The EliteSTOR ES328X6R and ES445X6R support SATA/SAS SSD and hard drives and include an abundant array of standard features such as dual SAS channel, dual expansion mini-SAS slot and SGPIO support that enable the HBA controller to access real-time information regarding the enclosure real time status, including each of the hard drives installed in the unit. The built-in SAS expansion port enables the system to expand HDD drives by daisy-chained together multiple unit together. Innovative front and back load design with 8TB hard drives support, they are capable with up to 360TB storage in only 4U form factor, or 224TB in 3U form factor, over 80% storage increase compare to traditional front load only design.
Optional bundled with 12G RAID controller card. The 12G SAS RAID controller is designed with the highest possible performance in mind with today's computers architecture. The bundled options of 12G RAID controller card is based on PCIe 3.0x8, with dedicated 1.2 Dual Core RAID processor and DDR-3 ECC 1833 2GB memory. Complex RAID calculation is offload to the RAID controller to provide performance. Supported in Windows, Mac and Linux, along with virtual platform of Hyper-V and VMware, the complete 12G end to end solution can fit all performance hungry IT application or video production environment.
The EliteSTOR ES328X6R and ES445X6R are fast, reliable, affordable and simple to use. They are providing the best return on investment for products in its class. “With today "save everything" approach on data storage, storage systems are very important to be space efficient,” said by Stanley Chan, director of business development of Sans Digital. "ES328X6R and ES445X6R are design to fit into data center applications, including big data and hadoop system with high capacity storage requirements."