Sans Digital TowerRAID+ 6Gb eSATA Port-Multiplier 4-, 5-, 8-Bay Enclosure

Sans Digital, Inc. introduced a fast 6Gb eSATA port multiplier RAID enclosure.

Currently, eSATA PM can only support 6Gb SATAIII HDDs but hardware limitation will make it perform at 3Gb speed.

The TowerRAID-6G series enclosures, TR4M6G, TR5M6G, and TR8M6G, with bundled PCIe 2.0 x4 RAID controller card, is the first eSATA PM 6Gb RAID device able to achieve speeds of up to 700MB/s using real-time benchmarking tools, doubling the performance of previous 3Gb PM product line, and current eSATA RAID devices .

The latest PM eSATA bundle solution is a solution for users looking for high-speed performance without the high costs compared to SAS or ThunderBolt enclosures. With a designed 6Gb eSATA PM HDD backplane together with the RocketRAID-642 6Gb RAID card with PCIe 2.0 x4 bandwidth, the 6Gb PM eSATA TowerRAID enclosures provides users with a scalable solution of up to five HDDs per eSATA port for a total of ten HDDs in either RAID-0,1,3,5, or JBOD.

All the eSATA PM 6Gb solutions come standard with all necessary components to get you started, including RAID controller, JBOD eSATA 6Gb enclosure and all the cables and software (HDDs can be purchased separately). The flexibility allows users to purchase solutions with HDDs or purchase the standard diskless solution and add your own hard drives. Regardless of how small or large your organization might be, the company offers a solution for your 6Gb eSATA needs.

It’s an upgrade for current generation 3Gb eSATA PM RAID controllers or users looking for an upgrade from eSATA, USB 2.0, USB 3.0, or FW800 connections who need fast speeds for storage extensive applications. Current owners of the PM eSATA TowerRAID+ models using the RR622 RAID card, will be able to upgrade their storage devices without the need to reformat their current RAID configurations providing an upgrade solution for faster data transfers. Support from RAID-0, 1, 5, and JBOD, RAID recovery and storage maintenance features provide reliability.

Version 2.0 web-based management interface feature details event logs, remote RAID management, and e-mail event notifications. In addition to RAID protection, RocketRAID-642 online capacity expansion to further provide the user with flexibility to add more HDDs to an existing RAID set. With features and high speed performance, it’s a solution for backup and drive capacity increase for most computers.

“Port multiplier storage is a proven technology and has been in market for more than 4 year. New 6Gb port multiplier provide a performance boast to existing models,” said Stanley Chan, director of business, Sans Digital. “With widely available 6Gb HDDs, along with this 6Gb backpane and 6Gb RAID controller, customer are finally unlock the true performance of 6Gb storage.“