The EliteNAS EN208L12DT Intel Quad Core 64 bit Edition is a comprehensive feature-dense 2U 8-bay NAS + iSCSI unified / hybrid storage rackmount with the Intel Dual-Core processor and 8GB DDR-4 ECC memory. The EN208L12DT is a performance tuned NAS + iSCSI + Fibre Channel storage designed with hardware RAID protection and Dual 10GBase-T Ethernet, capable of unlimited clients with network share, and supports in IP SAN storage. Built-in SATA RAID 6 supports up to 64TB of total storage, and an optional SAS expander feature allows expansion of up to 120 drives, using additional EliteSTOR SAS Expander JBOD storage units, making a total of 960TB total storage in a network sharing or iSCSI / FC SAN environment. With both 12G SAS and SATA, the EN208L12DT is capable of fulfillng the most demanding storage needs. Dual Port 10GBase-T and Hardware RAID Hard Drives ProtectionEliteNAS is built with simple setup and maintenance features. Installation wizard for easy implementation, convenience web-based management for local or remote configuration, Dual 10GBase-T (10/100/1000/10000, backward compatible with Gigabit Ethernet) network support for teaming or redundant networking. Dedicated hardware RAID support for hard drives storage make the EliteNAS a simple, trouble free unit. Dedicated dual core hardware RAID processor RAID engines support online migration and expansion while offloading complex RAID calculations to improve overall performance.SAS Expander Support for Storage ExpansionSAS expander module upgrade kit allows it to connect additional SAS expander JBODs (EliteSTOR ES208X12, ES316X12 or ES424X12), or up to 120 total drives. (Additional Gateway License required)Support 12G SAS or 6G SATA hard drivesSupport to both high performance 12G SAS hard drives or high capacity, low cost 6G SATA hard drives.Hardware RAID support up to 60Supports latest RAID levels, including RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 for advanced data protection in large numbers of hard drive deployments. Feature Rich Network Storage - Build-in Snapshot, Folder Replication and iSCSIIn comparison to other NAS units in the market, EliteNAS is bundled with many additional advanced features at no additional charge. iSCSI target support for iSCSI applications, iSCSI initiator support for easy future expansion, NAS to NAS folder replication, scheduled or on-demand volume snapshot, and local tape backup support, are just a few of the many features this product offers.iSCSI Support for VMware and Microsoft Hyper-VTo take advantage of centralized storage for all virtual machines in VMware ESX or Vsphere, the EN208L12DT can be used as a focal storage point for the VMWare ESX or ESXi server hosting multiple virtual machines. Utilizing the EN208L12DT as an iSCSI target storage system for the VMware ESX/ESXi server, the EN208L12DT is ready for your VMware storage virtualization needs. Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization environment is also supported. With the support of SPC-3, iSCSI can be used in Microsoft Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2016 clustering environment for high-availability applications.