Featuring dual controllers an OLED indicator & a short-depth rackmount design the 3U 16-bay TL-R1620 Sdc SAS 12 Gb/s storage expansion enclosure is ideal for expanding the storage capacity of dual-controller QNAP NAS. Both controllers have three Mini-SAS HD (SFF-8644) ports supporting 12 Gbps SAS & Broadcom SAS Data Bolt bandwidth optimization technology. The dual path mini-SAS design sustains continuous operations even if an external JBOD cable is disconnected. Up to 7 TL-R1620 Sdc units can be daisy-chained via high-speed Mini-SAS HD cables providing scalability & high reliability for mission-critical storage of file servers virtualization surveillance medium-sized data center multimedia & more. Key Product Info Flexibly & economically expand the storage space of a dual-controller QNAP NAS for petabyte-level storage capacity Dual path mini-SAS design with a redundant power supply for enhanced system reliability QNAP dual-controller NAS can detect JBOD connections & enter missing mode protection to prevent data corruption Data Bolt bandwidth optimization combines two 6 Gb/s connections into one 12 Gb/s data stream to achieve faster speed with existing 6 Gb/s infrastructure Manage the storage space & settings of the connected TL-R1620 Sdc with Storage Manager on the host NASThe space-efficient short depth design makes it easy to install in small media cabinets or places with a lot of cabling Product Features. Failure-resistant with a dual-controller dual-path design Connect the TL-R1620 Sdc to a dual-controller QNAP NAS & create a redundant cross loop configuration that provides expansion units with redundant paths to the base NAS & protection between JBOD connections. If one or more paths to the TL-R1620 Sdc disconnect other expansion units can still communicate with the base NAS. This is essential for intermachine data protection & capacity scalability for uninterrupted mission-critical enterprise tasks. Highly efficient reliable & scalable The TL-R1620 Sdc is powered by a low-power 28nm SAS35x 28R SAS Expander & supports 12/6 Gb/s SAS/SATA drives. Both controllers have three Mini-SAS HD (SFF-8644) ports & each SAS wide port combines four SAS 12 Gb/s channels for up to 48 Gbps bandwidth. Supports SAS Data Bolt technology delivers 12 Gb/s speed using existing 6 Gb/s infrastructure Featuring Broadcom SAS Data Bolt bandwidth optimization technology the TL-R1620 Sdc has an intelligent data buffer for transferring data to drives at speeds that match the performance of the host NAS. Whether the TL-R1620 Sdc uses 12 Gb/s or 6 Gb/s drives the NAS host will transfer data to the TL-R1620 Sdc at 12 Gb/s allowing you benefit from high-speed 12 Gb/s SAS transmission with existing 6 Gb/s infrastructure. Leverage the 6 Gbps SAS to SATA drive adapter to install 2.5-inch SATA SSDs While SATA 6 Gb/s SSDs provide high-performance yet affordable storage the lack of dual-port support makes them unsuitable for dual-controller environments. The QDA-SA2 adapter allows the use of a SATA 6 Gb/s drive in a 3.5-inch SAS drive bay
- providing the ability to expand storage capacity by using cost-effective SATA drives. By installing a SATA drive with the QDA-SA2 into the dual-controller TL-R1620 Sdc the SATA drive can share these SAS dual-port advantages to ensure a high-availability fault-tolerant enterprise storage environment..