SA500 - Storage Appliance Series

The StorageAppliance 500 (SA500) series is a family of full-feature Network Attached Storage Appliances that can store up to 480GB of data within 1U of space. The 502 model can be configured with one, two, or three 160GB ATA133 disk drives that can support RAID 0,1,5, and 10. The 501 is available with up to three 120GB ATA100 disk drives. The 500 series is equipped with a powerful Intel Xeon 2.2GHz CPU that powers the award-winning SPANStor V5 NAS Software. That means you get all the capabilities of the SPANStor V5 Software at an incredibly affordable IDE price range. And everything you need to install and configure is included, even the RJ45 Ethernet cable; just plug and play. The SA500 offers the same feature set as our Enterprise models including features such as snapshots, quotas, real-time replication, etc...

NAS, network attached storage

Feature Set

  • SPANStor V5 open architecture NAS Software
  • SPANSnap point-in-time view of the file system; up to 50 snapshots per file system
  • SPANStor V5 browser-based GUI Management Software makes integration and operation of the NAS Software simple
  • Multi-Protocol File Locking
  • Supports NFS, CIFS, and HTTP
  • Supports DNS, NIS, and WINS
  • FTP support for client and server
  • SNMP v2 with trap support
  • NDMP support
  • File quotas
  • Multiple NIC support
  • Journaling File System
  • Optional SpanSync file-based replication; one to many and many to one real time remote replication supported
  • Optional virus scanning

Hardware Specifications

CPU:                 Intel Xeon 2.2GHz

Memory:           512MB DDR RAM standard optional expansion up to 4GB

Disk Drives:    Model 501 - up to three hot swappable 120GB ATA100 disk drives at 7200RPM
                          Model 502 - up to three hot swappable 160GB ATA133 disk drives at 5400RPM

Operating System:    SPANStor V5 preloaded

Ethernet:       Two 10/100/1000 RJ45 Ethernet fiber optional

Power Supply:   350W 100-240 VAC auto switching

Cooling:         9 X 40mm high pressure fans

Floppy/CD-ROM Standard

Environmental Specifications

Dimensions:  19x25.6x1.75 in (WxDxH)

Weight:        29-35 Lbs

Temperature:  0-50 degrees Celsius

Humidity:       5-95% non-condensing

Regulations:  FCC, CE, UL/CUL, TUV


Download the SA500 series brochure (Adobe pdf)