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Sans Digital 5-Bay eSATA RAID 0/1/10/5/JBOD Tower Storage Enclosure w/ 6G PCIe Card TR5M+B (Black)
 
JUNK
- Pros: None
- Cons: Failed at install. I thought the other reviews were lame and took a chance as this item fit my project and seemd a good price. During the install I had nothing but trouble. after BIOS updates, new drivers and then finding correct drivers the unit kept failing. I put it aside to work on it later and never got back to it. That was over a year ago, I now have 5 HDD's and no place to put them. OH WELL! I guess the old addage still holds true - if you think its to good to be true it probably is.
- Other Thoughts: Normally I don't write reviews but I had to on this one. New Egg has nothing to do with any issue I have except that they are carring and STILL selling an inferrior product. I don't believe I can return this item as it has been more than a year but if I can I will. If I could give this item a zero star I would. I have NOT made any contact with New Egg or Sans Digital regarding MY issues for returns YET. I did however contact Sans Digital for help on the driver and BIOS issues and they did try to help but to no avail
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Reviewed By:KAB ITTECH,6/17/2013 1:29:39 PM
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SANS DIGITAL TR4UTBPN 4Bay USB 3.0 / eSATA Hardware RAID 5 Tower RAID Enclosure (no eSATA card bundled)
Finally stopped working after 2 years @ 24/7
- Pros: 1. black brushed aluminum finish, no more finger prints
2. small foot print
3. e-sata and usb3 (backward compatible to usb2)
4. hardware raid 0, 1, 10, 3, 5(+1)
5. decent e-sata write speeds on raid0 was around 75-80mb/s under windows 7 using 4x3tb WD green drives.
6. not OS dependent (windows, Linux and Open-Solaris all recognized this device as H/W raid)
7. An updated power supply connection, previous model was it was kinda flimsy.
8. A much quieter exhaust fan. - Cons: 1. Internal sata cables are blocking the fan exhaust.
2. In order to use the JBOD (clean mode), a port multiplier was required when using e-sata, but you can use USB connection to set it up first and switch it back to e-sata. Kinda complication process if you ask me, this is a tip I got when I had to call tech support for my first unit.
3. Firmware/Software Utility remained the same for more than 2 years (not sure if that's a good thing)
4. Read on Lethe and Papercut's review on issues with the initial setup. And use the DIP switches for the modes that you wanna use.
5. Not the easiest unit to setup overall.
6. Raid 5 performance on this unit, honestly I am not impressed.
- Other Thoughts: This is my 2nd review for this unit, the first review should be under the second last page.
Looking at the price for a true hardware raid box, this is just awesome, it is still not be the fastest and the biggest but it does its job very well. Running more than 2 years of 24/7 i am kinda impressed. I am currently running raid-0 using 4 x 3 tb green drives (although not recommended by manufacturer) via e-sata, I haven't encountered any serious problems. Lets see how long will this updated unit last me.
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Reviewed By:calo9x,6/16/2013 6:09:39 PM
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Rosewill RSV-S4-X RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 5+spare, spanning and JBOD (using bundled utilities) 4 3.5" Drive Bays eSATA 3Gbps (via Port Multiplier) 4 Bay SATA to eSATA (Port Multiplier) JBOD / RAID 0, 1, 1+0, 5 Enclosure
good(?)
- Pros: It works as advertised, that is until it died. Luckily, I didn't use raid on it or the array would have gone down and my data would've been lost.
- Cons: I'm kind of disappointed, the unit died 13 months after I bought it so no warranty.
- Other Thoughts: Not going to bother taking in for repair, it's just not worth it, instead, I'll go look for another brand that can offer a little more warranty.
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Reviewed By:Vilkys,6/16/2013 9:23:46 AM
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CineRAID CR-H252 Hardware RAID, Supports RAID 0, 1, JBOD 2 3.5" Drive Bays USB 3.0 (Backwards Compatible to USB 2.0) 2-Bay RAID/JBOD Enclosure
Easy to use
- Pros: cost efficiency and easy to use.
I have a Dell note book ( refurbished Dell Inspiron N5110, also from Newegg) and use CR-252 as an external storage to back up my data, it runs flawless and super fast.
But my old desk top system has a third party USB 3.0 card and USB 3.0 hub, do have the "Blue Screen" issue once,
After check with Cineraid support and they guide me to get a firmware update from my USB 3.0 hub manufacture, the problem solved. - Cons: Thunderbolt 2.0 is coming, hope to try one to see the speed.
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Reviewed By:Calvin,6/15/2013 11:57:02 PM
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SANS DIGITAL TR4UTBPN 4Bay USB 3.0 / eSATA Hardware RAID 5 Tower RAID Enclosure (no eSATA card bundled)
Power Supply issues (or Power Switch)
- Pros: Cheap 4 bay encloser
- Cons: The documentation is very poor. It's out of date or lists units that were previous models prior to yours. Also software included very poor for Mac OS X. Not alot of features. Also try finding the software on their site if you don't have a disk (Impossible, if its even listed the downloads have broken links).
Unit is nice when it works. Had the unit for almost a year (bought 2) when one of the units Power Supply failed. Cannot confirm if the PS actually failed since it could be a faulty switch.
