BigFoot® HDD Data Storage Systems
When size and speed do matter
- Flexible capacity: Up to 960 TB with a depth of just 750 mm
- Versatile storage options: Supports 3 storage tierings with up to 48 hard drives
- Integrated overall system: Can be individually customized with controller and CPU
Accelerating data processing with the fastest hard drive in the world
Let’s have a look at the fundamentals of information technology in this decade: the most vital piece is data and access to it in a timely manner. We continue to generate huge amounts of data at an ever-increasing rate which our businesses and daily lives rely on.
BigFoot® XXLarge is fitting all requirements and every budget with a need to lower storage TCO while giving you a highly flexible and scalable platform that adapts your business growth with simplicity and perfection.
Personalised and optimised for any software
Storage specifications vary a lot and standard storage products cannot be fine-tuned that easy to keep up with your business needs. We want you to build your nodes to what you need and let you choose between BigFoot® XXLarge with up to 960 TB raw capacity and BigFoot® Large with up to 480 TB.
BigFoot® Storage XXLarge provides you with the highest possible density and the world’s shortest chassis with only 750mm depth to fit in any standard rack. To give you the right balance of high-performance compute and scalable memory power we put in twice the amount of hard drives per 1U.
BigFoot® XXLarge gives you up to 48 disks and 8 x 2.5″ SATA SSDs and 4 x 2.5 NVM2 U.2 SSDs in a single 4U chassis.
Its smaller brother BigFoot® Large has up to 24 disks and 4 x 2.5″ SATA SSDs in a 2U chassis.
Add one or more controllers and CPUs of your choice and here comes your personalised Storage system at a very competitive cost per GB. BigFoot® Storage XXLarge and BigFoot® Storage Large are both made of standard components from market-leading quality suppliers because the best is just good enough.
Make 2 out of one!
Double the performance of high-capacity hard drives with multi-actuator technology. This ludicrously speedy new hard drive generation is able to rival SSD speeds because now each drive has two sets of arms that are moving independently. Multiple actuators enable independent data channels for IO transfers and double the performance via parallelism. Simply put, you’ll get 2 drives in one.
To meet the demands of data-intensive applications the maximum hard disk performance alone is not good enough when the backplane becomes a bottleneck. With our passion for storage we have engineered a direct-attached backplane for maximum bandwidth. Configure your BigFoot® Storage System with multi-actuator technology and the novel backplane we have designed to handle the throughput. Get close to the sustained transfer speeds of SATA based SSDs without paying the premium for Flash and even double capacity with multi-actuator disk from 14TB.
Let’s rival SSD speeds
The proven standard disks of your BigFoot® XXLarge are already giving you great performance but now you can even double transfer rates and drop in the fastest hard drives in the world.
Frank Wildmann, Senior IT Systems Engineer at RNT and expert in project management and process optimization
Case Study waipu.tv
waipu.tv relies on Seagate Mach.2 storage technology in combination with BigFoot® Storage XXLarge storage systems from RNT Rausch.
