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AccuSTOR AS212X6S series is a high density 2U rackmount designed for storage hungry applications, and accommodates up to 48TB of storage space. Supporting latest SAS 6G technology, AS212X6S provide 6G solution for 6G SAS or 6G SATA drives. By utilizing the latest SAS expander technology, the AS212X6S supports up to 12 SAS or SATA drives using only one mini-SAS cable. A built-in SAS expansion port enables the system to connect up to 7 units or 84 HDD drives daisy-chained together, up to 336TB using 4TB hard drives. With a high performance RAID controller card, the AS212X6S is capable of delivering over 1700MB/s in read and 1500MB/s write performance, doubling the existing 3G SAS expander bandwidth. System status information is provided by the LED, including hard drives, power supply and cooling fan status. All necessary hardware comes standard including mini-SAS cable and hard drives tray modules. Build-in with single controller with dual 6G SAS channel, and can upgrade to redundant controller in the future. The AS212X6S is an ideal storage expansion solution for servers or high performance video editing workstations. Supported in Windows, MAC and Linux, including various file system such as ZFS.
AS212X6S functions as expansion unit of AR212X6 and AR212F8. With AR212X6 and AR212F8 as a RAID head unit and connect up to 7 units of AS212X6S, it will provide up to 96 bays, or 384TB of storage for 6G SAS and Fibre Channel 8Gbps hardware RAID storage.
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)
Model |
AS212X6S |
AS212X6S12E |
AS212X6S24E |
AS212X6S36E |
AS212X6S48E |
Hard Drive |
No HDD
Bundle |
1TB RAID Edition
SATA * 12 |
2TB RAID Edition
SATA * 12 |
3TB RAID Edition
SATA * 12 |
4TB RAID Edition
SATA * 12 |
Total Storage Size |
N/A |
12TB |
24TB |
36TB |
48TB |
Model |
AS212X6S |
AS212X6S6S |
AS212X6S12S |
AS212X6S24S |
AS212X6S36S |
Hard Drive |
No HDD
Bundle |
500GB SAS * 12 |
1TB SAS * 12 |
2TB SAS * 12 |
3TB SAS * 12 |
Total Storage Size |
N/A |
6TB |
12TB |
24TB |
36TB |
Model |
AS212X6S3K |
AS212X6S7K |
Hard Drive |
300GB SAS
15K RPM * 12 |
600GB SAS
15K RPM * 12 |
Total Storage Size |
3.6TB |
7.2TB |
Note: All hard drive bundles are pre-installed and tested before shipment. Hard drives are then packaged individually to avoid damage during shipping.