Advatronix Cirrus 1200: a Storage Server Under Your Desk
by Johan De Gelas on June 6, 2014 5:00 AM ESTMore Internals
When you look at the interior from the right side, you'll notice a large fan sucking air over one of the disk modules.
The focus on keeping the drive bays cool gets even more obvious when we take a look at the rear of the Advatronix Cirrus 1200. There are two large, robust 120mm fans that suck the hot air out of the drive bays.
The redundant PSUs are very easy to replace and hot-pluggable.
We tested the redundant PSUs to verify a single PSU can handle the entire load and experienced no problems. At least in the area of PSU redundancy, then, the Cirrus 1200 is server grade.
To sum things up, the Cirrus 1200 has several server grade features such redundant PSUs and hot-pluggable, easy to access drive bays, and it's not too difficult to service. However, it is also a lot like a desktop, as the CPU needs a fan that is hard to reach, and you need to use a screwdriver quite a bit to replace the fans. Also, the cabling inside must be treated with care, as it is easy to damage or pull out cables by accident. Advatronix still has some work to do before they truly can call the Cirrus "a data center in a box".
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mrshadow75 - Thursday, June 12, 2014 - link
If I had $5k to spend I would seriously have a closer look on used EMC² CX3 or CX4 storages on ebay.... you almost can´t beat the features and performance of those...AdvatronixSystems - Saturday, September 27, 2014 - link
Well, there are quite a few reasons why I wouldn't go with the server you suggested. (I'm looking at their redundant PSU version, which is over $6.7k starting price.)It comes with a redundant PSU, a dual-core i3 Processor, 2 500GB drives, and a pair of HBA cards. Again, over $6.8k.
Or, for $4,564, you can get a Cirrus with a redundant PSU, an actual server grade, quad-core processor (E3-1265L V2), an actual hardware RAID card with 1024mb cache. Also, it includes TWELVE drives, not two. :)
Compare yourself - http://www.45drives.com/products/order/dw-redundan... or http://www.advatronix.com/store/servers/cirrus-120...
nagi603 - Monday, June 16, 2014 - link
Damn, I wish I could just buy the chassis itself with the bays for my unRAID array...AdvatronixSystems - Saturday, September 27, 2014 - link
You can, actually!Please contact me at sales@advatronix.com and we'll get you set up.
snwcrash - Thursday, July 3, 2014 - link
Does Advatronix make this chassis? I would love to purchase it separately :-)AdvatronixSystems - Saturday, September 27, 2014 - link
It is indeed our own proprietary chassis, and we do sell it by itself.If you're interested in acquiring the chassis separately, you can contact me at sales@advatronix.com.