You're spoilt for choice!BigFoot XXLarge or BigFoot Large
Now you have
- 48 physical disks in 4U providing great performance, optimal throughput, and lowest latency
- 48 physical and 96 logical disks in 4U at twice the speed
- a great alternative when Flash is too expensive
- one platform for all storage scenarios to preserve your data
- a highly flexible and scalable platform that saves costly energy and rack space
- a choice between standard HDDs or the fastest hard drives in the world
Ridel Kougoum, Senior IT-Systems Engineer at RNT and expert for Hybrid Cloud and Veeam Backup Solutions
Tech Specs BigFoot® L
- 2U rackmount
- Height 3.46″ or 88mm
- Width 17.2″ or 438mm
- Depth 33″ or 838mm
- 800W 1+1 redundant power supply PMBus 1.2 80+ Platinum
- 24 x SAS/SATA HDDs
- 4 x 2.5″ SATA SSDs
- Single socket mITX, mATX, ATX
- up to 1 TB DDR4 ECC Registered
- 12 Gb/s SAS RAID Controller
- 12 Gb/s SAS HBA
Buttons
- System power switch and system reset switch
LEDs
- System power
- HDD activity
- LAN 1 activity
- LAN 2 activity
- 24 x 3.5″ Hot-Swap HDDs
- 2TB, 4TB, 6TB, 8 TB, 10TB, 12TB, 14TB, 16TB, 18TB, 20TB SAS/SATA Enterprise HDDs
- Intel® Xeon® Scalable
- Intel® Xeon® E
- AMD® Epyc™
Standard
- Dual or quad-port Ethernet
- IPMI RJ45 LAN Port
- VGA port
Optional
- 10/25/40/50/56/100 Gb/s Ethernet
- Infiniband
- Fibre Channel
Tech Specs BigFoot® XXL
- 4U rackmount
- Height 7″ or 178mm
- Width 19″ or 482mm
- Depth 29.5″ or 750mm only
- 1600W 1+1 redundant power supply 80+ Titanium
- 48 x SAS/SATA HDDs
- 8 x 2.5″ SATA SSDs
- 4 x 2.5 NVM2 U.2 SSDs
- Single socket mITX, mATX, ATX
- Dual socket ATX-Board
- up to 2TB DDR4 ECC Registered
- 12 Gb/s SAS RAID Controller
- 12 Gb/s SAS HBA
Buttons
- Power on
- Reset
LEDs
- System power
- HDD activity
- LAN1 activity
- LAN2 activity
Ports
- 2 x USB 3.0
- 48 x 3.5″ Hot-Swap HDDs
- 2TB, 4TB, 6TB, 8 TB, 10TB, 12TB, 14TB, 16TB, 18TB, 20TB SAS/SATA Enterprise HDDs
Additionally
- 2 x 2.5″ Hot Swap Drive Bays (OS)
- Up to 8 x 2.5″ Hot Swap Drive Bays (SSD cache or tiering)
- Up to 4 x 2.5″ U.2 NVMe Hot Swap Drive Bays (SSD cache and/or tiering)
- Intel® Xeon® Scalable
- Intel® Xeon® E
- AMD® Epyc™
Standard
- Dual or quad-port Ethernet
- IPMI RJ45 LAN Port
- VGA port
- Dual front USB and 2 more at the back
Optional
- 10/25/40/50/56/100 Gb/s Ethernet
- Infiniband
- Fibre Channel
1-2-3 go!
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2. Proof of Concept (PoC)
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Add support packages and optional services to enjoy peace of mind at a fair price.
The legend of Bigfoot: between myth and storage system
Bigfoot is a mythical creature that has sparked human imagination for centuries. First reported around 1850, eyewitnesses described a gigantic, elusive, hairy giant roaming the dense forests of North America, leaving behind enormous footprints that earned it the name BigFoot.
Inspired by the legend of Bigfoot, RNT Rausch has created an equally impressive technical masterpiece in IT: the BigFoot® Storage System.
Just like its legendary namesake, this storage platform stands out from the usual standards. With its unparalleled density per unit height (U) and a depth of only 750mm, our BigFoot® offers more storage capacity and performance than comparable storage systems, while still fitting into a 19″ rack. In the digital era, BigFoot® provides an innovative solution that perfectly meets the needs of modern businesses.
Forward-thinking companies worldwide rely on its robust design and appreciate the unbeatable low total cost of ownership thanks to its exceptional density. Whether it’s large amounts of data or complex applications, BigFoot® rises to every challenge with ease.
In legend, BigFoot embodies strength; in technology, it represents size, reliability, and innovation. While the mysterious creature continues to inspire imaginations in the forests, the BigFoot® Storage System delivers real, tangible benefits that exceed our customers’ expectations.
Discover our technological giant, BigFoot®, and take advantage of a storage system that is optimized for your applications and services, designed for the challenges of the digital future.