Sans Digital EliteSTOR ES216X12 Drive Enclosure - 2U Rack-mountable - 16 x HDD Supported - 16 x SSD Supported - 16 x 2.5" Bay - 12Gb/s SAS - 12Gb/s SAS KT-ES216X12

The EliteSTOR ES216X12 is a 2U SAS 12G JBOD rackmount for high capacity storage solution, with 2.5" form factor. Utilizing the latest 12G SAS expander technology, the ES216X12 provides over 48 Gb/s or 4,800MB/s of bandwidth to fulfill the most demanding application. The ES216X12 supports 2.5" 12G SAS hard drives or SSD and is backward compatible to 6G SAS & SATA hard drives. By utilizing the latest SAS expander technology, the ES216X12 supports up to 16 2.5" SAS or SATA drives using only one mini-SAS HD cable. A built-in SAS expansion port enables the system to connect up to 5 units or 80 HDD drives daisy-chained together. With a high performance RAID controller card such as Areca ARC-1882X /ARC-1883X or LSI AVAGO Boardcom 9285-8E / 9380-8E, the ES216X12 is capable of delivering over 2,000MB/s 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 ES216X12 is an ideal storage expansion solution for servers or high performance video editing workstations.