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 Venus eSATA Hardware RAID Enclosure with Port Multiplier

5-bay eSATA Hardware RAID Drive Enclosure

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Venus eSATA Hardware RAID Enclosure with Port Multiplier

Built in Silicon Image SiI4726 RAID storage processor takes the load off of the computer CPU!

Affordable, reliable and scalable solution for audio/video editing, small office/home office and small to medium-sized storage!   This 5 drive enclosure with built in Silicon Image SiI4726 hardware RAID processor is capable of delivering over 230 megabytes per second of input/output throughput!

  • 5-Bays with hot-swappable trays
  • Built-in hardware RAID controller supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 and JBOD
  • Also SATA Port Multiplier compliant - supports software RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 1+0,
    RAID 1+S, RAID 5 and JBOD
  • PC and Mac compatible
  • Includes 2-port x1 PCI Express card & 1 meter (36 inches+) eSATA cable
     
eSATA connector and
Dual 8cm Cooling Fans
Includes 2-port PCI Express card
& 1 meter eSATA cabled
$49.95 Value!

RAID Level Modes: 

  • FAST or Data Striping (RAID 0) — allows the enclosure to performance stripe the drives, to provide maximum throughput to the direct attached PC/Server.
  • SAFE or Data Mirroring (RAID 1) — allows the enclosure to automatically copy primary hard drive without any CPU loading*. The enclosure provides automatic rebuild on device replacement and auto-failover, to eliminate any workflow interruptions. 
  • SAFE & FAST or Data Striping and Mirroring (RAID 10) — allows the enclosure to improve data availability beyond RAID 5 or RAID 6 with large SATA drives, due to rebuild vulnerability. 
  • SAFE & BIG Mode or Drive Spanning and Mirroring — allows for large capacity with protection.
  • BIG or Drive Spanning — allows the enclosure to make any two drives (same or different sizes) appear as one large drive to the host, for extra capacity (also called concatenation).
  • JBOD or Port Multiplier — this allows the direct attached PC/Server to see the drives in the enclosure as just a bunch of drives. 

Data Protection Features: 

  • Automatic-Mirroring (RAID 1 mode)*
  • Self-healing storage (Auto-Rebuild/Hot Spare)*
  • No down time (Automatic-Failover)*
  • Less than 1% Host CPU loading during rebuild*
  • Fast rebuild of 100GB/hour
  • Easy configuration using GUI applet
  • Drive Performance Aggregation (RAID 0)

*SAFE or RAID 1 modes require that the Silicon Image daemon/agent application to be running for automatic rebuild policy operation.

Features:

  • Five hot-swappable 3.5" drive trays
  • SATA II compliant, 1.5Gb/s and 3Gb/s auto-negotiation 
  • Built-in SiI4726SATA port multiplier for one cable to host simplicity
  • Drive power and drive presence LEDs 
  • Built-in universal power supply 
  • Dual 8cm Cooling Fans with Hi/Low Speed Control
  • Standards-approved eSATA connector rated at 5,000 insertions 

What's Included:

  • 5-Bay Aluminum eSATA Hardware RAID Enclosure
  • Five hot-swappable 3.5" drive trays
  • 1 meter eSATA data cable
  • AC Power cord
  • Set of mobile rack keys
  • PCI Express card
  • Driver disk 

Specifications:

  • Connectors: One eSATA connector
  • Compatibility: Compatible with all 3.5" SATA I (Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s) and SATA II (Serial ATA 3Gb/s) Hard Drives
  • Cooling: Dual 8cm Cooling Fans with Hi/Low Speed Control
  • Power Supply: 100-240 VAC 50/60Hz
  • Dimensions: 8.5" x 6.1" x 8.4"
  • Weight: 25.0 Lbs
  • Warranty: One Year Manufacturers Warranty

System Requirements:

 


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