Hardware RAID SATA II Port Multiplier 5-Bay Removable Rack QickSwap System Sil4726

Trayless Removable (eSATA) RAID Storage Cluster Subsystem (LINUX/MAC/WIN).

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Support for ALL SATA II 300GB 400GB 500GB 750GB and 1000GB Hitachi/Seagate Drives

Flexible Hardware RAID System PortMultiplier Technology Supporting RAID 0, 1, 10, SPAN, JBOD. Write Speeds up to 210MB/sec. Supports Non-Compressed Video Streams up to 1080i & 1080P.

SiI 4726 Features • SATA to 5-Port 3Gb/s SATA • Supports one SATA host port, 3Gb/s • Hot Plug support • Supports Asynchronous Notification • SATA Port Multiplier spec. complaint • Supports PM aware hosts and non-PM aware • Two detailed system status LEDs • eSATA signal level support (1m and 2m PHY compliant

Applications

• Video Editing

• Digital Video Recording Systems

• Nearline DAS Storage

• External Storage Enclosures

• Protected SOHO/SMB Storage)

Easy Plug and Play Setup on any Port Multiplier Compatible Host adapter.

High Quality Aluminum Enclosure, Software Raid Utility for MAC and PC is Included. E-Mail Notification of Hardware failiure is part of the software provided.

Link to Silicon Image SteelVine Processor Page for SIL4726 Aluminum Five-bay Hot-Swap Hot-Plug SATA Port Multiplication (Port Multiplier) features the latest Serial ATA storage technologies and delivers unprecedented performance with cross-platform Macintosh, Linux and Windows PC. Utilizing SiI 4726 a 1-to-5 Serial ATA (SATA) Port Multiplier and backplane to provide a high-performance link between a single SATA host port and five SATA II Quick Swap removable HDD Bays.

@@@ Works with Tempo E4P PCI-Express host card and Tempo X4P PCI-X host card

@@@ Works with Rocket Raid Cards and all Sil 3124 and 3132 Port Multiplier Enabled Host Adapters

SV-HBA3124 Mac OS X Panther (10.3.9) SATARAID5 Management Utility and Driver This download includes the initial SiI3124 SATARAID5 driver and SATARAID5 Management Utility release for use with Mac OS X Panther 10.3.9 and SiI4726 enabled devices. The SATARAID5 components support RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and 10.

SiI4726 Configuration Manager User's Guide for SV2000 Manager version 4.0.0.9 and later SiI4726 Firmware enables SAFE, FAST, BIG, SAFE+FAST, and SAFE+BIG storage policies. This firmware release parallels SiI4726 Configuration Manager version 4.0.0.9 that introduces email notification and 5 HDD FAST storage policy...

SiI4726 Quick Installation Guide for Windows SiI4726 Configuration Manager Quick Installation Guide for Windows

*** Required Reading Prior to Port Multiplier Purchase!

SILICON IMAGE PORT MULTIPLIER RAID SOFTWARE Silicon Image User Manual

Device Port

• Five SATA device ports, 3Gb/s

• Hot Plug support

• SATA Port Multiplier spec. complaint

• Compatible with NCQ drives

• Two LEDs for detailed status per port

• eSATA signal level support (1m and 2m PHY

compliant)

Data Protection Features

• Automatic-Mirroring (RAID 1 mode)3

• Self-healing storage (Auto-Rebuild/Hot Spare)3

• No down time (Automatic-Failover)3

• Less than 1% Host CPU loading during rebuild 3

• Fast rebuild of 100GB/hour

• Easy configuration using GUI applet

• Drive Performance Aggregation (RAID 0)

RAID Level Modes

• FAST/RAID 0

• SAFE/RAID 1

• SAFE&FAST/RAID 10 with hot spare

• SAFE&BIG/Mirrored spanning with spare

• BIG/Spanning

• Port Multiplier/JBOD

System Features

• Four status LEDs for system functions

• Works without BIOS updates

• Max. performance greater than 220MB/s

support

• Automatic bad sector remapping

• OS Agnostic operation

• Bootable arrays and staggered spin-ups

• ATAPI device support in PM mode

• Spread Spectrum Clocking w/SSC clock

• Event logging from GUI

• Remote monitoring and management

• Email notification2

• Manage multiple devices via GUI

• Field-upgradeable firmware

• 7 Programmable GPIs and 16 GPOs

• JTAG boundry scan and BIST support

Added Features with

PM-Aware Host

When the SiI 4726 is used with a PM-aware host it can support the following additional

features:

• JBOD/Port Multiplier mode

• Multi-Arrays per drive with drive and mirror

splitting

• Supports more than 5 hard drives1

Power and Package

• 364 HSBGA

• 2.0 Watts @ 1.8V

• CMOS 0.18u

• SiI 4726 reference design board

(PB4726LPSATA300)

• Windows XP, 2000, 2003, and Mac OS

10.3/10.4, and Linux RedHat, Fedora, SuSE 9.0

or later (see website for more updated list)

Documentation and Software

Development Kit (CP4726001)

• SiI 4726 data sheet

• PB 4726 functional specification

• PB 4726 reference board schematics/

design files

• GUI Management Applet and daemon/agent

• API programmers guide for custom GUI

developers

• DOS SiI 4726 firmware download utility

• Example XML configuration scripts

GUI Management Tool and

Advanced Mode • Multi-Arrays per drive

• Drive and Mirror splitting • Full management GUI interface

1 Requires multiple SiI 4726 devices, and each secondary

device must be in a virtual mode.

2 Coming soon

3 SAFE or RAID 1 modes require the daemon/agent to

be running for automatic rebuild policy operation.

Provides One Sata II Connection to any SIL port multiplier Host Cards (SIL SIL 3124,SIL 3132,SIL 3512) using Single eSATA II Port

- Marvell 88SX6081 Chip also support this Port-Multiplier Solution. CoolGear Enclosure with Silicon Image 4726 Port Multipler

Very Cool Aluminum Design Enclosure

Large 250-Watt Power Supply

Dual Low-Noise Cooling Fans (80mm)

Five Aluminum Removable SATA Trays are provided

One Standard D-shaped Power Plug

One Standard eSATA type 'I' port for host connection

Extra Trays Not Needed as this Item USES QuickSwap CoolGear Mobile Bays.

sata II QuickSwap Enclosure port multiplier

All You need to complete a Fast External SATA Raid Solution is Five SATA I or SATA II Hard Drives and a Port Multiplier Host Adapter.

SATA II Five Hot-Swap Removable Drive Enclosure All Aluminum Construction

All Aluminum SATA II 1 to 5-Port Multiplier Enclosure with SATA II Quick Swap Hot Swap Removable Bays.

sata II QuickSwap Enclosure port multiplier

SATA II Compatible only with Silicon Image and Marvell SATA II ports using Chips with Port Multiplier support.

sata II QuickSwap Enclosure port multiplier

Single SATA II Cable gives acess to all Five SATA Hard Drives.

Hot-Swap and Plug and play for Windows MAC OS X.4.2 XP Linux 2000 2003

ALL New Quick Swap SATA II Hot Swap Mobile Bays

New High-Point and Marvell Host Adapters Have support for port multiplier.

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