet (
570 KB ) |
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mRAID Data Sheet (
609 KB ) |
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mVault Data Sheet (
785 KB ) |
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Video - ActiveRAID
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Video - Active Admin (
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Video - Active Viewer (
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For more information on Active Storage
technology, please contact the
experts at LH Computer Services.
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