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Since 1999, Nexsan has delivered reliable, secure, and scalable on-premises data storage solutions designed to meet evolving business and IT requirements.

High-Density Block Storage

E-Series
Nexsan E-Series enterprise SAN storage delivers the capacity and performance needed for your structured workloads in a small footprint.
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BEAST
BEAST high-density, reliable block storage that is excellent value and fit for enormous data growth applications like backup and digital video surveillance.
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Unified Block & File Storage

Unity
UnityTM provides an enterprise-class unified storage solution for block, file, and object (S3), featuring all-inclusive licensing and immutable snapshots.
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Immutable Storage

Assureon
Assureon® excels in advanced security, compliance, and long-term retention, providing unmatched ransomware protection.
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VHR-Series
The VHR-SeriesTM offers a certified turnkey, DISA-aligned, Veeam Hardened Repository appliance that ensures your backup data remains protected, verified, and ransomware-resilient.
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Nexsan offers versatile and robust storage solutions tailored to adapt seamlessly across a diverse range of sectors, ensuring reliable performance for critical data management.

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Immutable Backups
Backup & Recovery
AI & HPC
Content Delivery & Streaming
Scientific Lab Data

 

Virtualization
Evidentiary Records
Digital Video Surveillance
Healthcare Records
Regulatory Compliance

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High-density block · backup & surveillance

BEAST

A datacenter workhorse ready to meet your demanding applications.

High-density block storage with encryption, snapshots, robust connectivity and asynchronous replication, built for backup and video surveillance growth.

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1.56PB
Raw capacity in a single 4U system
4.68PB
In 12U standard racks
80TB
Starting capacity, scaling to over 1.44 PB in 4U
AES-256
Self-encrypting drives, with FIPS options, protect data at rest
Key features

Industry-leading reliability
with enhanced performance.

The BEAST product family provides an all-in enterprise storage software feature set with encryption, snapshots, robust connectivity, and support for asynchronous replication.

High Performance Block

High-performance block (FC, iSCSI) supporting SAS and SSD drives.

High-Density

High capacity of up to 1.56PB and or 4.68PB in 12U standard racks.

Data Protection

SED AES-256 and FIPS SED to protect data at rest.

Engineered for uptime

Highly-Scalable Start as small as 80TB and scale to over 1.44PB in 4U.
E-Flex Architecture Select from 3 expansion systems to size your storage effectively.
Ultra-Reliable All systems are stress-tested to deliver the highest reliability out of the box.
AutoMAID® Improve energy efficiencies and cost-savings.
Anti-Vibration Design™ Service drives whiles keeping data available for access.
Cool Drive Technology™ Reduce heat to increase drive reliability and longevity.
Specs

BEAST Product Specs

Find the Nexsan BEAST high-density SAN that will meet your demanding storage requirements.
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Specification BEAST Elite 60 · 4U BEAST Elite F 60 · 4U
Maximum Drives with Expansion 180 180
Maximum Raw Capacity (chassis | total) 1.56PB4.68PB total 921.6TB3.56PB total
2.5" SSD Drives (TB) 1.92 · 3.84 · 7.68 · 15.36SED/SED FIPS Available 1.92 · 3.84 · 7.68 · 15.36
3.5” 7.2K SAS Drives (TB) 10 · 12 · 16 · 18 · 20 · 22 · 24 · 26TBSED/SED FIPS N/A
Host Connectivity 1/10 GbE iSCSI
16/32 Gb FC		 1/10 GbE iSCSI
16/32 Gb FC
Documents Datasheet Spec sheet Datasheet Spec sheet
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Resources

BEAST Resources

Knowledge
December 7, 2023

AutoMAID Technical Brief

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Case Study
December 7, 2023

LIGO Caltech Observes Gravitational Waves of Colliding Black Holes Using Nexsan Storage

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Knowledge
December 7, 2023

Nexsan Integration with VMware vSphere Technical Brief

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Blog
May 18, 2021

Nexsan Integration with VMware vSphere

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