NEXIO Farad™

Scalable, High-Performance, Online Storage

NEXIO Farad™ delivers unprecedented levels of bandwidth and storage to support demanding media workflows. This high-performance online storage system is specifically designed for broadcast and production facilities, including news, sports and live-event applications. NEXIO Farad provides sharable and scalable storage throughout the content lifecycle, while offering the highest levels of digital asset protection.

Key Benefits

Flexible capacity and bandwidth. Allows scaling of storage and bandwidth as your requirements grow and even during on-air operations, without affecting existing media
High availability. Enables continuous broadcast operations, with no performance degradation in the event of multiple and simultaneous failures
Facilitates collaboration. Provides true shared access for fast-turnaround editorial environments and shorter time to air
Reduces capital expenditures. Provides economical entry-level storage supporting lower cost environments
Easy to manage. Allows unattended drive rebuilds, supports remote monitoring and diagnostics, and includes an informative graphical user interface (GUI)

Features

Hundreds of terabytes of usable shared storage with RAID-601 storage protection
Tens of gigabits per second of assured streaming bandwidth, even during degraded or rebuilding modes
RAID-601 provides high availability, protecting against drive, controller and storage chassis failures, while maintaining system throughput
NEXIO RAIDsoft™ striping increases bandwidth and patented NEXIO Intrinsic Mirroring™ ensures content availability
Configurable spare drive provisioning provides automatic drive failover and rebuild
Automatic drive rebuilds require no operator action and result in no performance degradation
High drive density with 12 3.5 in. drives (12 TB or 24 TB storage) in 2RU
Support for Ethernet and Fibre Channel client connections
Redundant, high-performance 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel connections per NEXIO Farad core storage sub-system, with redundant RAID controllers
Dual hot-swappable power supplies per enclosure

Product Details

High performance with flexible capacity and bandwidth. Allows scaling of storage independently of bandwidth, managing storage costs as requirements grow, without affecting existing media.

Scale NEXIO Farad capacity to more than 512 TB of usable storage and/or 48,000 Mb/s easily with minimal workflow disruption.
Non-destructive background restriping allows new storage to be added with no performance degradation and keeps current content intact without performing additional backups.

High availability. Enables continuous broadcast operations, with no performance degradation in the event of multiple and simultaneous failures.

NEXIO Farad uses RAID-601, protecting against drive, controller, and storage chassis failures and maintaining system throughput. RAID-601 combines RAID 6, 0 and 1 technology.
NEXIO RAIDsoft striping increases bandwidth and patented Intrinsic Mirroring ensures content is always available.
NEXIO Farad supports a non-mirrored configuration of up to three enclosures with RAID-60 data protection, for shared storage in workflows where the extra investment for high availability isn’t justified

Facilitates collaboration. Provides true, shared, online broadcast storage and eliminates the need for separate storage islands, simplifying workflows.

All media is stored in one place for ingest, production and playout, so there are no time- and money-wasting file transfer tasks to, from or between servers.
All users have access all the time, without any restrictions, to get their job done.
NEXIO Farad supports high-speed archive and restore interaction with network attached, clustered or tape storage.

Easy to manage. Allows unattended drive rebuilds, supports remote monitoring and diagnostics, and includes an informative, web-based graphical user interface (GUI)

“Spare Drive Provisioning” technology provides a pool of standby media drives that are used for unattended and automatic drive rebuild following a drive failure.
Replacing a failed drive can be scheduled at a convenient time, without any performance degradation.

Images/Diagrams

NEXIO Farad front view with bezel

NEXIO Farad front view without bezel

NEXIO Farad core rear view

NEXIO Farad store rear view

Block Diagrams
RAID 6, 0 and 1 technology for unparalleled reliability, availability and performance.

Specifications

Specifications and designs are subject to change without notice.

General Information
Farad Core Controller	Dual controller modules per enclosure 4 x 8 Gb fibre channel I/O ports per module 1 x 4-lane 6 Gb mini-SAS connector per module
Farad Store Connector	Dual SAS connector modules with two 4-lane 6 Gb mini-SAS connectors per module
Management/Status Reporting	Farad Storage Manager
Maximum Stack Configuration	NEXIO Farad 60: 3 enclosures - total of 36 drives NEXIO Farad 601: 8 enclosures - total of 96 drives
Maximum Single Volume Configuration	NEXIO Farad 60: 1 stack of 3 enclosures - total of 36 drives NEXIO Farad 601: Up to 4 mirrored stacks, each with one NEXIO Farad Core; total of 8 stacks with 768 drives
Protection Levels	NEXIO Farad 60: RAID-60 NEXIO Farad 601: RAID-601
Hot-Swappable Components	Disk drives, PSU/cooling modules, core controller modules and store connector modules
Physical	Height: 8.9 cm (3.5”) 2 EIA units Width: 44.7 cm (17.6”) IEC rack-compliant Depth: 60.2 cm (23.7”) Weight: 26.9 kg (59.2 lbs)

