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
TowerRAID TR8MP is a compact RAID tower utilizing the latest SATA II port multiplier technology where two eSATA cable connects to eight SATA hard drives. Bundled with a high performance PCIe 2.0 x1 RAID controller card RR622, its RAID 5 performance is capable of reaching over 250MB/s. Online expansion is a feature included in the controller card which allows the RAID to be expanded without the need to recreate the storage space or erase the existing data. Advanced monitoring functions include real time hard drives health status and e-mail notification for critical events. Designed with easy installation in mind, the TR8MP is designed with five hot-swappable tray modules so that hard drives could be removed and installed with ease. The included dual-port eSATA 6Gb/s PCIe 2.0 x1 RAID controller card allows the connection of eight harddrives using only two cables, while all drives could be configured into a single or multiple RAID arrays, providing over 200MB/s in performance.
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)
Desktop Hard Drive Bundles
Model |
TR8MP |
TR8MP4T |
TR8MP8T |
TR8MP12T |
TR8MP16T |
Hard Drive |
No HDD
Bundle |
500GB Desktop
SATA II * 8 |
1TB Desktop
SATA II * 8 |
1.5TB Desktop
SATA II * 8 |
2TB Desktop
SATA II * 8 |
Total Storage Size |
N/A |
4000GB = 4TB |
8TB |
12TB |
16TB |
Enterprise Hard Drive Bundles
Model |
TR8MP |
TR8MP4E |
TR8MP8E |
TR8MP16E |
Hard Drive |
No HDD
Bundle |
500GB RAID
SATA II * 8 |
1TB RAID
SATA II * 8 |
2TB RAID
SATA II * 8 |
Total Storage Size |
N/A |
4000GB = 4TB |
8TB |
16TB |
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.