The EliteSTOR ES104X12 is a 1U SAS 12G JBOD rackmount for high capacity storage solution. Utilizing the latest 12G SAS expander technology, the ES104X12G provides up to 48Gb/s or 4800MB/s of data bandwidth to fulfill the most demanding application. The ES104X12G supports SATA or SAS 12Gb/s hard drives or SSD and is backward compatible to 6Gb/s SAS & SATA hard drives. By directly connect hard drives using mini-SAS HD (SFF-8644) cable, the ES104X12G supports up to 4 12G SAS or 6G SATA drives with the best performance available, while cut down cabling issues by using one mini-SAS HD SFF-8644 cable. With a high performance RAID controller card such as Areca 12G RAID controller ARC-1883X or LSI MegaRAID series, the ES104X12G is capable of delivering highest performance available in the market, and doubling the existing 6G SAS bandwidth. All necessary hardware comes standard including mini-SAS HD cable and hard drives tray modules. The ES104X12G is an ideal storage expansion solution for servers or high performance video editing workstations.