The
TowerRAID TR8X+BP
is
an 8-bay RAID 5 tower with mini-SAS connection for high
transfer rates of up to 650MB/s. The TR8X+BP is bundled with a high-performance RAID
controller card (RR2722, PCIe 2.0 x8 6G RAID controller) that offloads complicated RAID
calculations from the computer to lower CPU utilization. High performance could be achieved
with a lower cost of ownership compared to RAID embedded subsystems. RAID setup and
maintenance could be controlled via built-in web browser interfaces, and the unit is
supportive of e-mail notification and real-time event log. Utilizing high bandwidth mini-SAS
(SFF-8088) cabling, the TR8X+BP supports 6Gb/s SAS or SATA hard drives to deliver superior
read / write speeds that are crucial in performance-driven environments such as video editing
industry and high performance computer. The mini-SAS connection connects eight hard drives
connections into two ports, reducing possible points of failures, while preserving
uninterrupted data transfer. The TR8X+BP also supports SATA drives, allowing users the
option to choose between high performance and high capacity storage solutions. Windows,
MAC, Linux and VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0 or 4.1 are supported.
