Sans Digital MobileSTOR MS8X6+ - 8 Bay SATA/SAS to 6G SAS Expander JBOD Enclosure - Silver (ST-SAN-MS8X6+) 6G SAS Expander Technology- Connect 8 SAS or SATA drives with only oneSFF-8088 to 8088 Mini-.SAS cable to HBA (Host Bus Adapter) or RAID Controller. Superior Performance- With support of SATA 6G or SAS 6G hard drives and 24Gbps of data bandwidth, performance can reach over 1500MB/s in read/write, when using with RAID controller. Staggering Spin-Up- Built-in staggering spin-up for hard drives during power up. Thus, extending the life / duty cycle of the hard drives and power supply. Support Industry Standard SGPIO- Serial General Purpose Input/Output (SGPIO) is utilized to provide the hard drives health & enclosure real-time information via the mini-SAS connection cable to the HBA (host Bus Adapter) without additional serial cable. Scalability- Supports up to5 enclosures or up to40 hard drives daisy-chained together for capacity expansion. Multi-purposes- Supports both SAS (Serial SCSI) and SATA hard drives to meet the requirements of different applications with different price/performance characteristics. All hardware are included- Mini-SAS cable, cooling fan, tray modules and build-in mounting rail are included. By connecting to a SAS controller and hard drives will instantly increase the storage space. Build-in hot-swappable cooling fan andcarryinghandle