Overview
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Overview
Thank you for purchasing QSAN Technology, Inc. products. QSAN XCubeDAS XD5300
Series is a cost-effective DAS (Direct Attached Storage) or JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks) for
server expansion. It is also a RAID expansion enclosure for QSAN SAN (Storage Area
Network) XCubeSAN series. The XD5300 series expansion units are designed with the latest
12Gb/s SAS expander, and built for a wide range of workloads, including databases, big
data and analytics, media streaming, video surveillance, private clouds, file and print serving,
e-mail and collaboration.
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XCubeDAS Series Product Overview
QSAN XCubeDAS series is a DAS storage system, the system is fully compatible with all
major 12Gb/s SAS host cards, RAID controller cards, servers, and operating systems,
including Windows Server 2008/2012/2016, Storage Spaces, SLES
(SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server), RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux), CentOS (Community ENTerprise Operating
System)
, Solaris, Free BSD, and Mac OS X. The system hardware is a modular design for
FRU (field replacement unit). All the hardware modules are inside the rack mount chassis
including system controller module, front panel, rear panel, redundant power supply, and fan
module. This manual will direct you step by step to familiarize you with the XCubeDAS
hardware components, how to install the system, carry out the initial configure, and provide
you with some quick maintenance.
XCubeSAN series supports several standard form factors:
LFF (Large Form Factor): 12-bay 19” rack mount 2U chassis, 16-bay 19” rack mount 3U
chassis, and 24-bay 19” rack mount 4U chassis.
SFF (Small Form Factor): 26-bay 19” rack mount 2U chassis.
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