TowerRAID 6G vs TowerRAID+ eSATA 6G Port Multiplier Performance Comparison
Model |
Host Interfaces |
Max Capacity |
Drive Bays |
RAID Capabilities |
TR4M6G |
eSATA 6G (6G PM*) |
16TB |
4 Bays |
0, 1, 10, 5, 5+Spare, Spanning, JBOD |
TR4M6GNC |
eSATA 6G (6G PM*) |
16TB |
4 Bays |
JBOD (No controller bundled) |
TR5M6G |
eSATA 6G (6G PM*) |
20TB |
5 Bays |
0, 1, 10, 5, 5+Spare, Spanning, JBOD |
TR8M6G |
eSATA 6G (6G PM*) |
32TB |
8 Bays |
0, 1, 10, 5, 5+Spare, Spanning, JBOD |
*6G PM - 6G Port Multiplier
World First 6G Port Multiplier Solution - No More 3G Bandwidth Limitation
The new TowerRAID 6G series implement latest 6G eSATA port multiplier chipset, and bundled with high bandwidth PCIe 2.0 x4 6G RAID controller. This combination of 6G solution increase the total bandwidth and result in higher performance, more suitable to use with current 6G hard drives.
Double Performance, Out Speed 3G Port Multiplier Product Line
The overall performance increase by using 6G and PCIe 2.0 x4 bandwidth, out perform any 3G eSATA port multiplier product in the market. RAID 0 and RAID 5 significant increase, more than double with older generation of 3G product.
Online RAID Migration & Expansion
Utilizing dedicated high performance processor and advanced RAID design, TowerRAID Plus Series is capable of real-time RAID mode alteration, and hard drive capacity expansion without the need to erase existing data minimizing down time. This is also no need to move existing data to a temporary location. All changes are performed in the background without interrupting data availability.
Mulitple RAID Volumes
TowerRAID Plus series supports multiple RAID volume, where different RAID modes could be setup within a single unit, allowing flexibility for various environments and applications. A multi-bay tower could be divided into smaller volumes that could be operated and administrated individually.
RAID Roaming
To increase protection, each RAID configuration is stored in both unit and the RAID controller card. In case of a hard drive and controller failure, RAID configuration is preserved allowing the administrator to move the complete RAID set to another system without loosing RAID configuration and most importantly, the data inside the RAID set.
Advance Web Based WebGUI Management
Built-in Web based GUI management tools provide all the necessary tools to create, manage and monitor your system. Real-time hard drives and RAID status, event log and e-mail notification of the RAID system can be setup in one easy to use interface.