| Product | Adaptec SANbloc | EMC CLARiiON AX100 | HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 500 G2 |
| Company | Adaptec Australia | EMC | HP Australia |
| Phone | 02 8875 7874 | 02 9922 7888 | 13 13 47 |
| Web | www.adaptec.com.au | www.emc.com | www.hp.com.au |
| RRP as tested (inc GST) | AU$27,990 as 1TB Dual controller unit (using 14 x 73Gb 10K drives) | AU$11,455 | AU$15,460.00 |
| Capacity as tested (GB) | 1022 | 750 | 1027 |
| Price Range (inc GST) | AU$17490 To AU$33190 | AU$9000-AU$19,500 | AU$8600 to AU$15,100 |
| Warranty & support (includes telephone, e-mail, Web details, and hours of support) | 3 years return to base (5 years on disks). 3 year on-site available | 24x7 phone support (1800 number) + Web support, customer / partner installable and maintainable | 3-year limited warranty next day on-site, including hardware diagnostic support, pre-failure warranty (coverage of hard drives, memory and processors). Enhancements to warranty services are available through HP Care Pack services. |
| RAID supported | 0, 1, 0/1, 3, 5, 10, 30, 50 | RAID-5 | 0, 1, 0+1, 5, ADG |
| Number of drive bays | 14 bays | 12 bays with 160GB or 250GB SATA drives | 14 hot swap |
| Controller type and number | Fibre channel (Dual redundant) | Single SATA controller upgradeable to Dual SATA | Dual Ultra320 SCSI controllers |
| Controller cache battery backed? | Yes | Yes (1GB battery backed cache) | Optional battery-backed cache of 512MB (standard with 256MB cache without battery backup) |
| Drive type | Fibre channel SCSI | 160GB or 250GB SATA Intermix | Ultra320 SCSI |
| Storage capacity min/max | Min 250Gb ( 14 x 18GB drives), max 16.4TB (14 x 8 shelves x 146GB drives) | 480GB (3x160GB) / 3TB (12x250GB) | Min (1x36GB HDD) 36GB to Max (14x300GB HDD) 4.2TB |
| Type/s of server connectivity supported | Dual-port 2Gb fibre channel controller | Up to 16 hosts (single connect) or 8 hosts (dual connect) | Dual Ultra320 SCSI channels for two hosts upgradable to support up to four hosts |
| Redundant power supplies? | Dual redundant hot swap power supplies | Dual power with dual controller option | Yes, dual |
| Size | 3RU | 2RU | 4RU |
| Other features | Redundant hot-swappable components with no single point of failure system. | Capability to take snapshots of volumes for backups without outages etc. Logical path management and failover. | Upgradable to fibre channel connectivity, redundant data controllers |
| Product | Nexsan ATABeast | Promise Technology Vtrak 15100 |
| Company | Busi-soft Computers - Nexsan Technologies | Westan |
| Phone | 1300 888 602 +1 818 715-9111 | 1300 78 03 03 |
| Web | www.busi-soft.com.au www.nexsan.com |
www.westan.com.au |
| RRP as tested (inc GST) | AU$39,979.00 | AU$8822.00 |
| Capacity as tested (GB) | 8400 | 1120 |
| Price Range (inc GST) | AU$37,979 To AU$74,979 | From AU$7590 |
| Warranty & support (includes telephone, e-mail, Web details, and hours of support) | 3-year advanced replacement (on-site and other warranty upgrades available) | 3 years RTB included as standard. Business hours or 24x7 on-site warranty support available. |
| RAID supported | 0, 1+0, 4, 5 | 0, 1, 3, 5, 10, 50 |
| Number of drive bays | 42 hot swap bays | 15 hot swap |
| Controller type and number | Proprietary IDE (with second auto fail over controller optional) | SATA |
| Controller cache battery backed? | Yes | Yes (256MB expandable to 512MB with battery backup for up to 72 hours) |
| Drive type | ATA | Serial ATA (optional SATA to PATA adaptors available) |
| Storage capacity min/max | 7TB / 16.8TB (with 400GB drives) | Up to 5TB |
| Type/s of server connectivity supported | Dual-port 2Gb fibre channel controller (dual controllers with auto failover optional) | Dual ultra 160 SCSI (can support up to two servers) |
| Redundant power supplies? | Three redundant hot swap power supplies | Dual hot swap |
| Size | 4RU | 3RU |
| Other features | 10/100TX port for remote management. Scales up to 420 drives per rack (10 ATABeasts per rack). Configurable for no single point of failure. |
Redundant cooling system, up two 8 VTraks can be daisy chained together on a single SCSI channel, Remote management software. E-mail notification, SNMP. |
