Terrific low cost solution for anyone needing fast, reliable and easy to use
storage!
No
drivers needed for Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Macs or Linux
systems! Easily configure
the unit as two individual drives, RAID 1 (mirror), RAID 0 (stripe) and more,
directly from the enclosure!
Based upon the high performance Silicon Image SiI-5744
SteelVine storage controller, the enclosure accommodates two SATA hard drives and allows you to connect
them to your computer using a USB or eSATA port. True hardware based
storage solution - requires no software installation. Just mount your two SATA hard
drives in the drive trays, set the RAID type with the
configuration switch and plug it into a eSATA or USB port!
- Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, Spanning, JBOD and more
- Two hot-swappable 3.5" drive trays
- eSATA and USB 2.0 compatible
- Compatible with all 3.5" SATA I (Serial ATA
1.5Gb/s) and SATA II (Serial ATA 3Gb/s) Hard Drives
- Built-in Silicon Image SiI-5744 hardware RAID controller for SATA drives
- No software drivers needed
- Works with Macs, Windows or Linux computers - any computer with a
functioning eSATA or USB 2.0 port
RAID 0 - Striping (FAST)
Set to RAID 0, splits the data and writes to both SATA hard drives at the same time,
moving data at double the speed of a single drive. RAID 0 combines both disks
into one volume...i.e. two 1000GB (1TB) drives are seen by the computer as a single
2 Terabyte drive!
RAID 1 - Mirroring (SAFE)
When set to RAID 1, all of your data is simultaneously written to both SATA
hard drives, creating a backup (or mirror) of your data on the 2nd drive. In the
event one hard drive fails, the enclosure will continue to function, reading and
writing from the good drive. Once a new hard drive is installed, the enclosure will
do an automatic background rebuild of the data to the new drive.
Spanning - Concatenation (BIG)
Spanning, like RAID 0 (striping) uses both disks as one volume. But unlike RAID 0 which writes a little data to each drive
in turn, spanning writes to one disk until it is full and then begins on the
next disk. Spanning is typically used if you have hard drives of different
capacities but would like to treat them as one volume.
JBOD - Just a Bunch of Drives (Individual Drives)
When set to JBOD, the enclosure configures your drives as two separate
drives. Each hard drive shows up separately to the Operating System.
Handy for users that need to use separate drives, but only want to use a single
eSATA or USB port to connect them.
SAFE33 and SAFE50
These two multi-RAID modes divide the external drives into two virtual storage areas,
one that focuses on data protection (RAID 1) and another area that provides increased capacity
(BIG mode). SAFE33 sets 33% to RAID 1 and 67% to BIG. SAFE50 sets
50% to RAID 1 and 50% to BIG. These two modes offer a balance between protection of critical data and maximization of space for non-critical data.
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