SANS DIGITAL TowerRAID TR8M6G 8-Bay eSATA 6G Port Multiplier RAID Tower w/ 6G PCIe x4 Card

Reviews(10)

2.8
TOP FAVORABLE REVIEW
Great Product

This is my second unit, works real well. Very fast. I use it in pure JBOD configuration.

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TOP CRITICAL REVIEW
Nice concept, good price but too flakey

Great idea at a great price. When it works it works incredibly well

RR642L Card seems to reset on the primary channel intermittently during access or predictably during drive optimization.

I have this setup connected to a Windows Server 2012 box with 8 4TB drives as one large Raid 5 Array. As stated above when it works it works great as I use it for Media serving. Then sometimes the RR642L Card seems to have an issue and will reset the primary channel taking the array offline briefly and for a unknown and not logged(in the OS) reason.

All Drives are fine so this isn't a hard disk issue per say and it will run flawlessly for months with no changes then act up.

This seems to me to be an issue with the driver from Highpoint but from what I have seen they don't seem motivated to update their driver software or Bios.

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Features & Details

  • SATA 6Gb/s
  • 8 x Hot-Swappable 3.5" Drive Bays
  • RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 5+spare, Spanning and JBOD (via Bundled RR642 RAID Controller Card)

Specifications

Model
BrandSANS DIGITAL
SeriesTowerRAID
ModelTR8M6G
Details
DriveSATA 6Gb/s
External I/OeSATA 6Gbps (via Port Multiplier)
RAID LevelsRAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 5+spare, Spanning and JBOD (via Bundled RR642 RAID Controller Card)
Expansion
3.5" Drive Bays8 x Hot-Swappable
System Management
OS SupportedSupports PC, Linux and MAC OS, including Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 and MAC OS 10.6 or up
Mechanical Spec
Power Supply250W (90V-264V)
Features
FeaturesForm Factor: Compact Tower Maximum Capacity: 32TB Cooling Fan: 4.7" Ball Bearing Fan Status Indicators: Status and Power LEDs New 6G Port Multiplier PM storage, with 6G RAID controller, fully support 6G hard drives Bundled with RR642 RAID controller card, PCIe 2.0 x4, for over 600MB/s RAID 5 performance. Dual-port eSATA 6Gb/s PCIe 2.0 x4 RAID controller supports up to 8 hard drives in a single or multiple RAID array. Backward compatible with PCIe 1.0. Supports RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 5+ spare, spanning and JBOD. Supports online expansion to expand capacity without the need to recreate the RAID volume and erase the existing data. Built-in real time hard drive health monitoring, remote RAID management and e-mail notification for critical events. Supports PC, Linux and MAC OS, including Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 and MAC OS 10.6 or up. Accesses eight hard drives using only one cable. Host interface: eSATA with 6G Port Multiplier. Drive interface: 8 x 3.5" SATA, up to 4TB per drives.
Dimensions & Weight
Dimensions5.9"W x 13.4"H x 13.4"D
Weight13 lbs.
Package Contents
Package ContentsTR8M6G (1) Hard Drive Trays (8) Power Cord (1) eSATA Cable (2) RR642 Dual-Port eSATA 6Gb/s PCIe 2.0 x4 RAID Controller (1) Screws (1 set) Quick Installation Manual & CD (1)
Additional Information
First Listed on NeweggNovember 07, 2013
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