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Cavalry Storage CADA-SA2 Series 1.5 TB USB / eSATA 2-bay RAID Personal Disk Array CADA01ASA2 - Includes eSATA Kit
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Cavalry Storage CADA-SA2 Series 1.5 TB USB / eSATA 2-bay RAID Personal Disk Array CADA01ASA2 - Includes eSATA Kit
USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 backwards compatible) and eSATA interface
Plug and play for Windows 2000 and newer (pre-formatted to NTFS), preconfigured to RAID 1 (mirrored, total usable capacity is halved)
Reconfigurable to RAID 0, 0+1 and 1
Unit Includes - One (1) year manufacturer's warranty, two (2) 750 GB 3.5-inch hard drives installed in a dual bay enclosure, USB cable, eSATA cable, eSATA bracket, AC adapter, Resources CD and Quick Start Guide
System Requirements - Available USB port or eSATA port, Windows 98SE / Me / 2000 / XP / Vista
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The CADA-SA2 Series offers an unbeatable combination of RAID data protection, 3.0Gbit/sec eSATA speed and a vast storage capacity of 1.5 TB (750 GB mirrored). This dual-bay disk array features swappable hard disks and a built-in RAID controller. The unit arrives preconfigured in RAID 1 to protect your important data—if one drive fails, replace it with an identical drive and the data will automatically rebuild. Leave it in RAID 1 mode for automatic background rebuilding and optimum security for your files, or configure to RAID 0 for increased data reading and writing speeds. Factory default is RAID 1 GUI mode, but also supports RAID levels 0, 1 and 0+1(safe 33/safe 50). Its SATA interface provides a faster boot process and quicker loading of programs and data. Ideal for saving hefty files, video, music, protecting databases or working directly on the drive, it delivers high-capacity performance and data security. The unit is factory pre-configured in RAID 1 and ready to use out of the box. Install the easy-to-use RAID configuration software and the included SATA to eSATA bracket kit to take full advantage of the incredible set of features.
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Cavalry Storage CADA-SA2 Series 1.5 TB USB / eSATA 2-bay RAID Personal Disk Array CADA01ASA2 - Includes eSATA Kit
I bought this drive array based on overall reviews for Calvary arrays, and the fact that it was pretty inexpensive. After getting it I was able to determine what chipset and drive manufacturers were used and I'm very happy with the components.
The chipset is Silicon Image Sil5744 and the drives are new Western Digital Caviar Green drives with a 16MB buffer.
I did see a review for the 1 TB model where the reviewer complained about the fact that the drive came configured in a stripe instead of a mirror. Their website and product specs all state that it's configured for RAID 1 (mirror)... but mine was also configured for RAID 0 (stripe) when I got it.
Their manual recommends using GUI mode for RAID configuration and I sent an email to support asking why. The response was that with GUI support you can use the Steelvine software to monitor the drive. However, Silicon Image documentation states that Steelvine will work in a Status-Only mode when RAID...Read more
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