EliteSTOR ES208X12 - 2U 12 Bay 12G SAS/SATA to SAS JBOD with 12G SAS Expander Rackmount

The EliteSTOR ES208X12 is a 2U SAS 12G JBOD rackmount for high capacity storage solution. Utilizing the latest 12G SAS expander technology, the ES208X12 provides up to 48Gb/s or 4800MB/s of data bandwidth to fulfill the most demanding application. The ES208X12 supports SATA or SAS 12Gb/s hard drives or SSD and is backward compatible to 6Gb/s SAS & SATA hard drives. By utilizing the latest SAS expander technology, the ES208X12 supports up to 8 SAS or SATA drives using only one HD mini-SAS (SFF-8644) cable. A built-in SAS expansion port enables the system to connect up to 256 drives drives daisy-chained together. With a high performance RAID controller card such as Areca 12G RAID controller ARC-1883X or LSI MegaRAID series, the ES208X12 is capable of delivering over in 3,000MB/s in read and write performance, doubling the existing 6G 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, hard drives tray modules and built-in mounting rail. The ES208X12 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.

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 CLICK HERE.

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12Gb/s SAS Expander Technology - Connect 8 SAS or SATA drives with only one single SFF-8644 to 8644 HD Mini-.SAS cable to HBA (Host Bus Adapter) or RAID controller.
DataBolt™ technology - Aggregate bandwidth from 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s hard disk drives and SSD to a 12Gb/s data stream by intelligently buffering data, result in over 50% increase.
Superior Performance - With support of SATA 12Gb/s or SAS 12Gb/s hard drives and 48Gb/s of data bandwidth, performance can reach over 3,000MB/s in read and write (tested with 12G SAS RAID controller card (ARC-1883X)).
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 HD mini-SAS connection cable to the HBA (host Bus Adapter) or RAID card without additional serial cable.
Scalability - Supports up to 256 drives daisy-chained together for capacity expansion via SAS expander.
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.
Redundant Power Supply - Optional hot-swappable, redundant power is useful for protection against power failure. Power supply status can be easily monitored by the status LED and audible alarm alert.
All hardware are included - HD Mini-SAS cable, cooling fan, tray modules and build-in mounting rail are included. By connecting to a SAS controller and hard drives will instantly increase the storage space.
Wide Range RAID Adapters Support - Compatible with Areca ARC-1883X, LSI SAS MegaRAID, and other industry standard 12G RAID card.

Model	ES208X12
Form Factor	2U Rackmount
HDD Trays	8 Hot-Swappable 3.5" Drive Bay
RAID mode supported	JBOD (RAID is supported by additional RAID card)
Maximum Capacity	32TB, Expandable up to 256 drives
Drive Interface	SAS or SATA 12Gb/s, 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s
Host Interface	12G SAS Expander, HD Mini-SAS / SFF-8644 x 3
Expansion Ports	Yes (HD Mini-SAS / SFF-8644)
Cooling Fan	3" Cooling fan * 2
Power Supply	460W (100V~240V) (Optional Redundant Power Supply Available)
Controller Interface	Via RAID Controller
Status Indicators	Hard Drive & Failure LEDs
Dimension (in)	3.5” H x 19” W x 23” D
Weight (lb)	35.0
Safety Regulations	CE, FCC, UL, RoHS
Limited Warranty	3 Years

Enterprise RAID Edition Hard Drive

Model	ES208X12	ES208X128E	ES208X1216E	ES208X1224E	ES208X1232E
Hard Drive	No HDD Bundle	1TB RAID SATA x8	2TB RAID SATA x8	3TB RAID SATA x8	4TB RAID SATA x8
Total Storage Size	N/A	8TB	16TB	24TB	32TB

SAS Hard Drive Bundle

Model	ES208X12	ES208X128S	ES208X1216S	ES208X1224S	ES208X1232S
Hard Drive	No HDD Bundle	1TB SAS x8	2TB SAS x8	3TB SAS x8	4TB SAS x8
Total Storage Size	N/A	8TB	16TB	24TB	32TB

15K SAS Hard Drive Bundle

Model	ES208X122K	ES208X124K
Hard Drive	300GB SAS 15K RPM * 8	600GB SAS 15K RPM * 8
Total Storage Size	2.4TB	4.8TB

Enterprise SATA SSD

Model	ES208X12	ES208X121H	ES208X122H	ES208X124H
Hard Drive	No HDD Bundle	128GB Enterprise SATA 6G SSD x8	256GB Enterprise SATA 6G SSD x8	512GB Enterprise SATA 6G SSD x8
Total Storage Size	N/A	1,024GB	2,048GB	4,096GB

Note: Please allow up to 3 days for hard drive installation and testing.

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