AccuSTOR AS316X6R - 3U 16 Bay 6G SATA / 6G SAS to 6G SAS JBOD Redundant Controller Rackmount

The AccuSTOR AS316X6R series is a high density 3U rackmount designed for storage hungry applications, and accommodates up to 64TB of storage space. Supporting latest SAS 6G technology, AS316X6R provide 6G solution for 6G SAS or 6G SATA drives. By utilizing the latest SAS expander technology, the AS316X6R supports up to 16 SAS or SATA drives using only one mini-SAS cable (SATA drives requires optional MUX board). A built-in SAS expansion port enables the system to connect up to 7 units or 112 HDD drives daisy-chained together, up to 448TB. With a high performance RAID controller card, the AS316X6R 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. Built-in dual 6G SAS channel,the AS316X6R 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.

AS316X6R functions as expansion unit of AR316X6R and AR316F8R. With AR316X6R and AR316F8R as a RAID head unit and connect up to 7 units of AS316X6R, it will provide up to 120 bays, or 480TB 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)

6G SAS Expander Technology - Connect 16 SAS or SATA drives with only one single SFF-8088 to 8088 Mini-.SAS cable to HBA (Host Bus Adapter) or RAID controllers. (SATA drives require MUX controller when use in dual controller mode.)
Support 2.5" and 3.5" SATA/SAS/SSD - 12 of 3.5" hard drives tray supporting 3.5" hard drives, along with 2.5" form factor screw holes. (SATA drives requires optional MUX board)
Superior Performance - With support of SATA 6G or SAS 6G hard drives and 24Gbps bandwidth, performance can reach over 1700MB/s in read and 1500MB/s in write (tested with LSI, ATTO and Areca Controllers).
Staggering Spin-Up - Built-in staggering spin-up for hard drives during power up. Thus, extending the life / duty cycle of the hard drives and power supply.
Support Industry Standard SGPIO - Serial General Purpose Input/Output (SGPIO) is utilized to provide the hard drives health & enclosure real-time information via the mini-SAS connection cable to the HBA (host Bus Adapter) without additional serial cable.
Scalability - Supports up to 7 enclosures or up to 112 hard drives daisy-chained together for capacity expansion.
Multi-purposes - Supports both SAS (Serial SCSI) and SATA hard drives to meet the requirements of different applications with different price/performance characteristics. Cost-effective SATA drives could be used for capacity orientated storage such as disk-to-disk backup, data-archiving, and digital video editing. Enterprise level SAS drives could be employed for I/O intensive applications such as transactional databases. (SATA drives requires optional MUX board)
Standard Redundant Power Supply - Hot-swappable, redundant power is included for protection against power failure. Power supply status can be easily monitored by the status LED and audible alarm alert.
All hardware is included - Mini-SAS cable, cooling fan, and tray modules are included. By connecting to a SAS controller and hard drives will instantly increase the storage space.
Dual IO /dual controller for fully redundancy - System come with redundant controller, cooling fan and power supply, complete redundant subsystems.
Wide Range RAID Adapters Support - Compatible with Areca, LSI SAS MegaRAID, Intel SAS RAID, Adaptec SAS RAID, and 3Ware SAS RAID adapters.
Work as expansion for existing hardware RAID storage - Supports expansion from AccuRAID subsystems, such as AR316X6R and AR316F8R.

Model	AS316X6R
Form Factor	3U Rackmount
HDD Trays	16 Hot-Swappable 3.5" (2.5" hard drive via tray screw holes)
RAID Level	JBOD (RAID is supported by additional RAID card)
Maximum Capacity	64TB (expandable to 7 unit or 448TB)
Auto Rebuilding	Via additional RAID card
RAID Controller Supported	Areca ARC-1680X series, ARC-1880X series, ARC-1882X series LSI SAS MegaRAID Dell Perc SAS RAID Intel SAS RAID ATTO SAS RAID
AccuRAID Series Expansion Support	Expansion from AccuRAID series AR212X6R, AR212F8R, AR316X6R, AR316F8R, AR424X6R and AR424F8R (up to 120 drives)
Host Interface & Transfer Rate	Quad Channel SAS 6G
Drive Interface	SAS or SATA (SATA drives require MUX controller when use in dual controller mode)
Cooling Fan	2 x Blower Fans
Power Supply	500W x 2 Redundant Power Supply Modules
Control Interface	RS232, RJ-45 Ethernet
Dimension (in)	19"W x 21"D x 3.6"H
Weight (lb)	38 (w/o hard drives)
Limited Warranty	3 Years

Model	AS316X6R	AS316X6R8S	AS316X6R16S	AS316X6R32S	AS316X6R48S
Hard Drive	No HDD Bundle	500GB SAS * 16	1TB SAS * 16	2TB SAS * 16	3TB SAS * 16
Total Storage Size	N/A	8TB	16TB	32TB	48TB

Model	AS316X6R4K	AS316X6R9K
Hard Drive	300GB SAS 15K RPM * 16	600GB SAS 15K RPM * 16
Total Storage Size	4.8TB	9.6TB

Note: All hard drive bundles are pre-installed and tested before shipment. Hard drives are then packaged individually to avoid damage during shipping.