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Burly Port Multiplier Enclosures - A cost effective high performance storage solution
 Port multiplier enclosures are some of the easiest and least expensive storage solutions to come along in recent years. With the installation of a simple host card, high speed multi-drive storage can be added to most computers. Software RAID or JBOD configurations are simply managed within the operating system allowing the simplest most cost effective storage available.
Drives contained in Port Multiplier Enclosures can be software RAIDed within Disk Management (Microsoft) or Disk Utility (Mac) across multiple enclosures to create huge, very fast storage volumes. Each individual Port Multiplier board contained within an enclosure is capable of approximately 220 MB⁄s. Individual PM boards can be combined with multiple drives to create blazing fast storage arrays. The Burly 6PM, 8PM and 9PM enclosures are examples of enclosures that have 2 or even 3 PM boards installed. Combining board bandwidth increases the maximum speed of an array. Multiple boards need not be in the same enclosure to achieve the benefit. RAIDing drives across multiple enclosures gains the benefit of multiple PM boards used.
Port Multiplier capable Host Cards are available for most desktop and laptop computers. 2 port cards have limited bandwidth of about 150 MB⁄s. The 4 port cards can support up to 20 drives and are capable of 800+ MB⁄s.
For a low cost option check out the Burly Economy Enclosures
Trayless option!
The solution to many requests for a robust trayless enclosure has now been achieved. Burly Storage has been looking for that solution for some time and it’s now available in the Burly Enclosure line. If you want your enclosure to include the trayless bays simply choose "Trayless" in the "Bay Type" pull-down menu on most Burly Enclosures. CLICK HERE for a complete description and photos.
Our Most Popular Product Line!
- Up to 5 drives per cable
- Each cable capable of up to 220 MB⁄s
- Designed for 24⁄7 operation
- Multiple cooling fans to keep your drives alive
- Available with standard, LCD or Trayless Hotswap bays
- 6PM and 12RPM Enclosures have lo-profile tray systems compatible with Burly lite 1 Bay
- Up to 36TB in one enclosure - up to 60TB on a single host card
- Mac OS X, Windows® & Linux compatible
- PM Enclosures are capable of any size drive
- Drive sizes can be mixed within an enclosure
- 4PM, 5PM and 6PM Dimensions: 7"w x 15.3"d x 10.3"h
- 8PM and 9PM Desktop Enclosures Dimensions: 7"w x 18"d x 17"h
- 8RPM, 9RPM or 12RPM RACK Enclosure Dimensions: 19"w x 19.69"d x 6.96"h
- 300 watt built in power supply standard
- Standard 1-Year Factory Warranty with lifetime support
- All steel enclosure chassis, strong enough to stand on
- 4PM and 5PM attach with 1 eSATA cable
- 6PM, 8PM and 8RPM attach with 2 eSATA cables
- 9PM and 9RPM attach with 3 eSATA cables
- 12RPM attaches with 4 eSATA cables
- The 5PM Enclosure offers the most drives you can attach to a single cable
- Each Port Multiplier is capable of 220 MB⁄s
- 2 PM Boards combined (Burly 6 or 8 Bay Enclosure) capable of 400 MB⁄s
- 3 PM Boards combined (Burly 9 Bay Enclosure) capable of 600 MB⁄s
- 4 PM Boards combined (Burly 12 Bay Rack Enclosure) capable of 800 MB⁄s
- Multiple single board enclosures may be combined for the same benefit
- We only use drives with Retail Firmware for the best overall performance and reliability
- Port Multiplier enclosure of your choice
- Drives ordered with the enclosure will be installed, tested and formatted
- External eSATA data cables included, your choice of length
- Standard 110-volt power cord
- Requires a computer installed PM capable host card - Not included
- The Burly Storage Tech Department comes with your new enclosure, a call or email away
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