The
TowerRAID TR8X12G
is a 8-bay tower with two mini-SAS HD SFF-8644 connections,
for high transfer rates of up
to 9,600MB/s bandwidth when used with a high performance
RAID controller card. Utilizing high bandwidth mini-SAS HD (SFF-8644) cabling, the TR8X12G
supports 12Gb/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 HD (SFF-8644) ports combine eight hard drives connections into
two connections, reducing possible points of failures, while preserving uninterrupted data
transfer. The TR8X12G also supports 6G 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 12G SAS or SATA RAID controller,
the unit could effortlessly support multi-streaming of compressed high-quality playback or a
single-stream of uncompressed high definition video under various RAID modes.
