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Sans Digital TowerRAID TR8M
8 Bay SATA to eSATA (Port Multiplier) RAID-Ready Enclosure
Mfr P/N: TR8M OWC SKU: SDITR8MNC
Highlights
- Sans Digital 1 Year Limited Warranty
8 Bay SATA to eSATA (Port Multiplier) Enclosure Kit
The TowerRAID TR8M is a compact 8 bay RAID tower that offers huge performance storage capacity up to 32.0TB for all your valuable photos, video files, music projects, or any other large collections of data. The stylish, silver colored enclosure supports up to eight 3.5" 4.0TB Serial ATA (SATA) drives that slide in with a simple, hot swappable tray design. Hard drives are installed on easy access hard drive trays for simple insertion and removal.
Your drives are kept cool by a large 4.7" cooling fan located on the back of the unit and the ventilated protective screen front panel provides more than adequate air flow. The TowerRAID TR8M uses only two cables to connect eight SATA drives utilizing the latest SATA II port multiplier technology.
Specs
Drive Bays
- 8 bays supporting: 3.5-inch SATA drives
Hot Swap Support
- Yes
Storage Interface
- SATA
RAID Capable
- Yes
RAID Levels Supported
- JBOD
RAID Features
- Software RAID
Device Ports
- (2) eSATA 3 Gb/s Ports (supports port multiplier)
Data Transfer Rate (Maximum)
- eSATA Rev 2.x : Up to 3Gb/s (or 375MB/s)
- eSATA Rev 1.x : Up to 1.5Gb/s (or 187.5MB/s)
Chipset / Controller
- Not disclosed by manufacturer
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
- Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
Contact Start Stops
- Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
Mac OS Compatibility
- Yes
PC OS Compatibility
- Yes
Other OS Compatibility
- Linux
External Power Adapter
- No
Power Supply
- Internal universal auto-switching power supply
AC Input
- 90-264V, 50-60Hz
Wattage
- 300W
Cooling
- (1) 120mm cooling fan
Security Slot
- No
Power/Activity LED
- Yes
Housing Color
- Silver
Housing Material
- Metal
Dimensions
- Height: 34.0 cm (13.4 in)
- Length: 34.0 cm (13.4 in)
- Width: 15.0 cm (5.9 in)
Weight
- 5.9 kg (13.00 lbs)
Certifications
- CE
- FCC
- UL
- RoHS
Altitude
- Non-Operating: Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
Noise
- Varies depending on drive mechanism installed