Sans Digital 8-Bay SAS/SATA JBOD Compact Tower Enclosure w/ Mini-SAS (SFF-8088) x 2 TR8X+B (Black)

The TowerRAID TR8X+B is a 8-bay tower with two mini-SAS connections, for high transfer rates of up to 750MB/s when used with a high performance RAID controller card. Utilizing high bandwidth mini-SAS (SFF-8088) cabling, the TR8X+B supports 6Gb/s SAS or SATA hard drives to deliver superior read / write speeds that are crucial in performance-driven environments such as video editing industry and server application. The mini-SAS ports combine eight hard drives connections into two, reducing possible points of failures, while preserving uninterrupted data transfer. The TR8X+B also supports SATA drives, allowing users the option to choose between high performance and high capacity storage solutions. Hard drive and RAID controller bundles options are available. When utilizing a SAS or SATA RAID controller, the unit could effortlessly support multi-streaming of compressed high-quality playback or a single-stream of uncompressed 10-bit high definition video under various RAID modes.

Note: Sans Digital recommends the use of enterprise hard drives when in use with any RAID controller applications. Standard desktop or green desktop drive may not be supported and may compromise RAID system stability and performance. For more information on the difference between RAID and desktop hard drives, please see the Western Digital knowledge base. For a list of compatible RAID Edition SATA hard drives, please refer to the list below:

• Seagate 500GB (ST3500514NS)
• Seagate 750GB (ST3750330NS)
• Seagate 1TB (ST31000524NS)
• Seagate 2TB (ST32000644NS)
• Western Digital 500GB (WD5002ABYS)
• Western Digital 1TB (WD1002FBYS)
• Western Digital 2TB (WD2003FYYS)
• Hitachi 500GB (0F11000)
• Hitachi 1TB (0A39289)
• Hitachi 2TB (0F10452)
• Hitachi 3TB (0F12456)
• Hitachi 4TB (0F14683)

• Eight 3.5-inch SAS or SATA hard drives to SFF-8088 mini-SAS interfaces.
• Accesses eight hard drives using only two cables.
• Supports JBOD, spanning, RAID 0, 1, 1+0, 5, 6 with spare via RAID controller card.
• Supports Areca, LSI, Intel, 3ware, Adaptec, HighPoint SAS RAID or SATA RAID controller cards.
• Cable-less backplane design supporting hot-swappable SATA and SAS hard drives.
• Supports plug & play for easy installation.
• Compact enclosure with dust-free cover.
• 250 watts power supply (90V to 264V).
• Supports PC, MAC and Linux. (Please check HBA or RAID controller driver compatibility.)