The second unit I owned had a fan that worked fine for a few months then started to get really loud. I cleaned with dust remover on a monthly bi-monthly basis but that didn't help. Fan apparently cheap but I dealt with it since it was only loud when it started to spin (giving it an old slap on case resolved noise, only to come back later). After a couple months then that units power supply failed (or switch).
I now have 2 dead units. I contacted support, gave them my invoice and serial number to get a RMA (within a year). Have not heard back from them since, with no RMA supplied, now my units are out of 1 year FUN. Pay more money and get another brand with better support and higher quality.
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Reviewed By:Jazz-e,6/15/2013 10:16:52 AM
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Rosewill RSV-S8 SATA 3G 2.5" & 3.5" HDD 8-Bay RAID 0/1/5/10/5+spare/Spanning/JBOD Storage Enclosure System with 120mm cooling fan/ Port Multiplier/ PCIe card included/ Tray design
Works pretty good
- Pros: I was looking for a way to save some space and cable clutter and ditch several smaller 4 port external drive bay chassis. Tried this model since it was fairly priced and holds 8 drives, 1 power cable, and 2 eSATA connectors, even came with a 2 port eSATA card. I don't have any issues with drop outs or drives disappearing. Transfer rates seem in line with the varied drives I own and SATA 2 speeds. I usually leave the box on 24x7 and once all drives are recognized, they stay active. No issues with the order of LED's matching up to the right drives (saw one reviewer with that issue).
Airflow seems adequate. Just blew out all the dust and it was everywhere inside (mainly on the side vents) so it seems to be getting good airflow in and thru the box. - Cons: When turning the box I always have issues getting the top 3 drives to be recognized (LED is off). I haven't quite figured out what the issue is but it's always the top 3 and I have to start ejecting the top 4 to get it to work. The first drive on the second set of drives always works but I'm required to to eject it with the rest to get it 'kicked' into gear and recognize all 4. random ejecting and inserting of the top 4 is required and some strange pattern for all 4 to finally be picked up. the last time the box was off it was only the top 2 slots not coming active. drives don't turn on and LED stays off. once again ejecting at least the top 4 drives and reinserting in different orders was required.
- Other Thoughts: box works fine once I get all the drives recognized and it only gets powered off maybe once a month or so. Usually can get the drives to work within 10 minutes but last time it took me a good 30 minutes. I'll be on the lookout for another vendor to replace this one.
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Reviewed By:N/A,6/11/2013 11:36:48 AM
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Rosewill RSV-S8 SATA 3G 2.5" & 3.5" HDD 8-Bay RAID 0/1/5/10/5+spare/Spanning/JBOD Storage Enclosure System with 120mm cooling fan/ Port Multiplier/ PCIe card included/ Tray design
Not so good for Linux
- Pros: Nice looking.
Rosewill packs it securely. - Cons: Despite the assertions on the website, the RR622 is *not* supported by recent Linux kernels.
Bought an RC-219 controller, and it to has problems with Linux, taking 4 minutes of resetting and waiting and trying over and over again for the eSATA bus to recognize the drives. And then the first sector of my LVM array was corrupt. Fixed it somehow with debuge2fs.
- Other Thoughts: Definitely will be RMAing it and replacing it with a USB3 enclosure..
The tech support phone number which Rosewill gave me regarding the RSV-S8 is for SansDigital, which is no real shock, since it looks a *lot* like the TR8M+B.
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Reviewed By:16_char_nickname,6/11/2013 2:47:42 AM
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SANS DIGITAL EliteRAID ER104UT+B 0, 1, 10, 3, 5, Clone (N-way Mirror) with Hot Spare and JBOD 4 x Hot-Swappable 3.5" Drive Bays USB 3.0 (backward compatible with USB 2.0) and eSATA 1U 4 Bay USB 3.0 / eSATA Hardware RAID 5 Rackmount (Black)
Simple way to extend storage on low end servers
- Pros: * Supports USB 3.0 and eSata 3 Gbps
* Compact enclosure, simple installation
* Tech support responds within 1 business day to cases submitted via their web form - Cons: * Additional drives can't be added to an existing RAID0 volume. If you start with 2 drives and then add 2, the volume needs to be deleted and recreated. If you are planning to use 4 drives, add them from the start.
- Other Thoughts: Installed it with 4 WDC RED 3TB drives to create a 12TB RAID0 volume for backup storage. Performance is slower than internal RAID, but works fine for archival storage.
Initially formatting the volume via USB seems simpler even if you will be using eSata afterwards.
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Reviewed By:TechTrend,6/9/2013 1:02:57 PM
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IVIEW Iview HF2-SU3 4 3.5" Drive Bays USB 3.0 / eSATA 4-Bay Storage Box
Pleasantly surprised
- Pros: Connects easily and stays connected via USB 3.0. File access and transfer speeds are very good, 3-4x faster than USB 2.0. It was an inexpensive solution to collect my smaller harddrives into 1 unit, thereby saving on electricity from 4 seperate external drives. I installed 4 drives, 3TB, 1TB, 750gb, 750gb into the unit. The fan keeps it cool and is relatively quiet.
- Cons: None so far, I am very pleased with the unit.
- Other Thoughts: Purchased for around $50 on sale. When they go back on sale I will buy another.
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Reviewed By:Munchies,6/4/2013 4:38:51 AM
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