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Equipment & Techniques => Computers & Peripherals => Topic started by: PeterAit on August 14, 2009, 02:17:02 pm

Title: eSATA and RAID hardware rec needed
Post by: PeterAit on August 14, 2009, 02:17:02 pm: I am looking for an eSATA interface card and external 2-disk RAID enclosure for RAID 0. I already have the bare disks. Can someone suggest hardware that has worked well and reliably?

Thanks,

Peter
Title: eSATA and RAID hardware rec needed
Post by: jjlphoto on August 14, 2009, 03:27:54 pm: Did you try MacGurus? I have their Burly 4bay fan cooled sata enclosure, but they come in many sizes.
Title: eSATA and RAID hardware rec needed
Post by: weddingphotographer on August 17, 2009, 04:08:07 pm: these days you should consider upgrading your motherboard as they have RAID support built in! far cheaper too!

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Title: eSATA and RAID hardware rec needed
Post by: Chris_Brown on August 24, 2009, 09:57:53 am: Quote from: PeterAit
I am looking for an eSATA interface card and external 2-disk RAID enclosure for RAID 0. I already have the bare disks. Can someone suggest hardware that has worked well and reliably?
Here's a few:
CalDigit Element (http://www.caldigit.com/HDElement/)
MacGurus Burly RAID (http://www.macgurus.com/productpages/sata/BurlyRAID.php) (I don't see RAID 0 tho')
OWC RAID box (http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/PerformanceRAID) (no card needed)
G-Tech eS RAID (http://www.g-technology.com/products/g-speed-es.cfm)
Title: eSATA and RAID hardware rec needed
Post by: andyptak on August 25, 2009, 06:54:29 pm: I have a great, 4 bay box from Sans Digital. It's eSata, expandable and was cheap. I threw away my Drobo, pulled out the drives and installed them in this and haven't looked back. Highly recommended.
Title: eSATA and RAID hardware rec needed
Post by: PeterAit on August 26, 2009, 09:37:58 pm: Quote from: andyptak
I have a great, 4 bay box from Sans Digital. It's eSata, expandable and was cheap. I threw away my Drobo, pulled out the drives and installed them in this and haven't looked back. Highly recommended.

For what it's worth, I ended up with a 2-drive Burly unit from MacGurus with a high speed card - I learned that most eSATA cards support the slower speed only and you need a faster and more expensive card to take full advantage of RAID 0. I have installed this in a new Dell Studio XPS with a 2.9 GHz i7 chip, 12 GB of ram, and a 1 TB internal RAID 0 for programs and the OS (Vista 64). I use the external drive for photo files and the Lightroom catalog. I must say that this system really flies compared with the old box!

Peter
Title: eSATA and RAID hardware rec needed
Post by: fike on August 27, 2009, 09:11:07 am: I had a bad experience with eSATA. I used an eSATA drive for my data drive because I was upgrading the size so much, I thought it would be easier. When you use an external enclosure, you need to be sure that when you turn on/off your PC that this device is turned on first. I messed up that sequence once, and corrupted the whole drive.

From now on, I will only use external drives for backup purposes.

Here is a hybrid alternative for you: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817371028 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371028)