Lacie 12BIG RACK SERIAL 2 User Manual

12big Rack Serial 2

Serial

JBOD with Mini SAS Connectivity

Direct-Attached, Expandable, Quiet Storage

Up to 120TB SATA | 57.6TB SAS

REDUNDANT

Direct-Attached and Quiet

The LaCie 12big Rack Serial 2 is perfectly suited for professionals who need a way to expand the storage of their workstation or server. By using a Mini SAS R AID controller, you can connect the 12big Rack Serial 2 to your workstation to instantly receive from 6TB to 24TB in a single 2U chassis. Its casing adheres to SSB international standard references, delivering increased quality and affordability, along with near-silent operation. Additionally, it supports SES (SCSI Enclosure Services) 2.0, which allows you to closely monitor the status of your disks and enclosure, so you can work conﬁdently.

Expandable

LaCie 12big Rack Serial 2 is an accessible and reliable 12disk JBOD array providing a convenient and robust way for organization to expand their network’s storage capacity. By daisy-chaining several enclosures, users can create 96 SAS or 60 SATA disk arrays reaching 120TB of data. 12big Rack Serial 2 can also be used as expansion unit with any other 12big Rack product to get additional storage and performance. Reach 1050 MB/s* with only 12 drives when using a 6Gb/s RAID controller.

Mini SA S

Input Connector

Mini SA S

Output Connector

DUAL POWER &

COOLING UNITS

SCSI

Professional Components and Support

Attached

To ensure the best quality, only Enterprise Class disks are used in the LaCie 12big Rack Serial 2, meaning that you can fully rely on the system to protect your data. They have been developed with Rotational Vibration Safeguard® (RVS) technology, helping them to be even more reliable and robust. It even supports mixed SAS and SATA drive configurations. 100% of the enclosures and 100% of the disks are tested, and if you experience any issues with your 12big Rack Serial 2, you have access to the best customer support in the industry. We offer advance product swap, access to specially-trained tech support in your country, and escalation to the 12big Core Team if your issue isn’t resolved within 24 hours.

Fully Redundant—Fully Reliable

In addition to the 12 hot-swappable disks and individually tested enclosures, the LaCie 12big Rack Serial 2’s I/O modules, Mini SAS links, power and cooling module can be replaced on the ﬂy, providing the ultimate in redundancy and security. Within the 12big Rack Serial 2, there is no single point of failure. LaCie 12big Rack Serial is compatible with all high-performance Mini SAS RAID controllers. For optimized throughput and higher reliability, LaCie recommends using ATTO R380 cards.

Left Power and

Cooling Module

Maintenance

Connector

Empty Slot for

Additional

I/O Module

Right Power and Cooling Module

• Direct-attached, quiet storage

• Expandable up to 120TB

• 1050MB/s with 12 drives

• Fully redundant**

Direct-Attached

12big Rack Serial 2

ATTO R380

RAID Controller

2 x Mini SAS ports

(SFF-8088)

Workstation

Expansion

Mini SAS

12big Rack Serial 2

ATTO R380 SAS RAID Controller

Mini SAS

Connection

Server

• One workstation attached to four 12big Rack Serial 2 units via a R AID host bus adaptor (ATTO R380/R680 recommended for best performance)

• Reach 1050 MB/s* with 12 SAS drives RAID 5 for a turnkey, HD post production creative suite

Capacity***

Item Number

Number of Drives

Drives Supported

Controller

External Interface

Error/Status Reporting

Expansion

Dimensions

Power

6TB SATA Enterprise Drive 12TB SATA Enterprise Drive 24TB SATA Enterprise Drive 7.2TB SAS Enterprise Drive

131140 131141 131142 131143

6 x 1TB 12 x 1TB 12 x 2TB 12 x 600GB

Hot-swappable enterprise class drives SAS 15 krpm or SATA II 7200 rpm (3Gb/s)

Single SAS I/O module

Mini SAS (SFF 8088): 1 x IN, 1 x OUT

SES (SCSI Enclosure Services) 2.0

Through daisy chaining of several LaCie 12big Rack Serial 2 units (96 SAS drives or 60 SATA drives)

Height: 87.9mm (3.46”) 2 EIA units Width: 443.7mm (17.49”) IEC Rack Compliant Depth: 550mm (21.65”) Weight: 32.2kg (71 lbs.) dual I/O module conﬁguration with drives

Consumption: 300W typical Voltage: 100-240VAC Frequency: 48-62 Hz

Environmental

(Operating)

Environmental

(Non-Operating)

Warranty

Box Content

Temperature: 5º to 40ºC (41º to 104º F) Shock: 5g 10ms 1/2 sine Humidity: 10% to 80% non-condensing Vibration: random 0.21 grms 5-500Hz Altitude: 0 to 2133 m (0 to 7,000’) Acoustics: <58 dB LpA @20º C

Temperature: 1º to 50ºC (33.8º to 122º F) Shock: 30g 10ms 1/2 sine (test without drives) Humidity: 8% to 80% non-condensing Vibration: random 1.04 grms 2-200Hz (test without drives) Altitude: 0 to 12,192m (0 to 40,000’)

5 years on drives and chassis including sub parts / Advance product swap / Dedicated local support team

LaCie 12big Rack Serial 2 / SFF-8088 to SFF-8088 Mini SAS cable (1m) / Rack mounting rail kit / UK, EU, US power cords

Compatibility

Windows Server 2003 (IA32, EM64T, IA64) / RedHat Linux AS4/EL5 (IA32, EM64T, IA64), SuSE Linux 9/10 (IA32, EM64T, IA64) / Mac OS X 10.4 and later

• One server attached to up to ve SATA drives or eight SAS drives in 12big Rack Serial 2 enclosure

• Incredible speed and massive capacity for the most challenging HD, ﬁlm, and video (on- and ofﬂine) projects

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LaCie 12big Rack Serial 2 Accessories:

Accessory Name

SATA Spare Drive

SAS Spare Drive

I/O Module

Mini SAS Cables

Power/Cooling Module

* Measurement performed with 1x RAID 5 array over 12 SAS drives 600GB with 6Gb/s RAID controller, quad core Xeon @ 1.87 GHz, 24GB DDR3 RAM. ** In dual I/O conﬁguration. *** 1TB (Terabyte) = 1,000GB. 1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending upon operating environment (typically 5–10% less).

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Available in USA, Canada, Italy, UK, Switzerland, Spain, Sweden, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Australia, and Hong Kong.

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For replacement or expansion of dual controller 12big Rack Fibre or Fibre 8 units needing dual I/O modules.

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Item # Description

131003 LaCie Spare 1TB LaCie 12big Rack enterprise class drive with hot swappable drawer

131004 LaCie Spare 2TB LaCie 12big Rack enterprise class drive with hot swappable drawer

131064 LaCie Spare SAS 600GB LaCie 12big Rack enterprise class drive with hot swappable drawer

131099 LaCie 12big Rack Serial 2 I/O module

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131013 LaCie 2m Mini SAS cables

131095 LaCie 12big Rack Fibre 8 rescue power and cooling module

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