SATA RAID 0/1/5/10 JBOD Port Multiplier Four SATA I or SATA II Hard Drive Enclosure Kit with PCI CARD for Windows 2000/2003/XP. Linux and MAC OS X.4.x4-Bay eSATA Port Multiplier Enclosure PCI-4XMPL-1A A 4-Bay eSATA enclosure capable of 3.0Gbps transfer rate. Employing Silicon Image's port multiplier technology so there is only ONE eSATA cable for all FOUR SATA II drives. Selectable RAID levels including JBOD/Span/Mirror/Stripe/RAID-5/RAID-10 ( RAID using either a compatible hardware RAID controller*** eSATA card or software Raid Card) 0/1/5/10. Features: RAID compatible storage (JBOD/Span/Mirror/Stripe/RAID-5/RAID-10) Support 3TB+ capacity*, Fully Tested with 750GB HDD Vented housing design, 80mm ball-bearing fan. RAID Mode Explained: JBOD JBOD ("Just a Bunch of Disks"), individual physical disk drives. Span Span, combining multiple physical disk drives into a single virtual one. RAID 0 - Stripe Stripe, high read speed, splitting data across disks and access together. RAID 1 - Mirror Mirror, maximum data protection by duplicating disk(s) into identical twins. RAID 5 by adding parity data distributed across a stripe set, adds redundancy. RAID 10 Or RAID 1+ 0; a stripe of mirrors; RAID 0 nested within RAID 1. This is a software raid system NOT a True Hardware Raid System. Entry Level users with Silicon Image Software support Only! The high-density RAID enclosure supports up to Four removable SATAII drives and provides the performance and data protection required for today's demanding storage applications. The 4-Bay SATAVault integrates a SATAII Port Multiplier by Silicon Image, greatly simplifying cable management by allowing a single cable connection for up to Four SATA devices. Shoebox-sized desktop storage enclosure, up to 2.0 Terabyte by using 4 Hitachi 500GB SATA II drives. *** Required Reading Prior to Port Multiplier Purchase!  Customers can achive up to 2TB of storage in RAID 0 or JBOD Configuration.... The versatile enclosure is capable of RAID levels 0, 1,5, 10 and JBOD, adapts to transfer rates of 1.5Gbps or 3Gbps and also supports twice the SATA-specified external cable length. This complete, turn-key solution includes a 32-Bit PCI* HBA and a shielded 2-meter cable with standard eSATA external connectors. Port multipliers typically reside on an enclosure’s backplane and are transparent to the drives. Port multipliers support all standard SATA and SATA II Drives. BIOS DRIVERS RAID UTILITY TOOL |
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