The AccuSTOR AS316IXR is a 3U rack-mountable 6G SAS JBOD rackmount for expansion with AccuRAID AR316IR or AR316ITR, SAS/SATA to iSCSI RAID storage system. Built-in with dual IO SAS controllers, the AS316IXR provide high availability and high redundant expansion storage for iSCSI storage. Utilizing the latest 6G SAS/SATA technology, the AS316IXR provides mini-SAS host to 16 high performance 6G SAS hard drives or high capacity SATA drives (Additional Mux Board required for SATA drives). The AS316IXR includes two mini-SAS ports for expansion with the AR316IR or AR316ITR RAID head unit allowing it to expand up to 3 additional units, which equals to a total of 64 HDD bays (3U-16 AR316IR or AR316ITR plus 3 3U-16 AS316IXR supporting a maximum of 196TB with 3TB hard drives). When connect to AR316IR or AR316ITR and AS316IXR, it establish a single multi-terabyte RAID capable volume saving users the cost of purchasing additional RAID units. Redundant power supply, hot-swappable cooling fan and c