REXP-1600U-RP

SAS/SATA/SSD RAID Expansion Enclosure for Turbo NAS

Review

REXP-1600U-RP

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QNAP

2013-07-22

Brand of the year 2013 - PC-WELT (Germany) (2013/7/22)

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QNAP

2013-07-22

Brand of the year 2013 - PC-WELT (Germany) (2013/7/22)

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Flexible storage scalability for Turbo NAS. Simple & reliable.

The QNAP REXP-1600U-RP expansion enclosure is designed for expanding the storage space on the Turbo NAS and can support maximum 1 PB raw capacity* by connecting multiple expansion enclosures via high speed mini SAS cables. This is especially useful for large data applications, such as video surveillance, data archiving, and TV broadcast storage.

Highlights:

Plug and use, seamless capacity expansion
High density, high efficiency and high scalability
Flexibly manage storage with the QTS Storage Manger
Supports SAS/SATA 6Gbps hard drives and SSD
Backup storage for the Turbo NAS

*Supported Turbo NAS models and maximum number of applicable expansion enclosures.

Supported NAS models	TS-870U-RP TS-879U-RP TS-EC879U-RP TS-EC880U TVS-871U-RP	TS-1270U-RP TS-1279U-RP TS-EC1279U-RP TS-EC1279U-SAS-RP TS-EC1280U TVS-1271U-RP	TS-1679U-RP TS-EC1679U-RP TS-EC1679U-SAS-RP TS-EC1680U	TS-EC2480U
RAM of NAS	>= 4GB	>= 4GB	>= 4GB	>= 4GB
Maximum number of connected REXP-1600U-RP	8	8	8	8
Maximum number of hard drives	136	140	144	152
Maximum raw capacity**	1088 TB	1120 TB	1152 TB	1216 TB
Maximum RAID group size in NAS	64 TB	96 TB	128 TB	192 TB
Maximum RAID group size in REXP-1600U-RP	128 TB
Maximum number of RAID groups per storage pool	128
Maximum storage pool size	308 TB
Maximum number of storage pools per system	128
Maximum Flexible Volume size	250 TB
Maximum iSCSI LUN size	250 TB

Turbo NAS models	SS-EC2479U-SAS-RP	SS-EC1879U-SAS-RP	SS-EC1279U-SAS-RP
RAM of NAS	>= 4GB	>= 4GB	>= 4GB
Maximum number of connected REXP-1600U-RP	8*	8*	8*
Maximum number of hard drives	152	146	140
Maximum raw capacity**	1048 TB	1042 TB	1036 TB
Maximum RAID group size in NAS	24 TB	18 TB	12 TB
Maximum RAID group size in REXP-1600U-RP		128 TB
Maximum number of RAID groups per storage pool		128
Maximum storage pool size		308 TB
Maximum number of storage pools per system		128
Maximum Flexible Volume size		250 TB
Maximum iSCSI LUN size		250 TB

* Optional purchase of SAS expansion card is required for connecting over 4 units of RAID expansion enclosures.

Turbo NAS models	TS-470 TS-470 Pro	TS-670 TS-670 Pro	TS-870 TS-870 Pro
RAM of NAS	>= 2GB	>= 2GB	>= 2GB
Maximum number of connected REXP-1600U-RP	2	2	2
Maximum number of hard drives	36	38	40
Maximum raw capacity**	288 TB	304 TB	320 TB
Maximum RAID group size in NAS	32 TB	48 TB	64 TB
Maximum RAID group size in REXP-1600U-RP		128 TB
Maximum number of RAID groups per storage pool		128
Maximum storage pool size	180 TB	190 TB	200 TB
Maximum number of storage pools per system		128
Maximum Flexible Volume size		250 TB
Maximum iSCSI LUN size		250 TB

** The maximum capacity is calculated by using 8TB HDDs.

Plug and use, seamless capacity expansion

Simply connect a REXP-1600U-RP to a Turbo NAS* and power it on. The Turbo NAS will detect the hard drives in the REXP-1600U-RP as newly installed local drives. The Turbo NAS capacity can be expanded seamlessly by using the powerful QTS Storage Manager.

*QTS.4 or newer is required for the Turbo NAS.

Missing mode protection

When the disconnection of a RAID expansion enclosure is detected, the Turbo NAS blocks IO access to protect data. The system can recover from the missing mode to the normal state with data staying intact.

High density, high efficiency and highly scalable

The REXP-1600U-RP supports 16 hard drives and 96TB raw capacity in 3U rack space. The REXP-1600U-RP has two SAS wide ports (IN port and OUT port) for host connectivity and daisy-chain respectively. Each SAS wide port combines four SAS channels(maximum 8 SAS channels supported per expansion enclosure). The solution delivers unprecedented performance of up to 24Gbps per host connection.

Powerful QTS Storage Manager

QTS Storage Manager neatly presents tools and options for managing system storage with an intuitive graphical user interface, which simplifies the process of NAS capacity expansion and REXP-1600U-RP management. IT administrators can easily monitor the health status of REXP-1600U-RP and the disks within it. When cascading multiple expansion enclosures in a rack, the Locate Disk and Locate Enclosure functions assist IT administrators for quick maintenance.

An excellent backup solution for the Turbo NAS

In addition to expanding an existing volume, IT administrators can use the REXP-1600U-RP as a budget-friendly external storage to perform speedy and secure backup tasks for the Turbo NAS. The QNAP RTRR (Real-Time Remote Replication) or rsync service lets IT administrators back up the Turbo NAS data to the REXP-1600U-RP on a real time or scheduled basis.

Flexible drive type and capacity

The REXP-1600U-RP offers high flexibility in hard drive selection. IT administrators can choose enterprise-level SAS HDDs with high performance and high reliability for mission critical applications, low-cost but high-capacity SATA HDDs for large data archiving, or high-speed and high stability SSDs for I/O intensive operations.

Accessories(optional purchase)

Order P/N	Product descriptions
SAS-6G2E-U	Dual-wide-port storage expansion card, SAS 6Gbps. Applied NAS models: TS-879U-RP, TS-EC879U-RP, TS-1279U-RP, TS-EC1279U-RP, TS-1679U-RP, TS-EC1679U-RP, TS-EC1279U-SAS-RP, TS-EC1679U-SAS-RP, TS-870U-RP, TS-1270U-RP. Note: The storage expansion card is used to be installed in NAS for connecting to the RAID Expansion Enclosures.
RAIL-A03-57	A03 series (Chassis) rail kit, max. load 57 kg
CAB-SAS10M-8088	Mini SAS external cable (SFF-8088 to SFF-8088), 1.0 m
CAB-SAS05M-8088	Mini SAS external cable (SFF-8088 to SFF-8088), 0.5 m
CAB-SAS10M-8644-8088	Mini SAS external cable (SFF 8644 to SFF 8088), 1.0 m Note: A 12Gb/s SAS for 6Gb/s SAS cable is required to connect the REXP-1600 to a 12Gb/s SAS-enabled NAS or 12Gb/s SAS-enabled REXP-1620U-RP/REXP-1220U-RP. The transfer rate over the cable will be 6Gb/s.