Stardom DR8M-TB3 1U RAID Thunderbolt 3 Storage System With Eight 2.5-Inch SAS/SATA Drives

Stardom, a brand from Raidon Technology, Inc., announces a 8-bay Thunderbolt 3 hardware RAID storage for 2.5-inch drive – DR8M-TB3, coming with dual Thunderbolt 3 interface and one Mini Display port, also with hardware RAID chip inside too.

The DR8M-TB3 has 1U rack mount type outside looking design, allows user to put it into the removable rack-mount case to carry it with easy. Or user can put it under the AIO (All-In-One) computer such like iMac/iMac Pro to keep the tabletop clean and neat. It supports eight 2.5-inch SAS/SATA HDD or SSD and comes with dual Thunderbolt 3 (Type C) ports which data transfer rate up to 40Gb/s and one Mini Display port for second monitor expansion. It also supports daisy chain to let user connect up to six Thunderbolt devices through one Thunderbolt cable.

Embedded one hardware RAID chip with 900MHz clock rate inside, DR8M-TB3 supports RAID-0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 and JBOD. User can set the RAID level depending on the application and monitor the storage status with user GUI. Once the RAID is degraded or failure, DR8M-TB3 will provide buzzer alarm notification and send email to user.

DR8M-TB3 supports SGPIO (Serial General Purpose Input and Output) function. Once there is one drive damaged, user just needs to click the ‘light on’ function on GUI, the LED of the damaged drive will lights on automatically to let the user know the location of the failure drive. It’s easy for user to replace the failure drive.

For those users who need low-noise work environment, DR8M-TB3 provides the fan speed control switch at the rear side. User can set the fan speed manually to full speed or half speed to reduce the fan noise.

DR8M-TB3 will be a storage which meets the demand of video, audio and photo editing.