EonStor DS S12/S16/S24 Series Hardware Manual
Single-Con
troller Model
Single-controller model comes with one controller module. The second controller slot
is filled with a dummy cage.
If the model name of a single controller RAID/JBOD is designated with the letter “S”,
it can be upgraded into a dual-controller configuration by adding another controller
module and firmware upgrade (see software manual). If the model name is
designated with a “G”, it is not upgradable to a dual controller configuration.
S16S-J2000-S: Upgradable to dual-controller configuration
S12S-J2000G or S12F-G1842 : NOT upgradable to dual-controller model
Connection between RAID and JBOD
There are two principles with the combinations of RAID and JBOD:
Dual-controller RAIDs connects to dual-controller JBODs.
Single-controller RAIDs connects to single-controller JBODs.
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