Alnico RAID Series
Alnico RAID series deliver high performance based on varied selections of host interface ranging from Ultra320 SCSI, 4Gb Fibre, 8Gb Fibre, PCIex4, PCIex8, iSCSI, 3Gb SAS to 6Gb SAS supporting both SATA 3Gb/6Gb and SAS 3Gb/6Gb hard disks coexisting inside ( model dependent). Alnico RAID subsystems are SAN ready and hot swappable / modular concept designs with easiness in setup and use. When properly configued, Alnico RAID subsystems can provide non-stop service with high degree of fault tolerance through the advantages of mature and sophisticated RAID technologies and array management features that are well appropriate for SMB or department and corporate sever needs.
Product Matrix
Ready on Jan.2010
Alnico RAID Series Hard Drive Numbers Host Connection Controller SAS Exp. Remark
Model Name Sing Dual
Alnico 6

SATA-II

AL-6160Sx 16 2 x minSAS o N/A 2 x Links per minSAS
AL-6160Fx 16 2 x 4Gb FC o N/A
AL-6120Sx 12 2 x minSAS o N/A 2 x Links per minSAS
AL-6120Fx 12 2 x 4Gb FC o N/A
AL-6120i 12 2 x GbEthernet o N/A
AL-6080Sx 8 2 x minSAS o N/A 2 x Links per minSAS
AL-6080Fx 8 2 x 4Gb FC o N/A
AL-6080i 8 2 x GbEthernet o N/A
Alnico 7 SATA-II AL-7121F 12 2 x 4Gb FC o N/A PowerPC Based
AL-7161F 16 2 x 4Gb FC o N/A PowerPC Based
Alnico 8 SAS/ SATA-II
AL-8241i 24 4 x GbE iSCSI

o

1
AL-8241i-D 24 4 x GbE iSCSI / Controller

o

2 x 1 SAS Disks only
AL-8241iA 24 2 x 10GbE iSCSI

o

1
AL-8241iA-D 24 2 x 10GbE iSCSI / Controller

o

2 x 1 SAS Disks only
AL-8161i 16 4 x GbEtherent o 1
AL-8121i 12 4 x GbEtherent o 1

Alnico 9

6Gb SAS/ 6GbSATAI

AL-9241S-S 24 2 x 6Gb miniSAS o 2
AL-9241S-N 24 2 x 6Gb miniSAS o 1 Single controller supported only
AL-9241F-S 24 4 x 8Gb FC o 2
AL-9241E 24 Single PCIe x 8 o 1 Ready on Jan.2010
AL-9241J 24 1 x 6Gb miniSAS o

Yes

2 Redundancy Expander support
AL-9161S-S 16 2 x 6Gb miniSAS o 2
AL-9161S-N 16 2 x 6Gb miniSAS o

1 Single controller supported only
AL-9161F-S 16 4 x 8Gb FC o 2
AL-9161E 16 Single PCIe x 8 o 1 Ready on Jan.2010
AL-9161J 16 2 x 6Gb miniSAS o

Yes

1 Redundancy Expander support
AL-9121S-N 12 2 x 6Gb miniSAS o

1 Single controller supported only
AL-9121F-S 12 4 x 8Gb FC o 2
AL-9121E 12 Single PCIe x 8 o 1 Ready on Jan.2010
AL-9121J 12 2 x 6Gb miniSAS o  Yes 1 Redundancy Expander support