This new 5-Port HPM XA is a feature rich Hardware Port Multiplier that enables connecting up to 5 SATA drives to any SATA port. It is a perfect solution for attaching large quantity of hard drives as individual drive or as a RAID volume with redundancy to a Desktop or Server. This HPM can also be used to connect 5 SATA optical drives such as DVD-RRW or Blu-Ray drives to do simultaneous data copying. Configuration can be set via a set of onboard jumpers or the bundled software utility under Windows OS. Drive and the HPM status can be visually monitored by attaching LEDs to the onboard LED signal pin headers or via the bundled monitoring software. Any drive failure or RAID error can be notified via audible alert from the on board buzzer and email to an SMTP account.
The 5-Port HPM RXA-E is the enclosure version - fits perfectly into the Addonics family of Storage Tower, Storage Rack and many standard multi-bay enclosures with standard SCSI-1 connector cut out. The 5 hard drives inside the drive enclosure, once configurated, can be attached to any computer via high speed eSATA connection.
For more detail information on Port Multiplier technology, please review the following URL link
: http://www.sata-io.org/technology/port_multipliers.asp
Product Features
- Connect up to 5 SATA hard drives to computer via any eSATA port*
- RAID configuration is programmed using onboard jumpers for simple deployment. View detailed jumper configuration diagram
- Integrated hardware RAID controller to maximize performance
- Software included for RAID management and advanced RAID configuration
- Compatible with Compact Flash™ or Micro Drive™ using Addonics SATA CF adapters (ADSAHDCF or ADSACF)
- Compatible with SATA optical drives - support simultaneous DVD writing*
- RAID volume can be used as a boot drive or as additional storage
- Multiple units can be daisy chained
- System version mounts in any standard height or low profile PCI slot
- Enclosure version designed to fit Addonics Storage Tower, Mini Storage Tower, Storage Rack or multi-bay drive enclosure with SCSI-1 (Centronic 50-pin) back panel
- Supports RAID0 (Striping), RAID1 (Mirroring), RAID3, RAID5 (Parity), RAID10 (Mirrored Striped), JBOD (Concatenation), Clone Mode (N-Way Mirror) using built-in hardware RAID.
- Supports individual drive mode*
- Clone mode - clone's action is similar to RAID 1, except all the hard drives connected will be mirrored. Clone mode is especially useful when users would like to copy data form a hard drive to several hard drives at the same time.
- Supports hot swap when attached to controllers that support this feature.
- Drive activity LED and Error LED for Host and 5 SATA devices
- OS Support: Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, Mac OS X and above, Linux kernel 2.6 and above
* Independent drive configuration and optical drive are supported only when connecting to controllers with Silicon Image Sil3124, Sil3132 chip set or controllers that are PM compatible. Simultaneous DVD writing was tested using the Nero Burning Rom
Specifications
- 5 internal SATA ports for SATA / SATAII storage devices
- Drive activity LED and Error LED for Host and 5 SATA devices
- Auto-negotiation support for 1.5Gbps and 3.0Gbps SATA
- Compliant with SATA I/II specification
- Support SATA optical devices
- Chipset : JMicron JMB393
- Support 48-bit LBA addressing
- Supports Hot-swapping
- Supports NCQ (Native Command Queuing)
- OS support: Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, Mac OS X and above, Linux kernel 2.4 and above, Mac OS X 10.4.x
- Dimensions: (W x D x H) - 3.4 x 2.2 x .9 in. (85mm x 55mm x 23mm)
- Weight: 48g
- Operating temperature range: 0 ?C to +70 ?C
- Operating humidity range: 5% to 90%
- Storage temperature range: -40 ?C to +85 ?C
- Storage humidity range: 5% - 95% (non condensing)
- 1 year warranty