NORCO DS-1240 with 3x Infiniband Multilane 4-channel interface storage array, supports both 1.5 Gb/s and 3Gb/s Serial ATA transfer rates. The enclosure comes with twelve SATA 3.5" hot-swappable drive trays and directly plug-in backplane, providing optimize performance and scalebility RAID solutions. With the optional third-party RAID controller, it can be configured as RAID level 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 or JBOD external RAID Array.

Features:

• 3U rack height.
• Three Infiniband Multilane 4-channel external female connectors, thumbscrew-type, total 12 external SATA channels
• 1.5 Gb/s SATA Gen 1 and 3 Gb/s SATA Gen 2 host and drive support.
• Supports up to twelve 3.5" SATA-I or SATA-II disk drives;
• Excellent cooling system ensures drive reliability;
• Hot-swappable disk drive tray with special designed power-off and lock mechanism;
• Monitor and alarm indicators for temperature and fans
• Additional trays available
• Optional third-party RAID controller cards* support RAID level 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and JBOD

*Compatible third-party RAID Controllers:
HighPoint RocketRAID 2322 Host Adapter (PCIe, 8 lanes) HighPoint RocketRAID 2224 Host Adapter (PCI/PCI-X, 4 lanes)
Areca ARC-1110ML (PCI-X, 4 lanes)
Areca ARC-1120ML (PCI-X, 8 lanes)
Areca ARC-1130ML (PCI-X, 12 lanes)
Areca ARC-1210ML (PCIe, 4 lanes)
Areca ARC-1220ML (PCIe, 8 lanes)
Areca ARC-1230ML (PCIe, 12lanes)
NORCO-4154 adapter (Infiniband to 4x Internal SATA connectors, 4 channnel each) for other RAID controller cards