Sans Digital Mobilestor MS8X12 8-Bay 12G SAS JBOD/RAID Enclosure
Overview
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.
Certifications & Standards
CE
FCC
UL
Package Contents
MobileSTOR MS8X12 - 8 Bay SATA/SAS to 12G SAS Expander JBOD Enclosure (Black)
Sans Digital Mobilestor MS8X12 8-Bay 12G SAS JBOD/RAID Enclosure
Manufacturer Part Number
KT-MS8X12
Product Type
Drive Enclosure
Wireless LAN
No
Number of Total Expansion Bays
8
Number of 3.5" Bays
8
Product Color
Black
Environmental Compliance
Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS)
Form Factor
Tower
Product Line
MobileSTOR
Controller Type
12Gb/s SAS
Serial ATA/600
Host Interface
SAS
Environmentally Friendly
Yes
Total Hard Drive Capacity Supported
48 TB
Number of Hard Drives Supported
8
Number of Solid State Drive Supported
8
Cooling Fan
Yes
Non-RAID Mode
JBOD
Country of Origin
Taiwan
Height
15.5"
Width
8"
Depth
13"
Product Model
MS8X12+B
Packaged Quantity
1
Limited Warranty
1 Year
Maximum Power Supply Wattage
300 W
Input Voltage
120 V AC
230 V AC
Power Source
Power Supply
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