Repurpose your existing storage and protect your investment
Key Features
- CORE.4
Feature rich operating system full of workflow tools designed for real-world media environments. These work seamlessly in the background allowing you to do what you do best – create. - Cost-Effective
Bridge protects your investment by allowing you to build your old storage into your new workflow. - Platform Agnostic
GB Labs storage is developed for total cross platform compatibility, allowing PC, Mac and Linux platforms to collaborate and share data freely and efficiently.
- Overview
- Tech Specs
Bridge the gap between existing SAS or Fibre Channel storage and NAS technology by recycling and re-purposing with ECHO Bridge.
Complete with powerful GB Labs CORE.4 software and media tools including Replication to complete your Nearline.
How ECHO Bridge can help you
For many organizations, Fibre Channel and SAS storage installations have outlived their usefulness as Tier 1 platforms, lacking essential performance and scalability. GB Labs’ ECHO Bridge enables technicians to re-purpose existing shared storage for use as a nearline platform and benefit from the full feature-set of ECHO.
Many users are now migrating to GB Labs' network attached storage for its speed of installation, ease of use and sheer performance. Owners of SAN systems can attach their existing fibre-connected storage system to SPACE networks with the Bridge unit. This instantly enables users to enter the GB Labs environment and share data with users with no need for client updates, specialist adapters, drivers or licences. It also enables administrators to transfer data swiftly and - if required - automatically, with all SPACE network storage devices, with no need for a control PC.
Performance
ECHO Bridge offers similar performance to ECHO allowing you to create a cost-effective nearline that can be used to store data, replicate SPACE or other third party storage and can even offer failover editing performance for a small number of users.
Stream counts cannot be guaranteed due to the reliance on the underlying SAS or Fibre Channel RAID.
| Unit dimensions | 8.9cm x 43.7cm x 45.0cm (3.5” x 17.2” x 17.7”) |
| Unit weight | 13.1kg (28.9lbs) |
| Input range | 100 - 240 VAC, 50-60Hz |
| PSU safety | EMC - USA-UL listed. Canada-CUL listed, Germany -TUV certified, EN60950/IEC 60950-Compliant, CB report, CCC certification |
| Power supply | Dual redundant 1000W removable PSUs |
| Power requirements standby | 21W |
| Power requirements full load | 300W |
| Operating temperature range | 10°C - 35°C |
| Non-operating range | -40°C - 70°C |
| Operating humidity range | 8 - 90% non-condensing |
| Non-operating humidity range | 5 - 95% non-condensing |
| Unit form factor | 2U rackmount (rack mounts included) |
Configurable Capacities
- Capacity and maximum expanded capacity is dependent on the Fibre
- Channel or SAS storage that is attached to ECHO Bridge.
- ECHO Bridge can also be used with ECHO 16 EX or ECHO 36 EX units if the SAS option is fitted to the unit.
Connectivity
- 2 x 10Gb Ethernet (SFP+) ports
- 2 x 1Gb Ethernet (RJ45) ports
- 1 x RJ45 dedicated IPMI LAN port
- Option for additional 1Gb, 10Gb, 25Gb and 40Gb Ethernet ports
- 2 x USB 2.0 ports
- 1 x VGA connector
