NexentaSTOR NX424X6R - 4U 24 Bay 6G SATA/SAS to 6G SAS JBOD Redundant Controller Rackmount

The Nexenta Series JBOD storage NX424X6R series is a high density 4U rackmount designed for storage hungry applications, and accommodates up to 72TB of storage space. Supporting latest SAS 6G technology, NX424X6R provide 6G solution for 6G SAS or 6G SATA drives. By utilizing the latest SAS expander technology, the NX424X6R supports up to 24 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 3 units or 72 HDD drives daisy-chained together, up to 216TB. With a high performance RAID controller card, the NX424X6R 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. Fully redundancy features, including hot-swappable redundant controller, power supply and cooling fans, provide a perfect solution for mission-critical applications. The NX424X6R is an ideal storage expansion solution for servers or high performance video editing workstations. Supported in Windows, MAC, Linux, virtual environment, including various file system and applications such as VMware ESX/ESXi, Citrix XGen or Microsoft Hyper-V, and clustering files systems in Microsoft / Linux clustering or ZFS files systems.

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 (0F)

• 6G SAS Expander Technology - Connect 24 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 board when use in dual controller mode.)
• Support 2.5" and 3.5" SATA/SAS/SSD - 24 of 3.5" hard drives tray supporting 3.5" hard drives, along with 2.5" form factor screw holes. (SATA drives requires MUX board when use in dual controller mode.)
• 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 for RAID controller (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 3 enclosures or up to 72 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.
• Clustering Ready - with dual active active redundant controller, NX424X6R provides clustering building block for clustering OS, including Microsoft, Linux, VMware, Nexenta or ZFS OS.

Model	NX424X6R
Form Factor	4U Rackmount
HDD Trays	24 Hot-Swappable 3.5" (2.5" hard drive via tray screw holes)
RAID Level	JBOD (RAID is supported by additional RAID card or OS)
Maximum Capacity	72TB (expandable to 3 unit or 216TB)
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
Host Interface	SAS 6G (3 per controller)
Drive Interface	SAS or SATA (SATA drives require MUX controller when use in dual controller mode)
Cooling Fan	2 + 2  Redundant Fans in 2 cooling fan modules
Power Supply	760W x 2 Redundant Power Supply Modules
Control Interface	USB Ethernet
Dimension (in)	19"W x 22"D x 7.5"H
Weight (lb)	65 (w/o hard drives)
Limited Warranty	3 Years

Model	NX424X6R	NX424X6R12S	NX424X6R24S	NX424X6R48S	NX424X6R72S
Hard Drive	No HDD  Bundle	500GB SAS * 24	1TB SAS * 24	2TB SAS * 24	3TB SAS * 24
Total Storage Size	N/A	12TB	24TB	48TB	72TB

Model	NX424X6R7K	NX424X6R14K
Hard Drive	300GB SAS  15K RPM * 24	600GB SAS  15K RPM * 24
Total Storage Size	7.2TB	14.4TB

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