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NEWISYS^® NDS-3160

SAS 2.0 based SBB Implemented 3U x 16 HDD Enclosure

Robust Cost-effective Storage Head/Expansion

The Newisys^® NDS-3160 SAS/SATA 3.5" hard disk drive (HDD) Storage Head/Expansion array enables scalable capacity and performance, with linkage via standard serial attached SCSI (SAS 2.0) protocol for intense data streaming applications. The NDS-3160 Storage Expansion offers best-in-class performance supporting 6 Gb/sec SAS 2.0 host and SAS/SATA HDD connections, "green" energy efficiency and 24x7 high-availability redundancies of key components.

Product Highlights:

• Full-featured robust 6Gb/sec high-performance SAS 2.0 and SBB implemented storage enclosure
• Operation with either single I/O controller or dual I/O controller for redundant failover
• Multiple Drive partitioning/split-bus zoning modes
• Sold with Newisys JBOD SAS 2.0 I/O controllers or as an Open Bay model to support OEM ABOD/RBOD controllers in an SBB implemented canister
• Hot-pluggable I/O controller(s) and dual redundant high efficiency advanced power/cooling (APC) modules
• Redundant system cooling blowers per APC that are powered by either APC module
• Two SFF-8088 6 Gb/sec SAS 2.0 host and expansion connections support up to 2,400 MB/sec bandwidth each
• Flexibility to choose SAS or SATA drives to achieve the right performance, reliability and price
• Modular design increases product configuration flexibility
• Standard chassis customization and branding available
• SAS Point-to-point connectivity isolates drive failures, increasing reliability and fault tolerance, and improving performance
• SAS daisy-chain expansion to additional NDS-3160 storage arrays and other SFF-8088 SAS compliant host/expansion ports

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