Install up to four SATA hard drives into this compact housing and connect them via a single cable to each of the computers you require with the high-value eSATA II interface. You can access the hard drives either as stand-alone hard drives or combine several of the drives into a single big drive. You can either create big drives with up to four TeraBytes in size or just run several SATA drives in a single housing or build an external quick RAID system.

• Compact, black metal housing with build-in power supply unit and intelligent eSATA II RAID port multiplier controller
• eSATA II High Speed Interface - transfer rate up to 3000Mbit/sec. / 3 Gbps / 187 MByte/sec.

•  If your computer does not have an appropriate eSATA II interface, LINDY also supplies appropriate controllers with PCI-e, PCI-X/PCI- interface (see section PC plug-in cards / IDE / SATA controllers, for notebooks. See PCMCIA- and Express cards. More extensive information on the SATA / eSATA interface can be found in the Tips section)

•  for installing up to four 3.5" SATA hard drives

•  Operating mode of the hard drives (Stand Alone, JBOD or RAID / Combined Mode) individually configurable using the management utility software, e.g..:

•  JBOD, four separate drives as individual volumes

•  RAID 0 (Fast Mode): The controller distributes all data evenly across the 4 drives thus improving read/write performance. However, if one drive fails, all the data are gone.

•  RAID 1 (Safe Mode): The controller writes the same data to two drives thus the data is more secure. If either of the two drives fails, the data will still be available (mirror-imaging can be adjusted for 1&2 or 3&4)

•  RAID 1+0 (Safe & Fast): Drives 1&2 and 3&4 are mirrored. At the same time, the Controller distributes all data evenly across the two mirror sets to increase write/read performance

•  On mirrored hard drives (RAID 1), the controller has an Auto-On-Line rebuild function which automatically restores the data from a faulty drive to a newly inserted one.

•  Status LEDs for the hard drives and the controller in the front panel

•  Power supply with On/Off switch

•  Built-in quiet 8cm fan at the rear with On/Off switch in the front panel

•  Compatible with Windows 2000/XP/2003, MAC OS as of 10.3.9, Linux, 32 and 64Bit operating systems and above

•  Chipset Silicon Image 4726 - You can find the latest drivers and software tools on the chip manufacturer's website for all operating systems here: http://www.siliconimage.com/support/

Accessories supplied:

•  Schuko earthing-contact type plug IEC Type

•  eSATA II connection cable, approx. 1m

•  Plastic frame and screws for installing the 3.5" hard drives

•  Installation guide (English)

•  Utility CD with comprehensive configuration manual (English) and RAID configuration for various operating systems

Technical data:

•  Dimensions approx.: 14 x 18 x 25 cm (WxHxD)

•  Weight excl. hard drives, incl. accessories approx. 3.1kg

•  Integrated universal power supply 100-240V AC, 50/60Hz

Operating conditions:

•  Temperature range, operation approx. 5...35°C

•  Humidity 20-80% non-condensing

•  for use in closed rooms

•  Similar models are also available with SAS SFF-8470 / SATA Multilane interface, with USB 2.0 and with combination USB & eSATA interface

•  2 year warranty

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

•  Please take into account any size limitations on individual drives or partitions due to your operating system. Avoid partition sizes exceeding 2000 GB! Many operating systems have problems addressing memories larger than 2TB!