K2 10G RAID Storage Systems
High-Performance Online, Production and Cost-Effective Nearline Storage

Our K2 10G media server and storage systems are optimized for broadcast and production environments and support multiple online, nearline, and standalone storage configurations. Available in both non-redundant and redundant configurations, they use the latest IT technologies and standards for the best price performance, offer the highest available bandwidth, and let you add both bandwidth and storage capacity easily.

Product Highlights

The online RAID storage systems scale from lower-priced systems that support from 4 to approximately 20 channels, to mid-range systems that go up to approximately 50 channels, to custom systems supporting hundreds of channels. More storage and more bandwidth can be added to any configuration, as well as adding redundancy.

For ingest and editing applications, a production version of K2 10G storage is available with higher capacity 7.2k SAS drives. This works well for use cases where content is ingested and then edited in a shared environment. When material is finished, it is pushed via file transfers to another K2 system for playout.

Similarly, near-line storage can also be provided with K2 technology. Featuring RAID-6 protection with up to 400 MB/s of bandwidth, it can scale up to 172.8 TB of raw storage.

For standalone K2 clients with larger storage requirements, a directly connectable RAID system can be connected with up to 86.4 TB of raw RAID-protected external storage.
Key Features
  • Uses the latest IT technologies for best price/performance:
    • 7.2k or 15k RPM SAS drives
    • 10 Gb/s Ethernet connectivity
    • 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel connectivity
  • Highest bandwidth systems in the industry
  • Multiple options to meet the exacting requirements for online, production, and near-line storage
  • Scalable bandwidth – easily add bandwidth to existing systems
  • Scalable storage – easily add storage non-destructively to existing systems
  • High availability – redundant components include hot-swappable power supplies, fans, disk drives, RAID controllers, mirrored system drives
  • Systems can be built simply with fewer components, in less rack space, for higher reliability
  • Open-storage technology supports industry standards:
    • CIFS for broad access to video/audio files
    • MXF/GXF/QuickTime wrappers
    • FTP for standard file transfer operability
  • Built-in QOS with dynamic-bandwidth allocation guarantees available video/audio bandwidth while sharing the rest for edit clients and file transfers
  • Storage architecture supports 15k RPM SAS drives for highest performance online storage or 7.2k SAS drives for lowest cost/GB of storage
  • 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel RAID controllers offer highest performance available
Specifications
Server Chassis Specifications
Power Requirements:
  • Voltage: 110/220V
  • Frequency: 50/60 Hz
  • Consumption: 670 W
Dimensions and Weight:
  • Height: 1 RU, 43 cm (1.7 in.)
  • Width: 45 cm (17.6 in.)
  • Depth: 77 cm (30.4 in.)
  • Weight: 16.3 kg (35.8 lbs.)
Environmental:
  • Operational temperature: 10°C to 35°C (50°F to 95°F)
  • Operating relative humidity: 20% to 80%
  • Operating maximum vibration: 0.25G
  • Operating altitude: -16m to 3,048m (-50 ft. to 10,000 ft.)
Redundancy:
  • System drives: Yes
  • Power supplies: Yes
  • Cooling/fans: Yes
10 Gb/s iSCSI Ports: 1 on K2 iSCSI servers
10 Gb/s FTP/CIFS Ports: 1 on FTP/NAS heads
1 Gb/s FTP/CIFS Ports: 1 on K2 iSCSI servers
8 Gb/s Fibre Channel Ports: 2

RAID Chassis Specifications
Power Requirements:
  • Voltage: 110-240 VAC ±10%
  • Frequency: 50/60 Hz
  • Consumption: 660 VA/640W
  • Primary chassis power: 2,118 BTU/W
  • Expansion chassis power: 1,470 BTU/W
Dimensions and Weight:
  • Height: 2 RU, 86 cm (3.4 in.)
  • Width: 44 cm (17.5 in.)
  • Depth: 54 cm (21.3 in.)
  • Weight with 12 drives:
    • Main chassis: 31 kg (68 lbs.)
    • Expansion chassis 29 kg (64 lbs.)
Environmental:
  • Operational temperature: 5°C to 40°C (41°F to 104°F)
  • Non-operating temperature: -10°C to 60°C (14°F to 140°F)
  • Operating relative humidity: 10% to 80%
  • Non-operating relative humidity: 5% to 80%
  • Operating maximum vibration: 0.25G
Redundancy:
  • Power supplies: Yes
  • Cooling/fans: Yes
  • Controllers: Optional
Fibre Channel interface: 2 X 8 Gb/s ports
Drives per frame: 12
Total drives per controller: 144
Expansion frames per controller: 11
Cache memory: 4 GB
Bandwidth:
  • Total: 100-800 MB/s
  • FTP/CIFS: 100 MB/s
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