Affordable, energy efficient, high speed nearline storage
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. - BlueShift
Unique technology developed by GB Labs to deliver consistent high performance through Ethernet. Using standard sharing protocols and no client side software, NAS convenience meets SAN performance. - Capacity Expansion
Benefiting from economies of scale, ECHO 36 is capable of storing vast amounts of data and is massively scalable. - Energy Efficient
ECHO 36 is highly energy efficient because it is cooler running, giving you performance, while saving on energy and therefore cost. - 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. - High Performance
High data rates for consistent levels of performance with multiple users working in a high-resolution environment.
- Overview
- Tech Specs
Non-editing, cost-effective, highly expandable and energy efficient near line storage for facility backup and replication. Powered by GB Labs CORE.4, ECHO comes complete with Replication, File Manager, optional CloakDR and more...
Ideal for Render Farms, Disaster Recovery, Digital Shelf and Instant Access media storage.
How ECHO 36 can help you
Massive tier 2 storage is becoming a vital resource for media organisations that see their primary archive as the heart of their facility. The nearline is treated as the exchange hub where files are imported, backed up, shared, transferred to specialist editing, grading and playout servers, and transcoded for distribution.
Benefiting from economies of scale, ECHO 36 is capable of storing vast amounts of data and is massively scalable. Suitable for broadcasters, large post houses and dedicated media archives that have 24/7 data requirements.
Performance
ECHO 36 uses a 32 disk RAID 6 set per chassis and provides two ‘Hot Spare’ drives for automatic rebuild during any disk failure within the RAID set. The RAID controller also uses a battery backup unit (BBU) to preserve data within the write cache.
The OS drives use hardware mirroring (RAID 1) from a separate RAID controller for additional protection.
Capacity Expansion
ECHO products offer large unit sizes throughout the range, none more so than with the ECHO 36 platform with single units offering up to 448TB and total storage expansion available up to 10.7PB (Petabytes).
ECHO 36 EX SAS expansion units can be connected to the ECHO 36 platform to grow the storage dramatically. Unit sizes ranging from 64TB to 448TB can be added quickly and without interruption.
Different capacity units can be mixed and a single volume can grow as your needs require. Data stays in place while dramatic re-sizing can be achieved instantly, eliminating costly down time.
| Unit dimensions | 13.2cm x 43.7cm x 64.8cm (5.1” x 17.2” x 25.5”) |
| Unit weight | 41kg (90.4lbs) |
| 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 | 33W |
| Power requirements full load | 350W |
| 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 | 4U rackmount (rack mounts included) |
Configurable Capacities
- ECHO 36 64TB, 128TB, 192TB, 256TB, 320TB, 384TB and 448TB
- ECHO 36 EX 64TB, 128TB, 192TB, 256TB, 320TB, 384TB and 448TB (Up to 10.8PB)
Connectivity
- 2 x 40Gb Ethernet ports
- 2 x 10Gb Ethernet (RJ45) ports - Backwards compatible with RJ45 1GbE
- 1 x RJ45 dedicated IPMI LAN port
- Option for additional 1Gb, 10Gb, 25Gb and 40Gb Ethernet ports
- 2 x USB 3.0 ports and 2 x USB 2.0 ports
- 1 x VGA connector
