The
MobileSTOR MS8X6+B
series is a 8 bay mini-SAS SAS expander towe
r comprised
same engines as the AccuSTOR / EliteSTOR enterprise level rackmount storage. Utilizing the
same engine structure as the enterprise level rackmounts, the MobileSTOR utilize SAS
expander technology, and provides up to 24 Gb/s or 2400MB/s of data bandwidth to fulfill the
most demanding application. The MS8X6+B supports both SATA or SAS 6Gb/s solid state
drives and hard drives and is backward compatible to 3Gbps SAS & SATA SSD and HDDs. By
utilizing the latest SAS expander technology, the MS8X6+B supports up to 8 SAS or SATA
drives using only one mini-SAS cable. A built-in SAS expansion port enables the system to
connect up to 5 units or 40 HDD drives daisy-chained together. With a high performance
RAID controller card such as Areca, ATTO, Highpoint and LSI 6G RAID controller, the
MS8X6+B is capable of delivering over 1500MB/s in read/write performance with RAID
controller, doubling the existing 3G SAS expander bandwidth. Drives status information is
provided by the LED. All necessary hardware comes standard including mini-SAS cable,
hot-swappable cooling fan, and hard drives tray modules. The MS8X6+B is an ideal storage
expansion solution for servers or high performance video editing workstations.
