Mini-SAS Hardware RAID Docking with Thunderbolt™ 3
2 Mini-SAS ports, 2 Thunderbolt™ 3 ports, 1 Mini DisplayPort, Hot-Swappable Drive
Your best choice for Thunderbolt 3 expansion
Thru its two miniSAS ports, SA2TB3 could let your Mac or PC connect to 8 more external SAS or SATA storage enclosures thru its two Thunderbolt 3 Host Interface Port.
High efficiency Hardware RAID Docking Station for storage products
SA2TB3 is designed with the high efficiency hardware RAID features for RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 and JBOD modes. You could use an easy user interface tool of MSU, the Marvell GUI Utility, for setting up any of the RAID mode to fit into all your data protection or high data transfer requirements.
To support monitoring, buzzer, email notification, and S.M.A.R.T. features
The Marvel MSU Utility could help monitoring the RAID status while your SA2TB3 is working, and alert you thru beeping sound from a loud buzzer, and sending you a warning message thru e-mail system. MSU also records all the product status in detailed and helps testing your HDD quality thru its built-in S.M.A.R.T. testing software for you.
To support “SPARE” and “MIGRATE” features
Marvell MSU Utility provides “SPARE” feature which lets you set up a spare HDD/SSD as a redundant storage. Once any of your HDDs becomes defective, “SPARE” helps protecting your data thru transferring your data from that defect to the free HDD/SSD.
MSU Utility also gives you a very smart feature, called “MIGRATE”. “MIGRATE” lets you easily change your RAID setting. You no need reset your new RAID storage, and just only use “MIGRATE” function of MSU Utility, to migrate easily your RAID configure.
Adjust performance according to application flexibility
SA2TB3 use Marvell software, to adjust the hard drive and SA2TB3 transfer data via the “stripe size” function, so that SA2TB3 based on your use “stripe size” to achieve the most stable and fastest performance.
The intimate function adjustment and fault signal display design
The Power LED and system Failure Indications at Front Bezel tell you if your storage product is working properly. Also, SA2TB3 could let you adjust a lower fan speed thru a Fan Speed Control Switch at Front Bezel as well to meet a less power consumption and lower noise green environment! By the way, in order to protect your data from damaging to HDD by heat, it has a smart in-chassis thermal sensor design to turn on a full speed at the Fan while reaching to 55ºC. And the smart sensor returns the Fan Speed Control back to the Fan Speed Control Switch while the in-chassis temperature drops down to 50ºC.
In addition, if the fan fails or the device temperature is too high, the buzzer will beep and let the user know that the device has failed. The user can turn off or turn on the buzzer through the mute adjustment switch on the front panel.
Its Mini DisplayPort to give you an easy connecting to display device
All our Thunderbolt 3 products also support a Mini DisplayPort which gives you a very easy way to connect to your display device. This Mini DisplayPort is fully complaint to all the existing DVI, HDMI, and VGA display devices thru an adapter.
The solid iron chassis and the two powerful Silent Fans
SA2TB3’s solid chassis is made by a thickness iron plate. And its iron housing and the two 4 cm FANs (with safe FAN GUARDs) really help an efficient heat dissipation for your long time use.
LTO (Linear Tape-Open) Drive Bridge to Thunderbolt 3
A solid and durable structure with a stylish chassis design
SA2TB3 is having a stylish chassis design. You could put an iMac or a monitor while using your Mac or PC on top of its solid and durable mechanism structure for space saving purpose. And also, its icon sheet metal chassis could also help an excellent heat dissipation to keep a cool working environment for all its electronic parts.
A good Docking to connect to your storage products
SA2TB3 helps connecting your Mac or PC to any miniSAS storage product. And once you buy and upgrade your new Mac or PC (with TB3 interface), you could still use all your existing miniSAS storage products from having this SA2TB3 docking product.
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