This B&H Kit combines the QNAP TR-002 2-Bay USB 3.2 Gen 2 RAID Expansion Enclosure with two Seagate 12TB IronWolf 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5" Internal NAS HDDs for a storage capacity of 24TB.
The TR-002 2-Bay USB 3.2 Gen 2 RAID Expansion Enclosure from QNAP is unique in that it allows you to expand the storage capacity of not only your QNAP NAS, but also your host Windows, Mac, or Linux system. Use it in this fashion as a DAS (Direct-attached Storage) and access its content simply by connecting it to your system using its integrated USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 port and the included USB-C to USB-A cable. The TR-002 features two hot-swappable 3.5" SATA drive bays that support 3.5 and 2.5" hard drives. The drive bays can be configured hardware- or software-controlled RAID 0 and 1 modes, each of which offers performance, data redundancy, or a combination of both. For those who do not require a RAID, Individual, and JBOD modes are also available. The enclosure keeps cool using a 70mm fan.
Individual Mode treats every disk as separate storage, allowing you to independently access each one. In JBOD mode, all disks are recognized as a single drive, which allows maximum storage utilization, but provides no data protection. RAID 0 splits data among the drives and provides the fastest performance, but does not protect data against drive failures. RAID 1 mode uses half the total storage capacity to store data and the other half for 1:1 data redundancy. This provides high data protection at the cost of only being able to use half the installed storage space. All RAID modes are hardware controlled, but there is also a Software Control mode to configure the RAID from your NAS or computer.
Use Storage & Snapshots Manager to configure the TR-002 as a storage expansion unit for your QNAP NAS. In addition to RAID configuration, the NAS expansion storage mode supports various NAS functions, including storage pools and snapshots. By choosing external storage mode, you can use the TR-002 as a DAS.
The QNAP External RAID Manager is a utility for Windows and Mac users to set up, monitor, and view the status of the TR-002. Users can easily configure RAID groups on the TR-002 and quickly obtain the status of RAID performance and health at a glance.
Note: When connecting the TR-002 to a NAS, users can choose to use either the NAS expansion storage mode or the external storage mode.
Note: To access devices that use the exFAT file system, users must purchase a separate exFAT driver license.
Designed for use in 1-8 bay NAS environments within home, SOHO, and SMB environments, the 12TB IronWolf 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5" Internal NAS HDD (CMR) from Seagate is built to withstand 24x7 operations, or 8760 hours per year. This 12TB drive has been equipped with a SATA III 6 Gb/s interface, a rotational speed of 7200 rpm, a 3.5" form factor, and a 256MB cache, providing users with an ample storage capacity and data transfer speeds of up to 210 MB/s. This IronWolf hard drive also has an MTBF rating of 1 million hours, 600,000 load/unload cycles, 1 in 1015 non-recoverable read errors per bits read, and a workload rate of up to 180TB per year.