AccuSTOR AS442X6R - 4U 42 Bay 6G SAS/ 6G SATA to 6G SAS Expander JBOD w/ Redundant Controller
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The AccuSTOR AS442X6R series is a high density 4U rackmount designed for storage hungry applications, and accommodates up to 126TB of storage space. Supporting latest SAS 6G technology, AS442X6R provide 6G solution for 6G SAS or 6G SATA drives (additional mux board required). By utilizing the latest SAS expander technology, the AS442X6 supports up to 42 SAS or SATA drives using only one mini-SAS cable. Build-in redundant controller provides high availability option allow automatically failover in event of controller failure. A built-in SAS expansion port enables the system to connect up to 2 units or 84 HDD drives daisy-chained together, up to 252TB. With a high performance RAID controller card, the AS442X6R 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. The AS442X6R 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.
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:
Enterprise RAID Edition Hard Drive
SAS Hard Drive Bundle
15K SAS Hard Drive Bundle
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