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Hitachi SMS100 review

7.4

Editors' Rating

Very Good

Typical price:£ 4500

Verdict

Hitachi's SMS100 is an excellent mid-range iSCSI storage system that uses RAID6 to maintain fault tolerance even when one disk has failed... Read Full Review.

Pros

  • Easy to swap out a faulty unit and remove sensitive data before returning to manufacturer
  • Dual controller version offers excellent fault tolerance

Cons

  • Upgrades require replacement system
  • Tricky to set up without first reading the documentation

Key Specs

Device type: external, Hard disk
Shelf height: 2U
Installed capacity: 0.5 TB
Interface type(s): Serial Attached SCSI, Serial ATA
RAID levels: 6
Network / host interface: iSCSI

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