- General Information
- Manufacturer
- Sans Digital
- Manufacturer Website Address
- http://www.sansdigital.com
- Brand Name
- Sans Digital
- Product Line
- MobileSTOR
- Packaged Quantity
- 1
- Product Type
- Drive Enclosure
The MobileSTOR MS8X12 series is an 8 bay mini-SAS HD (SFF-8644) SAS expander tower comprised of the same engines as the AccuSTOR / EliteSTOR enterprise level rackmount storage. Utilizing the same engine structure as the enterprise level rackmounts, the MobileSTOR utilize 12G SAS expander technology, and provides up to 48 Gb/s or 4,800MB/s of data bandwidth to fulfill the most demanding application. The MS8X12 supports both SATA 6Gb/s or SAS 6Gb/s and 12Gb/s solid state drives and hard drives and is backward compatible to 3Gb/s SAS & SATA SSD and HDDs. By utilizing the latest 12G SAS expander technology, the MS8X12 supports up to 8 SAS or SATA drives using only one mini-SAS HD (SFF-8644) cable. A built-in SAS expansion port enables the system to connect up to 8 units or 64 drives daisy-chained together. With a high performance RAID controller card such as Areca, ATTO, Highpoint and LSI 6G and 12G RAID controller, the MS8X12 is capable of delivering over 3,000MB/s in read/write performance with RAID controller, doubling the existing 6G SAS expander bandwidth. Drives status information is provided by the LED. All necessary hardware comes standard including mini-SAS HD cable, hot-swappable cooling fan, and hard drives tray modules. The MS8X12 is an ideal storage expansion solution for servers or high performance video editing workstations.
NEW DataBolt™ Technology, Maximize 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s hard drives and SSD in 12G performance
To allow 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s hard drives and SSD transit to newer 12G standard and performance, EliteSTOR SAS expander equipped with LSI DataBolt™ technology allow existing of 6G and 3G hard drives and SSD infrastructure to take advantage of 12Gb/s speed. Only available in 12G SAS expander series, LSI DataBolt™ technology can aggregate bandwidth from 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s hard disk drives and SSD to a 12Gb/s data stream by intelligently buffering data, resulting in over 50% increase. DataBolt™ technology is fully compatible with the 12Gb/s SAS T10 specification.
- Warranty
- Limited Warranty
- 1 Year
- Technical Information
- Number of Hard Drives Supported
- 8
- Total Hard Drive Capacity Supported
- 48 TB
- Number of Solid State Drive Supported
- 8
- Controllers
- Controller Type
- 12Gb/s SAS
- Serial ATA/600
- Non-RAID Mode
- JBOD
- I/O Expansions
- Number of Total Expansion Bays
- 8
- Number of 3.5" Bays
- 8
- Network & Communication
- Wireless LAN
- No
- Interfaces/Ports
- Host Interface
- SAS
- Power Description
- Input Voltage
- 120 V AC
- 230 V AC
- Power Source
- Power Supply
- Maximum Power Supply Wattage
- 300 W
- Physical Characteristics
- Product Color
- Black
- Cooling Fan
- Yes
- Form Factor
- Tower
- Height
- 15.5"
- Width
- 8"
- Depth
- 13"
- Weight (Approximate)
- 20 lb
- Miscellaneous
- Package Contents
- MobileSTOR MS8X12 - 8 Bay SATA/SAS to 12G SAS Expander JBOD Enclosure (Black)
- 8 x Removable Tray Modules
- 1 x Power Cord
- 1 x Mini-SAS HD Cable
- 1 x Quick Installation Manual & CD
- Buil-in Mounting Rail
- Cooling Fan
- Certifications & Standards
- CE
- FCC
- UL
- Country of Origin
- Taiwan
- Environmentally Friendly
- Yes
- Environmental Compliance
- Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS)