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GALAXY® AUROURA LS CONFIGURATION AND SYSTEM INTEGRATION GUIDE
11 Section 1 Intro and Overview
Section 1
Introduction and Overview
1.0 Introduction and Overview
1.1 Product Specifications
1.1.1 Overview
The Aurora LS model the newest member of the Galaxy family of RAID Storage System
products. It is a (4U) rack mount solution that is designed for your ultra high speed data
storage needs.
As with the earlier Galaxy® RAID products, the Galaxy® Aurora LS is characterized by many
of the same outstanding features and attributes as those of other RAID family members. The
most noticeable feature is that this RAID is blazingly fast while being surprisingly affordable.
Other features include a preloaded Linux operating system and RAID Engine Software called
EOS, or NumaRAID , which does all the work of a normal RAID controller without the cost and
dependency of other ASIC based controllers. Of course speeds that exceed 1000Mbytes/
second would be no good without the host connectivity which is built into the unit. Aurora LS
is capable of supporting 1/2/or 4 port 8Gb Fibre Channel HBA [ host bus adapter ] with
connections to 1,2, 4 hosts directly or with SAN connectivity connect to many more. Optical
cable connectivity is available in various lengths to make direct or SAN switch connections
easy. Other features include, easy to use GUI storage management tools, integrated software
functions that help ease configuration and use, ease of deployment in the network, as well as
built-in tools to facilitate remote management and systems management. Our ultra quiet “dark
space” design gives a very low noise signature. The innovative approach to fast RAID rebuild
translates into a 100% of the rebuild occurring in 20% of the time a hardware based RAID
would take. A major feature is only seen during the rebuild: no bandwidth performance loss.
1.1.2 Basic Features and Advantages
Galaxy® Aurora LS RAID products provide these important features and advantages:
Compact 4RU Steel and Aluminum Alloy enclosure with rack mount kit.
1000+ MB/s sustained bandwidth over 8Gb Fibre cables
Upgraded quad core XEON mother board