StarTech - S354UFER - 3.5in 4 Drive eSATA USB FireWire External SATA RAID Enclosure

StarTech.com's S354UFER External SATA RAID Enclosure is a high-performance external RAID storage solution, supporting up to 4 high capacity (tested with up to 4TB per bay) 3.5" SATA hard drives (supports SATA, SATA II and SATA III-6Gbps).

The 4-bay RAID enclosure can be connected to the host/source computer through USB, eSATA or FireWire and automatically builds your SATA RAID array based on your selection (Spanning, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 1+0, RAID 3, and RAID 5 supported), delivering a simple, yet flexible external storage solution.

Designed for convenience, the enclosure features front panel LED indicators that provide RAID information and simple hard drive status and activity monitoring. The enclosure also features a built-in 3-speed 80mm fan with automatic or manual controls that allow you to customize the speed of the fan as necessary, ensuring suitable operating temperatures for optimized drive performance.

StarTech.com Advantage

• Support for up to 4 drives provide large amounts of storage with a choice of high speed interfaces from USB 2.0, FireWire400/800 or eSATA
• The removable front cover and accessible drive bays allows drives to be replaced easily in case of failure or upgraded
• Built-in support for numerous RAID modes for most personal/business needs and an 80mm controllable cooling fan to keep drives from overheating

Features

• High Speed USB 2.0 host interface, with transfer rates up to 480Mbps
• SATA revision 2 compliant eSATA host interface with transfer rates up to 3.0Gbps
• FireWire 400 and 800 host interfaces with transfer rates up to 400Mbps and 800Mbps respectively
• Supported RAID modes: 0 (stripe), 1 (mirror), 3 (parity disk), 5 (striped parity), 10 (1+0), Span/Concatenation
• User configurable directly from the unit itself
• Removable front cover and accessible drive trays
• 80mm cooling fan with 4 selectable speeds: Low, Med, High, Auto
• Auto power saving when host connection disconnected or turned off
• No driver or software installation
• Compatible with SATA revision 1/2/3 (1.5/3.0/6.0 Gbps) drives
• Supports 3.5" form factor SATA hard drives
• Plug-and-Play and hot-swap compatible
• Rugged aluminum chassis

Applications

• Add external RAID storage without worrying about driver or software support
• External storage that is easily transferable between different computer systems
• Large volume external storage for backups/archiving
• Video editing or photography professional/enthusiasts working with very large file sizes