Product specs for National Instruments Corporation 782863-01

The NI HDD-8266 external hard-drive redundant array of inexpensive disks (RAID) enclosure expands NI high-speed streaming solutions by offering higher data streaming rates and storage capacities. It includes a hardware RAID controller and a set of 24 either 1 TB SATA hard drives for a total capacity of 24 TB or 146 GB SAS hard drives for a total capacity of 3.5 TB or 240 GB SSD hard drives for a total capacity of 5.7 TB. For maximum streaming bandwidth, you should interface the HDD-8266 to the NI PXIe-1085 chassis via an NI PXIe-8384 PCI Express x8 Gen 2 module in a peripheral slot and a x8 cabled PCI Express cable.

The HDD-8266 offers up to 2.6 GB/s read and write speed for the SATA drive option and up to 3.6 GB/s read and write speed for the SAS and SSD drive option.

The SSD version offers excellent shock and vibration protection that makes the RAID suitable for rugged applications.