Disk Drives
Drive Type	SAS 6 Gb/s
Drive Size	1 TB, 2 TB
Spindle Speed (RPM)	7,200
Cache, Multi-segmented (MB)	16 or higher
Seek Time, Read/Write (average, msec)	8.5/9.5 or lower
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) (hours)	1.2 million or higher
Reliability Rating at Full 24x7 Operation (AFR)	0.73%
Transfer Rate, Sustained (Mb/s)	60 to 147 or higher
Power Consumption (W, idle)	9.0 or lower
Rotational Vibration @ 1,500 Hz Maximum (rad/sec²)	12.5

Environmental and Certification
Voltage	100 to 240 V AC @ 60/50 Hz single phase
Maximum Input Power	436 W maximum continuous
Power Supply Efficiency	Bronze Rated - high efficiency 82% @ 20% load 86% @ 80% load 85% @ 100% load
Heat Dissipation	1488 BTUs/hour
Operational Temperature	41º to 104º F (5º to 40º C) Note: Derate 2° C for every km, up to 3000 meters
Non-Operational Temperature	-40º to 158º F (-40º to 70º C)
Operational Humidity	10% to 90% RH @ 104º F (40º C), non-condensing
Non-Operational Humidity	Up to 93% RH @ 104º F (40º C), non-condensing
Operational Shock	5 g 10 ms
Non-Operational Shock	15 g 11 ms, ½ sine
Operational Vibration	5 to 500 Hz, 0.21 g flat spectrum
Non-Operational Vibration	3-365-3Hz, 1.22 g, z-axis, 0.85 g, X&Y axis shaped spectrum
Declard Acoustics Noise Levels	Sound Power: LWAd=6,75 B Sound Pressure: LpAm - 55 dB_A
Country Approvals	United States, Canada, European Union (EU), Australia/New Zealand, Japan, China (PRC), Russia, Mexico, South Africa, Germany, South Korea, Taiwan

Ordering Information

NXS2312F7CORE	NEXIO Farad Core 12 (Gen 2): 2RU chassis with (12) 1TB 7200 RPM SAS drives, dual 595 W power supplies, dual RAID controllers, (8) 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel ports, (2) SAS ports, rack kit, (4) 5 m FC cables, (1) 1 m SAS cable, power cords, (8) 8 Gbit SFP+ modules

NXS2312F7EXP	NEXIO Farad Store 12 (Gen 2): 2RU storage expansion chassis with (12) 1TB 7200 RPM SAS drives, dual 595 W power supplies, dual SAS connection modules, (4) SAS ports, (2) 0.6 m SAS cables, rack kit, power cords. Max Stores/Core is 7 for RAID-601; 2 for RAID-60

NXS2312G7CORE	NEXIO Farad Core 24 (Gen 2): 2RU chassis with (12) 2TB 7200 RPM SAS drives, dual 595 W power supplies, dual RAID controllers, (8) 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel ports, (2) SAS ports, rack kit, (4) 5 m FC cables, (1) 1 m SAS cable, power cords, (8) 8 Gbit SFP+ modules

NXS2312G7EXP	NEXIO Farad Store 24 (Gen 2): 2RU storage expansion chassis with (12) 2TB 7200 RPM SAS drives, dual 595 W power supplies, dual SAS connection modules, (4) SAS ports, (2) 0.6 m SAS cables, rack kit, power cords. Max Stores/Core is 7 for RAID-601; 2 for RAID-60

NXS2300SPS	NEXIO Farad (Gen 2) Spare Power Supply module, 595 W

NXS2300SRC	NEXIO Farad (Gen 2) Spare RAID Controller module with (4) 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel ports and (1) SAS expansion port

NXS2300SSC	NEXIO Farad (Gen 2) Spare SAS Connection module with (2) SAS connection ports

NXS2300SCH	NEXIO Farad NXS2300 Series shelf spare chassis with midplane. Does not include power supplies, drives, cables, power cords, or modules (RAID controller or SAS connection)

NXS2300SDF7	NEXIO Farad Spare Drive, 1 TB, 7200 RPM, includes carrier for NEXIO Farad Gen 2 (NXS2300 Series) chassis

NXS2300SDG7	NEXIO Farad Spare Drive, 2 TB, 7200 RPM, includes carrier for NEXIO Farad Gen 2 (NXS2300 Series) chassis

NX-BASIC	1-year service contract for NEXIO, Velocity, DTP and mCapture products; provides 9x5 technical phone support, software bug fixes, and 5-day advance exchange shipment of replacement parts. 5% of list price

NX-GOLD	1-year service contract for NEXIO, Velocity, DTP and mCapture. 24x7 technical phone support, software bug fixes and upgrades, next day advance exchange, annual onsite preventative maintenance visit. 10% discount on on-site services. 7% of list price

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Caribbean and Latin America +1 786 437 1960

Europe and Africa +44 118 964 8200
Middle East and South Asia +971 4 433 8250

Asia, Pacific Rim +852 2776 0628

Application Note

NEXIO Farad™ High-Performance Online Storage

Data Sheet

NEXIO Farad™ Overview