Refurbished items may contain minor cosmetic damages that do not interfere with the functioning of the product. All refurbished items are burned-in and tested prior to being packaged to ensure maximum reliability.The
MobileSTOR MS28X Series is a 8-bay tower with a dual mini-SAS connection which provides high performance JBOD storage. Utilizing high bandwidth mini-SAS (SFF-8088) cabling, the MS28X supports SAS or SATA hard drives to deliver superior read / write speeds that are crucial in performance-driven environments such as video editing industry and server application. Two mini-SAS ports combine eight hard drive connections into two cables, and reduce possible points of failures while preserving uninterrupted data transfer. The MS28X also supports SATA and SAS drives, allowing users to have the option to choose between high performance and high capacity storage solutions. Hard drive and RAID controller bundle options are available. When utilizing a SAS or SATA RAID controller, the unit could effortlessly support multi-streaming of compressed high-quality playback or a single-stream of uncompressed 10-bit high definition video under various RAID modes.
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:br>
- Seagate 500GB (ST9500620NS)
- Seagate 1TB (ST91000640NS)
Model |
MS28X |
MS28X4T |
MS28X8T |
Hard Drive |
No HDD
Bundle |
500GB SATA RAID
Edition x8 |
1TB SATA RAID
Edition x8 |
Total Storage Size |
N/A |
4TB |
8TB |
Model |
MS28X |
MS28X4S |
MS28X8S |
Hard Drive |
No HDD
Bundle |
500GB 7200RPM
SAS x8 |
1TB 7200RPM
SAS x8 |
Total Storage Size |
N/A |
4TB |
8TB |
Model |
MS28X |
MS28X2K |
MS28X4K |
Hard Drive |
No HDD
Bundle |
300G 10K RPM
SAS x8 |
600G 10K RPM
SAS x8 |
Total Storage Size |
N/A |
4TB |
8TB |
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.