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The Lenovo Storage D1212 and D1224 Disk Expansion Enclosures offer 12 Gbps SAS direct-attached storage expansion capabilities that are designed to provide simplicity, speed, scalability, security, and high availability for small to large businesses. The D1212 and D1224 deliver enterprise-class storage technology in a cost-effective solution with flexible drive configurations and RAID or JBOD (non-RAID) host connectivity.
The D1212 and D1224 expansion units are designed for a wide range of workloads, including big data and analytics, video surveillance, media streaming, private clouds, file and print serving, e-mail and collaboration, and databases. They also well-suited for software defined storage (SDS) and Windows Server solutions with Storage Spaces.
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The Lenovo Storage D1212 and D1224 Disk Expansion Enclosures offer 12 Gbps SAS direct-attached storage expansion capabilities that are designed to provide simplicity, speed, scalability, security, and high availability for small to large businesses. The D1212 and D1224 deliver enterprise-class storage technology in a cost-effective solution with flexible drive configurations and RAID or JBOD (non-RAID) host connectivity.
The D1212 and D1224 expansion units are designed for a wide range of workloads, including big data and analytics, video surveillance, media streaming, private clouds, file and print serving, e-mail and collaboration, and databases. They also well-suited for software defined storage (SDS) and Windows Server solutions with Storage Spaces.
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The D1212 and D1224 expansion enclosures offer flexible drive configurations with the choice of 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch drive form factors, 10K or 15K rpm SAS and 7.2K rpm NL SAS hard disk drives (HDDs) and self-encrypting drives (SEDs), and SAS solid-state drives (SSDs).
With support for daisy chaining, the D1212 can be scaled up to 1.72 PB for capacity-optimized configurations with HDDs, and the D1224 can be scaled up to 192 drives for performance-optimized configurations.
The D1212 and D1224 expansion units support 12 Gbps SAS connectivity, which doubles the data transfer rate compared to 6 Gb SAS solutions to maximize performance of storage I/O-intensive applications.
Key features and benefits provided by the D1212 and D1224 storage expansion enclosures include:
The following 3.5-inch SAS drives are supported by the D1212:
The D1212 and D1224 expansion enclosures are designed to offer high levels of system and data availability with the following technologies:
The following figure shows the front of the D1212 drive expansion enclosure.
Figure 2. Front view of the D1212 drive enclosure
The following figure shows the front of the D1224 drive expansion enclosure.
Figure 3. Front view of the D1224 drive enclosure
The following figure shows the rear of the D1212 and D1224 drive enclosures.
Figure 4. Rear view of the D1212 and D1224 drive enclosures
Note: The ESMs (shown in Figure 4) have additional service ports with a specialized connector, and these ports are reserved for use by a Lenovo service technician.
The following table lists the D1212 and D1224 system specifications.
Attribute | Specification |
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Form factor | 2U rack mount |
Number of ESMs | 2 |
Expansion ports | 3x 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) ports (A, B, C) per ESM |
Drive bays |
Intermix of SFF and LFF enclosures is supported. |
Drive technologies | SAS and NL SAS HDDs and SEDs; SAS SSDs. Intermix of HDDs, SEDs, and SSDs is supported within an enclosure, but not within a RAID array. |
Drive connectivity | Dual-ported 12 Gb SAS drive attachment infrastructure. |
Drives | SFF drives:
LFF drives:
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Storage capacity |
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Host adapters | RAID adapters:
Host bus adapters (non-RAID):
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Host operating systems | Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016, and 2019; Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 and 7; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11, 12, and 15; VMware vSphere 6.0, 6.5, 6.7, and 7.0. |
Cooling | Redundant cooling with two fans built into power and cooling modules (PCMs). |
Power supply | Two redundant hot-swap 580 W AC power supplies built into PCMs. |
Hot-swap parts | ESMs, drives, PCMs. |
Management interfaces | SAS Enclosure Services, 10/100 Mb Ethernet for external management. |
Security features | SAS zoning, self-encrypting drives (SEDs). |
Warranty | Three-year customer-replaceable unit, parts delivered limited warranty with 9×5 next business day response. |
Service and support | Optional warranty service upgrades are available through Lenovo: Technician installed parts, 24×7 coverage, 2-hour or 4-hour response time, 6-hour or 24-hour committed repair, 1-year or 2-year warranty extensions, YourDrive YourData, remote technical support, hardware installation. |
Dimensions | Height: 88 mm (3.5 in), width: 443 mm (17.4 in), depth: 630 mm (24.8 in) |
Maximum weight |
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