Storage Capacities |
Maximum number of drives in chassis |
15 |
N/A |
N/A |
16 |
24 |
Maximum SATA capacity |
93TB |
1440TB |
5040TB |
48TB |
N/A |
Maximum SAS capacity |
18.6TB |
86TB |
130TB |
9.6TB |
14.4TB |
Maximum number of drives w/ expansion chassis |
31 |
360 |
1260 |
N/A |
N/A |
Minimum number of drives |
8 |
9 |
9 |
16 |
24 |
NL-SAS 7200RPM drives (TB) |
1 / 2 / 3 |
N/A |
N/A |
1 / 2 / 3 |
N/A |
SATA 7200RPM Drives (TB) |
N/A |
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 |
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 |
N/A |
N/A |
SAS 15K RPM 3.5" drives (GB) |
450 / 600 |
450 / 600 |
450 / 600 |
450 / 600 |
N/A |
SAS 15K RPM 2.5" drives (GB) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
300 |
SAS 10K RPM 2.5" drives (GB) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
450 / 600 |
Mix drive types in chassis |
NO |
YES |
YES |
NO |
NO |
Expansion chassis supported |
NST5100X |
E-Series NST224X |
E-Series NST5224X |
N/A |
N/A |
Storage Controller |
Base / maximum controllers per system |
2/2 |
2/2 |
2/2 |
N/A |
N/A |
Base / maximum number of CPU cores per controller |
4/4 |
4/8 |
12/12 |
N/A |
N/A |
Base / maximum system memory per controller |
12/12 |
24/48 |
48/96 |
N/A |
N/A |
RAID Levels |
5,6,10 |
5,6,10 |
5,6,10 |
5,6,10 |
5,6,10 |
FASTier |
FASTier Package Contents |
8GB NVRAM, 40 / 80 / 160 / 300 / 600GB MLC, 200GB eMLC, 100GB SLC |
8GB NVRAM, 160 / 300 / 600GB MLC, 200 / 400GB eMLC, 100 / 200GB SLC |
8GB NVRAM, 160 / 300 / 600GB MLC, 200 / 400GB eMLC, 200GB SLC |
160 / 300 / 600GB MLC SSD |
N/A |
Maximum number of FASTier devices per system |
16 |
16 |
16 |
N/A |
N/A |
I/O Ports |
Base / maximum 1Gb Ethernet ports per controller |
2/6 |
2/6 |
2/6 |
N/A |
N/A |
Base / maximum 10Gb Ethernet ports per controller |
0/2 |
0/2 |
0/2 |
N/A |
N/A |
Dedicated/available Ethernet management ports per controller |
0/2 |
0/2 |
0/2 |
N/A |
N/A |
Link aggregation (IEEE 802.3ad) |
YES |
YES |
YES |
N/A |
N/A |
Base / max # of 24GB SAS x 4 Ports for drive expansion per controller |
1 |
0/4 |
0/6 |
N/A |
N/A |
Base / max # of 8Gb Fibre Channel ports for drive expansion per controller |
N/A |
0/4 |
0/6 |
N/A |
N/A |
High Availability |
Dual Redundant storage controllers with automatic failover |
YES |
YES |
YES |
N/A |
N/A |
No single point-of-failure architecture |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
Rails & Cables |
Mounting Rails and SAS / FC Cables Included |
Optional |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
NAS Services Capacities |
Number of NAS heads in cluster base/maximum |
2/2 |
2/2 |
2/2 |
N/A |
N/A |
Maximum single file size (TB) |
16 |
16 |
16 |
N/A |
N/A |
Maximum number of CIFS shares per controller |
512 |
512 |
512 |
N/A |
N/A |
Maximum number of NFS shares per controller |
512 |
512 |
512 |
N/A |
N/A |
Maximum file name length (bytes) |
255 |
255 |
255 |
N/A |
N/A |
Maximum number of snapshots per share |
2048 |
2048 |
2048 |
N/A |
N/A |
Management software included at no additional cost |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
iSCSI Block Services Capacities |
LUN Security via CHAP, iSNS, LUN masking |
YES |
YES |
YES |
N/A |
N/A |
VMware, Xen, Hyper-V, and Windows compatible |
YES |
YES |
YES |
N/A |
N/A |
Maximum LUN size |
16TB |
64TB |
64TB |
N/A |
N/A |
Maximum number of LUNs per system |
256 |
1024 |
1024 |
N/A |
N/A |
Maximum number of snapshots per LUN |
2048 |
2048 |
2048 |
N/A |
N/A |
Power & Cooling |
Standard number of power supplies |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
Power supplies are hot-swappable |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Wattage per Controller |
400 |
420 |
480 |
N/A |
N/A |
Voltage and Frequency |
100-240V 50-60Hz |
100-240V 50-60Hz |
100-240V 50-60Hz |
100-240V 50-60Hz |
100-240V 50-60Hz |
NST5000 Main Chassis Heat Dissipation (BTU per hour) |
2750 |
2900 |
3350 |
N/A |
N/A |
Typical power consumption for 60 SATA drives |
N/A |
1275 |
1325 |
N/A |
N/A |
AutoMAID power savings |
N |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
Size, Weight and operating Conditions |
Operating Temperature |
10-35C (50-95F) |
10-35C (50-95F) |
10-35C (50-95F) |
10-35C (50-95F) |
10-35C (50-95F) |
Operating Humidity |
20-95% Non Condensing |
20-95% Non Condensing |
20-95% Non Condensing |
20-95% Non Condensing |
20-95% Non Condensing |
NST5000 Main Chassis Height (U of rack space) |
5.2 in / 13.2 cm (3U) |
5.2 in / 13.2 cm (3U) |
5.2 in / 13.2 cm (3U) |
5.2 in / 13.2 cm (3U) |
3.5 in / 8.9 cm (2U) |
NST5000 Main Chassis Width |
17.2 in / 43.7 cm |
17.2 in / 43.7 cm |
17.2 in / 43.7 cm |
17.2 in / 43.7 cm |
17.6 in / 44.7 cm |
NST5000 Main Chassis Depth |
24.2 in / 61.5 cm |
24.2 in / 61.5 cm |
24.2 in / 61.5 cm |
24.2 in / 61.5 cm |
19.5 in / 49.53 cm |
NST5000 Main Chassis Weight |
84 lbs / 38.1 Kg |
68 lbs / 30.1 Kg |
70 lbs / 31.8 Kg |
84 lbs / 38.1 Kg |
60 lbs / 27 Kg |