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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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BEAST

A datacenter workhorse ready to meet your demanding applications.

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.

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.

BEAST Product Specs

Find the Nexsan BEAST high-density SAN that will meet your demanding storage requirements.

BEAST P

60 | 4U

BEAST Elite

60 | 4U

BEAST Elite F

60 | 4U

Maximum Drives with Expansion

Maximum Drives with Expansion

Maximum Drives with Expansion

180

Maximum Drives with Expansion

180

Maximum Drives with Expansion

180

Maximum Raw Capacity (chassis | total)

Maximum Raw Capacity (chassis | total)

Maximum Raw Capacity (chassis | total)

1.56PB | 4.68PB

Maximum Raw Capacity (chassis | total)

1.56PB | 4.68PB

Maximum Raw Capacity (chassis | total)

921.6TB | 3.56PB

2.5" SSD Drives (TB)

2.5" SSD Drives (TB)

2.5" SSD Drives (TB)

N/A

2.5" SSD Drives (TB)

1.92 | 3.84 | 7.68 | 15.36 - SED/SED FIPS Available

2.5" SSD Drives (TB)

1.92 | 3.84 | 7.68 | 15.36

3.5” 7.2K SAS Drives (TB)

3.5” 7.2K SAS Drives (TB)

3.5” 7.2K SAS Drives (TB)

8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 26

3.5” 7.2K SAS Drives (TB)

8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 26TB - SED/SED FIPS

3.5” 7.2K SAS Drives (TB)

N/A

Host Connectivity

Host Connectivity

Host Connectivity

1/10 GbE iSCSI | 8/16 Gb FC

Host Connectivity

1/10 GbE iSCSI | 16/32 Gb FC

Host Connectivity

1/10 GbE iSCSI | 16/32 Gb FC
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and forget it.


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