NI HDD-8265 external hard-drive redundant array of inexpensive disks (RAID) enclosures expand high-speed data streaming solutions from NI by offering higher data streaming rates and storage capacities. It includes a hardware RAID controller and a set of 12 either 500 GB, 1 TB or 2 TB 3.5 in. SATA hard drives that offer a total storage capacity of either 6 TB, 12 TB or 24 TB. You can interface the HDD-8265 to any PXI Express chassis via the NI 8262 x4 cabled PCI Express module in a peripheral slot and a x4 cabled PCI Express cable.
The HDD-8265 offers 750 MB/s of sustained data read and write rates in RAID 0 mode for 80 percent of the total storage capacity. For increasing data protection, you can configure the HDD-8265 in RAID 5 mode. When configured in this mode, the HDD-8265 offers 700 MB/s of sustained data read and write rates.