Pegasus3 M4
Promise Technology has unveiled a portable Thunderbolt 3 RAID device and an all-flash array for enterprise users.
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Let's begin with the Thunderbolt 3 RAID, called the Pegasus3 M4, which is marketed as "the fastest Thunderbolt 3 RAID storage you can find!"
The Pegasus3 M4 offers 4 terabytes of storage and comes in two flavors - the Pegasus3 M4 M.2 which can take up to eight M.2 SATA flash modules or the Pegasus3 M4 SFF SSD which can house with four 2.5-inch SATA HDDs or SSDs.
Pegasus3 M4 highlights:
Weighing in at 5.5 kg, Promise claims that the Pegasus3 M4 "fits easily in your backpack or handbag!"
The Promise All Flash Array EFA5310 is a totally different beast. This is an ultra-high performance unit aimed at the enterprise market and is designed to lower server CPU I/O wait times.
According to Promise, on average users sees over 90 percent reductions in power and cooling requirement.
The EFA5310 features high-bandwidth with a transfer rate greater than 12.8 GB/s, sub-millisecond latency, and is scalable up to 1 petabyte of storage (a petabyte is 1,000 terabytes). Suggested applications include:
The EFA5310 comes in four capacity tiers - 11, 22, 46, and 92 terabytes, and users can add expansion AFA shelves in steps of 11, 22, 46, 92 terabytes.
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