Dell Inc. has introduced a new expansion enclosure for its PowerEdge server line, the MD1280. This ultra-dense expansion enclosure offers adding up to 84 drives in a 5U form factor. The MD1280 can be expanded to two shelves, giving up to 168 drives in a 10U rack space and supports HDD with capacities up to 8TB or 1.344PB. Dell states that the MD1280 can maintain compute power while adding capacity.
Dell Inc. has introduced a new expansion enclosure for its PowerEdge server line, the MD1280. This ultra-dense expansion enclosure offers adding up to 84 drives in a 5U form factor. The MD1280 can be expanded to two shelves, giving up to 168 drives in a 10U rack space and supports HDD with capacities up to 8TB or 1.344PB. Dell states that the MD1280 can maintain compute power while adding capacity.
The MD1280 allows companies to expand their storage in a low footprint that will turn into savings as they continue to expand their data centers. The drives can be added in to the JBOD in a modular fashion starting with 28 drives and added in 14 drives as capacity demands. The expansion enclosure comes with hot-pluggable drives, fans, EMMS, and PSUs to minimize downtime.
MD1280 specifications:
- Drive count per chassis: Up to 84 hot-pluggable 3.5” drive bays
- Drive performance and capacities:
- 3.5” NL-SAS 6Gb HDD (7.2K): 4TB, 6TB
- 3.5” NL-SAS 4kn or 512e 6Gb HDD (7.2K): 6TB
- 3.5” NL-SAS 512e 6Gb HDD (7.2K): 8TB
- Maximum capacity per enclosure: Up to 672TB when using 84 x 8TB NL-SAS 3.5” HDDs
- Expansion capabilities: LSI 9207-8e SAS HBA or LSI 9286-8e SAS RAID card
- Enclosure Management Modules (EMM): 2 EMM provide redundant enclosure management capability
- Connectivity per EMM: 3 mini-SAS connectors for connection to the host or expansion
- Service management: 3.5 mm Stereo Plug (for factory use only)
- Wattage (AC only, no DC option): 2800W
- Host heat dissipation: 9554 BTU/hr
- Input voltage range: 200-240 VAC
- Frequency range: 50/60 Hz
- Amperage: 8.6 – 4.3A (x2)
- Height x width x depth: 22.230 cm (8.8”) x 48.260 cm (19”) x 91.44 cm (36”)
- Weight: 130.1 kg (287 lb) (maximum configuration) 62.1 kg (137 lb) (empty)
- Temperature:
- Operating: 10° to 35°C (50° to 95°F) with maximum temperature gradation of 20°C per hour
- Non-operating: -40° to 65°C (-40° to 149°F) at a maximum altitude of 12,000 m (39,370 ft)
- Relative Humidity:
- Operating: 10% to 80% (non-condensing) with 29°C (82.4°F) maximum dewpoint
- Non-operating: 5% to 95% (non-condensing) with 33°C (91°F) maximum dewpoint
- Altitude:
- Operating: -16 to 3048 m (-50 to 10,000 ft)
- Storage: -16 to 10,600 m (-50 to 35,000 ft)
- Inlet type:
- 0 to 3,048 m (0 to 10,000 ft)
- NOTE: Up to 35°C maximum temperature is reduced by 1°C/300 m (1°F/547 ft) above 950 m (3,117 ft)
Availability and pricing
The Dell MD1280 is available now and starts as low as $33,229.00
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