Curtiss-Wright has introduced a version of Sanbric with up to 2.7 terabytes (TB) of hard drive storage.
Sanbric is a rugged and removable rotating media storage system for high altitude applications.
It deploys six 3.5in drives in a JBOD configuration, supported by a dual high-speed fibre channel storage area network (FC SAN) communications architecture.
Sanbric is designed for use in harsh environments typical of military aerospace intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance applications such as ELINT, COMINT, SIGINT, SAR, MTI and SDR.
Sanbric allows system integrators to deploy a high-capacity storage system that is cheaper than solid-state FLASH-memory-based alternatives.
Sanbric operates under shock and vibration conditions, over a wide temperature range and at high altitude.
It deploys six FC disk drives in a single sealed cartridge, reducing system weight and simplifying cabling and connectivity between the drives.
The isolation provided from harsh environments enables the use of standard FC disks in applications previously considered too harsh for rotating media devices.
Sanbric is available with a variety of SIU enclosure types.
A custom SIU (shock isolation unit) can be developed for programme-specific requirements.
Each SIU is tested to RTCA DO-160 Curve C and T testing.
All SIUs pass shock tests, modelled on the MIL810 standard, including crash shock.
Sanbric can be connected to any standard FC adapter or switch for scalability in an FC SAN configuration.
It complements Curtiss-Wright's 800 MB/s Vortex Data Recording Engines.
