Rackmount Storage Solutions

GigaCENTER is ANDATACO's family of high-capacity rackmount disk systems for UNIX servers include GCR-9100 (fixed 5.25") and GCR-3500 (removable 3.5"). Disk rackmount enclosures are complete with hot swap N+1 power supplies. Model GCR-3500 rackmount chassis holds up to eight removable drives using one or two SCSI-2 narrow or SCSI-2 wide buses. Model GCR-9100 holds up to four 5.25" disk drives.

If you need any help in selecting your rackmount, please refer to the decision tree below.

Decision Tree

Supported Platforms

  • SUN SPARC Workstations
  • SUN SPARCserver 1000 & 2000
  • SPARC Compatible Workstations
  • HP 9000/700 Workstations *
  • HP 9000/800 Business Servers
  • SGI Workstation
  • IBM RS/6000 Workstations
    *9100x drives require OS 10.0

    Performance

  • High Performance Disk Drives:
    Up to 8 ms average seek time
    10 or 20 MB/Second data transfer rate
    7200 RPM - 4.17 ms latency
  • Value Disk Drives:
    Up to 10 ms average seek time
    10 MB/Second data transfer rate
    5400 RPM - 5.56 ms latency
  • Bulk Storage Disk Drives:
    Up to 12 ms average seek time
    10 MB/Second data transfer rate
    5400 RPM - 5.56 ms latency
    If you are ready to select your rackmount storage solution, please select either Model GCR-3500 (3.5" removable rackmount disk system) or Model GCR-9100 (5.25" fixed rackmount disk subsystem).