Addonics 4x1 eSATA/USB Hardware Port Multiplier
Addonics Technologies today announced the 4X1 eSATA/USB Hardware Port Multiplier (HPM), which has an integrated RAID controller for superior read/write performance.
The 4X1 HPM can connect up to four SATA / SATA II hard drives to a host via a single SATA port or USB port. These connected drives can be easily set to different RAID configurations by dialing an onboard rotary switch. There is no driver or software installation required, thus making the addition of RAID storage to any system simple no matter what the operating system.
The RAID volume, once created, appears to any OS as another hard drive. It can be used as a boot drive in application servers or mission critical equipment. The 4X1 HPM is ideal in high capacity storage applications such as video storage, data archiving, home entertainment or multi-tera bytes storage farm.
The 4X1 eSATA/USB HPM comes in choice of the system version or the enclosure version. The system version enables multiple hard drives inside a system to be connected together to form a RAID volume.
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 four hard drives inside the drive enclosure, connecting to this HPM, can form a high performance and reliable external RAID system that can be attached to any computer via high speed eSATA or USB 2.0 ports.
Other features include compatibility with any SATA controller (RAID or non RAID) or USB port; compatibility with CF memory card or Micro Drive using Addonics SATA CF adapters; use of RAID volume as a boot drive or as additional storage; the ability to daisy chain multiple units; hot swap support; system version mounts in any standard height or low profile PCI slot, and multi-function LED pin headers for host link, RAID status, individual drive activity, power, system-ready and RAID diagnostics. List price is $89.95.
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The 4X1 eSATA/USB Hardware Port Multiplier (HPM) is the first in Addonics HPM family with an integrated RAID controller for superior read/write performance. This 4X1 HPM can connect up to 4 SATA / SATA II hard drives to a host via a single SATA port or USB port. The 4 connected drives can be easily set to different RAID configurations by dialing an onboard rotary switch. There is no installation of driver or any software required, thus making the addition of RAID storage to any system simple irregardless of Operating Systems.
The RAID volume, once created, appears to any OS as another hard drive. It can be used as a boot drive in application servers or mission critical equipment. The flexibility and performance of this 4X1 HPM make it the ideal equipment in high capacity storage applications such as video storage, data archiving, home entertainment or multi-Tera bytes storage farm.
The 4X1 eSATA/USB HPM comes in choice of the system version or the enclosure version. The system version enables multiple hard drives inside a system to be connected together to form a RAID volume. 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 4 hard drives inside the drive enclosure, connecting to this HPM, can form a high performance and reliable external RAID system that can be attached to any computer via high speed eSATA or USB 2.0 ports.
Illustration showing connections from the Storage Tower/Mini Storage Tower with integrated HPM to computer
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Product Features
- Connect up to 4 SATA I/II hard drives to computer via eSATA or USB port
- Compatible with CF memory card or Micro Drive™ using Addonics SATA CF adapters (ADSAHDCF or AD2SAHDCF)
- Compatible with any SATA controller (RAID or non RAID) or USB port
- Integrated hardware RAID controller to maximize performance
- Supports FAST2 (2 drive RAID0 Striping), FAST4 (4 drive RAID0 Striping), SAFE2 (RAID1 Mirroring), SAFE FAST (Mirrored Striped), BIG 2 (2 drive Concatenation), BIG 4(4 drive Concatenation), RAID 3+S, or RAID 5+S using built-in hardware RAID
- RAID configuration via rotary switch, no software required
- RAID volume can be used as a boot drive or as additional storage
- Multiple units can be daisy chainned
- 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
- Support hot swap
- Multi-function LED Pin Headers for Host link, RAID status, individual drive activity, power, system ready and RAID diagnostic
- OS independent: DOS, All Windows, Mac OS X, Linux kernel 2.6 and above, Solaris 10 and above
