NameSilent Brick Controller
Short DescriptionControl center for Silent Brick System with 5 slots for Silent Bricks
Long DescriptionThe controller is the central unit of the Silent Brick system. It can be equipped with stationary Silent Brick DS and mobile Silent Bricks. Silent Brick DS can be connected via SAS, for Silent Bricks it contains 5 slots, which can be extended by 14 slots each via extension shelves. The basis is a high-performance server with redundant design of critical components. In addition to 10Gb Ethernet, Fibre Channel (only for VTL) is also available as a connection to the infrastructure.
Product GroupSilent Bricks Related Products Silent Brick Extension Shelf Silent Brick Plus Silent Brick Max WORM Silent Brick Max Silent Brick WORM Silent Brick Flash Silent Brick Air
Applications Backup Archiving
Availability D, A, CH Rest of Europe UK & Ireland Americas (USA, Canada, South America) Rest of World
Article # | Variant |
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SB8016 | Controller G5200 2x 10GbE |
SB8015 | Upgrade 2x FC 16Gbit (instead of 10GbE) |
SB8014 | Upgrade SFP+ incl. modules |
Number of slots |
5 slots for silent bricks |
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Data interface |
Dual 10GbE (RJ45 or SFP+), or dual 8G Fibre Channel + 1GbE |
Management interface |
2x 100MbE for administration & API 1x 1GbE IMPI for HW monitoring |
Interface extension |
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), dual Wide Link 8x 6 GBit/s (8x 12 Gbit/s HD-Mini SAS SFF-8644) for Shelf or Silent Brick DS |
Sleep mode performance |
20 watt |
Power typical |
approx. 250 watts (with Silent Bricks HDD) |
Power continuous operation |
400 watt |
Heat output |
typically 854 BTU/h, maximum 1366 BTU/h |
Dimensions |
H 3 U / W 19 inch / D 785mm |
Weight |
approx. 21 kg (empty), approx. 31 kg (with 5 Silent Bricks) |
- Control center for Silent Brick System
- Contains 5 slots for silent bricks