Cavalry Storage CADA-SA8 Series CADA006SA8 6 TB eSATA 8-bay RAID Peronsal Disk Array - Includes eSATA Kit

First, I'd like to say that this is my third Cavalry product purchase. What I'd like to know is how they put out such great products at these price points?!? I mean, consider how much 8 250GB SATA drives alone costs. The other external solutions that I was considering didn't even come close price wise, especially not for 2TB of storage.

As Toby said, the packing could have been better. My unit arrived with one bay dislodged. It was, of course, one of the more difficult ones to get to due to the design of the case (the top bays are between two steel panels). Still didn't take more than 10-15 minutes to fix the problem. My driver CD was also damaged; it had some kind of solvent on it... THAT didn't happen in transit! I just went to Addonics web site & downloaded what I needed. I'd have given this system 5 stars otherwise.

The unit installed very easily. The provided cables are plenty long enough for most any installation. The included Addonics...Read more

I ordered two of these arrays. Both arrived ahead of the estimated delivery date.

Upon arrival, the packing material was a bit crumbled. It appeared that the units had been shipped fully populated in the same box that shipped the empty case to the manufacturer. Those styrofoam bits are made to be used with a certain weight item, and additional weight crushes them and reduces how well the protect the unit inside. Upon inspection, no concealed damage was noted, despite the rough ride.

One of the units was missing the drive bay keys. The other shipped with only two keys for 8 bays. Those bays almost invariably ship with 2 keys per unit. It's a good thing we ordered two arrays! This leads to the question: Who is hoarding all those spare keys at the Calvary Storage factory?

The SATA RAID controller shipped with the unit was manufacured by Addonics, a company I've dealt with directly in the past with good results.

The system is split into...Read more