X20-S and X40-S Appliance Comparison

X20-SX40-S
Managed Library
Max slots in managed LTO libraryUnlimited1Unlimited1
Maximum LTO drives in managed LTO library24
Supported LTO drive typesSASSAS and FC
Software
Operating SystemWindows 11 ProWindows Server 2022
Included XenData Archive Series softwareLTO Server EditionLTO Server Edition
Option to add FS Mirror sync softwareYesYes
Option to add Workflow APIYesYes
Option to be cloud enabled2YesYes
Hardware
Rack space1 RU2 RU
Managed Disk Cache3.84 or 7.68 TB SSD9.6 or 19.2 TB SSD RAID5
Processor 1 x 4-core1 x 12-core
RAM16 GB32 GB
Boot volume480 GB SSD2 x 480 TB SSDs Mirrored
Standard network ports 2 x 1 GbE4 x 1 GbE
Optional network ports 2 x 10 GbE2 x 10 GbE3
Number of power supplies12 (dual-redundant)

Notes

1: Above 50, additional slots may be licensed in blocks of 20.

2: Adding a XenData Cloud File Gateway allows content to written to cloud object storage and/or LTO.

3: Options up to 100 GbE are available.

PBS

XenData’s fully supported clustered server meets all the requirements for our disaster recovery site. We have been very pleased with the SX-525 product and XenData’s technical team who have provided system design and integration services above and beyond expectations.

James Cutright, Director, Project Management
PBS

Crew Cuts

I did my research, and the best archive solution was from XenData which manages a robotic LTO library behind the scenes. This helps to minimize our total costs and allows us to focus on producing great content for our customers.

Chris Keenan, CTO
Crew Cuts

Ideal Systems Singapore

We partnered with XenData for the GlobeCast Broadcast facility rollout, because it offers one of the most cost effective, robust digital video archives on the market and a great migration alternative to some of the more expensive digital video archive vendor offerings.

Fintan Mc Kiernan, CEO
Ideal Systems Singapore

North Shore Automation

Having completed over 25 joint installations of XenData archive systems, we have found everyone on the XenData team to be both highly professional and super responsive and their technology to be rock solid. They are truly a pleasure to work with.

Bryson Jones, Founder
North Shore Automation

Warner Brothers Animation

Our XenData LTO archive system provides us with a central repository for all completed projects. It is a single multi-petabyte storage volume containing over 100 million files that can be easily browsed and restored.

Maxwell Frome
Warner Brothers Animation

This is Just a Test

With over 558 TB of content and growing, conventional backup solutions just don’t work for us. Our XenData system allows us to maintain an ongoing mirrored copy of our shared storage while creating replica LTO copies for offsite storage.

Nathan Flom
This is Just a Test

Excelencia

We have now installed over 170 XenData archive systems across Mexico and they have proven to be very reliable. In addition, the technical support from XenData has been outstanding.

Jorge Castaneda, President
Excelencia en Comunicaciones y Tecnología

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