Proware EP-3164D-GAS3, User Manual

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iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem
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“/ Enclosure management / S.M.A.R.T.” can display S.M.A.R.T. information of all
PDs, including Local and all SAS JBODs.
SAS JBOD expansion has some constraints as described in the followings:
1
User can create RAID group among multiple chassis/enclosures; the maximum
number of disks in a single RAID group is 32.
2 Global spare disk can support all RAID groups which can be located in the different
chassis/enclosure.
3 When support SATA drives for the redundant JBOD model, the SAS-SATA Bridge
board is required. The SATA Dongle board does not apply to this model.
4 The following table is the maximum JBOD numbers and maximum HDD numbers
with different chassis/enclosures can be cascaded.
RAID Storage
System
Dual controller
+
Dual JBOD
Single controller
+
Single JBOD
24
bays
16
bays
12
bays
24
bays
16
bays
12 bays
JBOD 24 bays no. 2 2 2 4 4 4
Max HDD no. 72 64 60 120 112 108
JBOD 16 bays no. 3 3 3 6 6 6
Max HDD no. 72 64 60 120 112 108
JBOD 12 bays no. 4 4 4 8 8 8
Max HDD no. 72 64 60 120 112 108