RS540-E8-RS36-ECP is a 4U rack server that offers diverse RAID storage, exceptionally-high storage density, an optimized user experience. Engineered premium components for premium efficiency, RS540-E8-RS36-ECP is an ideal choice for datacenters and other high-performance enterprise applications.
Mass storage and flexibility in 4U and additional OS Kernal Disk
RS540-E8-RS36-ECP is equipped with 36 SAS/SATA 3.5-inch disk drive bays (24 front + 12 rear), and 2.5" hot-swap HDD bays per enclosure. The hot-swappable design provides non-stop high availability, making short work of maintenance. RS540-E8-RS36-ECP also offers great freedom when it comes to the choice of operating system drive type and placement, with M.2 slot available, and two hot-swappable 2.5-inch SSD bays.
ASUS PIKE II & 12G SAS Integration
ASUS PIKE II offers the latest 12Gb/s SAS together with PCI-E 3.0 solution. While ASUS latest 12Gb/s SAS doubles the data rate running at twice the speed of the previous generation, PCI-E 3.0 offers high reliability and faster speed connection. ASUS PIKE II meets user needs with support for 6Gb/s SATA and 12Gb/s SAS storage and integrated RAID data protection. Just placing the PIKE II card can immediately enlarge the capacity, improve the performance, and strengthen the signaling, making it the great upgrade option. Additionally, multiple HBAs allow multi-paths which improve over performance.
3+1 expansion
RS540-E8-RS36-ECP has high expandability with 3+1 expansion ports in a configuration: that means one PCI-E Gen3x16 slot, one PCI-E Gen3x8 slot, plus one PCI-E Gen3x8 slot OCP Mezzanine card for OCP such as the OCP 10Gbit/s LAN card.