StreamStor Amazon Express
The StreamStor ® Amazon storage controller provides recording and playback capability up to 500 MB/s. Support is provided for up to 16 SATA disk drives for a maximum total capacity of 32 TB (using 2 TB disk drives). With the appropriate disk drives the Amazon can provide more than 16 hours of recording or playback capability at 500 MB/s.
Using direct card-to-card transfers over the PCI bus, or direct data input from available external digital interfaces, the Amazon provides reliable, sustained recording or playback without the overhead of host software or OS bottlenecks. With an on-board PowerPC processor, real-time operating system and StreamStor® data engine, the Amazon operates independently of the host to provide guaranteed performance without interruption.
The Amazon has been specifically designed to support high speed data streaming applications such as:
The Amazon is a full-size PCI card and can be installed in nearly any standard PC with open PCI slots. The Amazon also supports advanced StreamStor® functionality including circular recording (wrap mode) and direct recording from PCI sources.
Using direct card-to-card transfers over the PCI bus, or direct data input from available external digital interfaces, the Amazon provides reliable, sustained recording or playback without the overhead of host software or OS bottlenecks. With an on-board PowerPC processor, real-time operating system and StreamStor® data engine, the Amazon operates independently of the host to provide guaranteed performance without interruption.
The Amazon has been specifically designed to support high speed data streaming applications such as:
- Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
- High speed data acquisition
- Radar and sonar
- Medical imaging
- Telemetry
- Satellite download
- High resolution video
- Waveform generation
The Amazon is a full-size PCI card and can be installed in nearly any standard PC with open PCI slots. The Amazon also supports advanced StreamStor® functionality including circular recording (wrap mode) and direct recording from PCI sources.
| Maximum capacity | 32 TB (Using 16 - 2 TB drives) |
| Maximum data rate | 500 MB/s |
| Duration (500 MB/s) | 16 hours (500 MB/s using 32TB) |
| Drive interfaces | 16 SATA |
| Bus interface | 64 bit / 66 MHz PCI |
| Form factor | Universal full-size PCI 2.1 |
| Power | 5V @ 5A (25W) |
| Scatter/gather support | Yes |
| Onboard memory buffer | 1024 MB |
The StreamStor® SDK provides drivers and a complete programming library for Windows or Linux operating systems. A recording application and many example programs are included. Advanced features such as circular buffer, partitioning, multi-channel, etc., are available through functions in the StreamStor® software library.
The Amazon supports nearly any SATA disk drive on the market. This includes notebook disk drives (2.5”), desktop disk drives (3.5”), rugged hard drives and solid state (flash) drives. Amazon is also available in system configurations ranging from portables to large rack-mount systems capable of housing multiple recorders.
Advantages
- Sustained recording and playback at up to 500 MB/s
- PCI 64-bit 66 MHz bus interface
- Mezzanine card bus to add external data IO interfaces
- Capacity up to 32 TB
- On-board PowerPC and real-time operating system
- 16 SATA disk interfaces
- 1024 MB (1 GB) memory buffer
- Record card-to-card from PCI acquisition cards
- Scatter/gather DMA to/from host memory
Conclusion
The StreamStor ® Amazon is a universal storage controller for small and portable recording units as well as for large rack systems containing multiple recorders. It provides a maximum storage capacity of 32 TB using 2 TB SATA disk drives.
The Amazon provides recording and playback capability up to 500 MB/s and comprises drivers and software tools for Windows and Linux operating systems. It also supports direct recording from PCI data sources. The Amazon is the ideal controller for multiple applications of high speed data streaming.